1	And Rehoboam went# to Shechem: for all Israel were come# to Shechem to make him king# .
			2	And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard# of it , (for he was fled# from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt# in Egypt;)
			3	That they sent# and called# him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came# , and spake# unto Rehoboam, saying# ,
			4	Thy father made# our yoke grievous# : now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put# upon us, lighter# , and we will serve# thee.
			5	And he said# unto them, Depart# yet for three days, then come again# to me. And the people departed# .
			6	And king Rehoboam consulted# with the old men, that stood# before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said# , How do ye advise# that I may# answer this people?
			7	And they spake# unto him, saying# , If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve# them, and answer# them, and speak# good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
			8	But he forsook# the counsel of the old men, which they had given# him, and consulted# with the young men that were grown up# with him, and which stood# before him:
			9	And he said# unto them, What counsel give# ye that we may# answer this people, who have spoken# to me, saying# , Make# the yoke which thy father did put# upon us lighter# ?
			10	And the young men that were grown up# with him spake# unto him, saying# , Thus shalt thou speak# unto this people that spake# unto thee, saying# , Thy father made# our yoke heavy# , but make thou it lighter# unto us; thus shalt thou say# unto them, My little finger shall be thicker# than my father's loins.
			11	And now whereas my father did lade# you with a heavy yoke, I will add# to your yoke: my father hath chastised# you with whips, but I will chastise# you with scorpions.
			12	So Jeroboam and all the people came# to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed# , saying# , Come to me again# the third day.
			13	And the king answered# the people roughly, and forsook# the old men's counsel that they gave# him; [roughly: Heb. hardly]
			14	And spake# to them after the counsel of the young men, saying# , My father made# your yoke heavy# , and I will add# to your yoke: my father also chastised# you with whips, but I will chastise# you with scorpions.
			15	Wherefore the king hearkened# not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform# his saying, which the LORD spake# by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
			16	So# when all Israel saw# that the king hearkened# not unto them, the people answered the king, saying# , What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see# to thine own house, David. So Israel departed# unto their tents.
			17	But as for the children of Israel which dwelt# in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned# over them.
			18	Then king Rehoboam sent# Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned# him with stones, that he died# . Therefore king Rehoboam made speed# to get him up# to his chariot, to flee# to Jerusalem. [made...: Heb. strengthened himself]
			19	So Israel rebelled# against the house of David unto this day. [rebelled: or, fell away]
			20	And it came to pass, when all Israel heard# that Jeroboam was come again# , that they sent# and called# him unto the congregation, and made him king# over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
			21	And when Rehoboam was come# to Jerusalem, he assembled# all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men# , which were warriors# # , to fight# against the house of Israel, to bring# the kingdom again# to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
			22	But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying# ,
			23	Speak# unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying# ,
			24	Thus saith# the LORD, Ye shall not go up# , nor fight# against your brethren the children of Israel: return# every man to his house; for this thing is# from me. They hearkened# therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned# to depart# , according to the word of the LORD.
			25	Then Jeroboam built# Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt# therein; and went out# from thence, and built# Penuel.
			26	And Jeroboam said# in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return# to the house of David:
			27	If this people go up# to do# sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again# unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill# me, and go again# to Rehoboam king of Judah.
			28	Whereupon the king took counsel# , and made# two calves of gold, and said# unto them, It is too much for you to go up# to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up# out of the land of Egypt.
			29	And he set# the one in Bethel, and the other put# he in Dan.
			30	And this thing became a sin: for the people went# to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
			31	And he made# an house of high places, and made# priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
			32	And Jeroboam ordained# a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth# day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered# upon the altar. So did# he in Bethel, sacrificing# unto the calves that he had made# : and he placed# in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made# . [offered...: or, went up to the altar, etc] [sacrificing: or, to sacrifice]
			33	So he offered# upon the altar which he had made# in Bethel the fifteenth# day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised# of his own heart; and ordained# a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered# upon the altar, and burnt incense# . [offered...: or, went up to the altar, etc] [and burnt...: Heb. to burn incense]