歷代志下 第 10 章

And Rehoboam came to Shechem, for all Israel was coming to Shechem to make him king.

And it happened, when Jeroboam son of Nabat heard of it — and he was in Egypt, since he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, and Jeroboam settled in Egypt — that Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

And they sent and called him; and Jeroboam came, and all the assembly of Israel, to Rehoboam, saying,

'Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten something of the hard servitude of your father and of his heavy yoke that he laid upon us, and we will serve you.'

And he said to them, 'Go away for three days, and then come to me.' And the people went away.

And King Rehoboam gathered the elders who had stood before Solomon his father while he was alive, saying, 'How do you counsel me to answer a word to this people?'

And they spoke to him, saying, 'If today you become good to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants all the days.'

But he forsook the counsel of the elders who had counseled him, and took counsel with the young men who had been brought up with him, who stood before him.

And he said to them, 'What do you counsel, that I may answer a word to this people, who spoke to me, saying, “Lighten something of the yoke that your father laid upon us”?'

And the young men who had been brought up with him spoke to him: 'Thus you shall speak to the people that spoke to you, saying, “Your father made our yoke heavy, but you, lighten it from us”; thus you shall say: My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.'

And now, my father disciplined you with a heavy yoke, and I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.

And Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, Come back to me on the third day.

And the king answered harshly; and King Rehoboam abandoned the counsel of the elders,

and he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.

And the king did not listen to the people, for the turn of events was from God, saying, The Lord has confirmed his word which he spoke by the hand of Achia the Selonite concerning Jeroboam son of Nabat,

and of all Israel, because the king did not listen to them. And the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Now look to your own house, O David! And all Israel went to his tents.

But as for the men of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

And King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, who was over the tribute, and the sons of Israel stoned him with stones, and he died; and King Rehoboam hurried to go up into the chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.