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This is still a very early look into the unfinished text of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check the text in advance before using in public.
12 Shelomoh’s son Rehavam went to Shekem, because all Yisrael had assembled there to make him king. 2 Meanwhile, Nebat’s son Yarave’am (Jeroboam) in Egypt (where he’d fled from King Shelomoh) heard the news and returned to Yisrael. 3 The leaders of the northern tribes summoned him, and they all went to petition King Rehavam, 4 “Your father Shelomoh required us to contribute too much labour. If you’ll lighten the burden on us, then we’ll serve you.”
5 “Come back in three days,” he replied, “and I’ll give my response.” So the people left.
6 Then King Rehavam consulted with the elders (who’d served his father Shelomoh while he was alive), asking them for advice on how to respond.
7 “If you want to serve these people well,” they replied, “answer them with kindness now then they’ll serve you well in the future.”
8 However he decided to ignore that advice from the elders, and he consulted with the young men who were standing in front of him and that he’d grown up with, 9 so he asked them, “What would you all recommend that we tell the people who wanted me to lighten the burden that my father placed on them?”
10 “You should tell them this,” his young companions replied. “They’ve asked that you should lighten the load on them from what your father demanded, but on the contrary, you should tell them that your little finger is thicker than your father’s thigh bone was. 11 Tell them that your father placed a heavy burden on them, but that you’ll add to that. He punished them with whips, but you’ll punish them with scorpions.”
12 So when Yarave’am and all the leaders came back to King Rehavam on the third day as he’d instructed them, 13 he answered them harshly—ignoring the advice of the elders at the beginning. 14 Instead he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father placed a heavy burden on you all, but as for me, I’ll add to those demands. My father punished you all with whips, but as for me, I’ll punish you all with scorpions.” 15 So the king didn’t listen to the people. This change came from Yahweh so that what he’d had Ahiyyah the Shilonite tell Nebat’s son Yarave’am would all indeed happen.[ref]
16 When all Yisrael saw that the king hadn’t listened to them, the people responded,
“What share in David do we have?
≈We won’t get any inheritance from Yeshai’s son.
Go back to your tents, Yisrael.
Look at your dynasty now, David.”[ref]
So the northern Israeli leaders went home again. 17 However, Rehavam continued to rule over the cities in Yehudah.
18 Then King Rehavam took Adoniram who was over the forced labour, to go north but the people killed him by throwing rocks at him and the king had to hurriedly jump into his chariot to flee to Yerushalem. 19 Ever since then, the northern tribes of Yisrael have rebelled against David’s dynasty.
20 So as soon as all Yisrael heard that Yarave’am had returned from Egypt, they summoned him to their assembly and appointed him as king over all northern Yisrael. Only the Yehudah region was left under the rule of David’s grandson Rehavam.
10 Then Rehaveam (Rehoboam) went to Shekem where all Yisrael had gathered for his coronation. 2 Meanwhile, Nevat’s son Yaraveam (Jeroboam) had fled from King Shelomoh and was down in Egypt, but when he heard about the coming coronation, he returned from Egypt. 3 So the leaders of the northern tribes summoned Yaraveam, and he went with them to speak to Shelomoh’s son Rehaveam and all Yisrael, saying, 4 “Your father made us work very hard, but now, lighten the demands that your father made on us, and we’ll serve you.”
5 “Come back to me in three days.” Rehaveam answered, so the people departed.
6 Then King Rehaveam consulted with the older men who’d advised his father Shelomoh when he was still alive, asking them, “How do you all advise me to answer the people?”
7 “If you are good to those people and do things that please them, and speak kindly to them,” they answered, “then they’ll serve you for a long time to come.”
8 However, Rehaveam rejected their advice, and consulted some of the young men there who’d grown up with him. 9 “How would you guys suggest that I answer the people who’ve asked me to lighten the burden on them from the days of my father?”
10 “Those people tell you that your father was hard on them and that you should lighten their load,” his contemporaries advised him. “But you should tell that that your little finger is thicker than your father’s waist, 11 and that whereas he required them to contribute, you’ll be even more demanding. Tell them that he might have whipped you with leather whips, but that you’ll whip them with scorpions!”
12 So Yaraveam and all the people returned to King Rehaveam on the third day as he’d prearranged, 13 and ignoring the advice of the older men, the king answered the people harshly. 14 He passed on the suggestion of the younger men, telling the people, “I’ll make your burden even heavier. My father rebuked you all with whips, but I’ll do it with scorpions.” 15 So the king took no notice of the people’s request, because it was God turning events around so that what Yahweh had said to Yaraveam (Nevat’s son) through Ahiyah (from Shiloh), would come to pass.
16 When all the Israelis saw that the king hadn’t listened to them, and the people from the northern tribes answered the king, “What did David have to do with us anyway? We had nothing to gain from Yeshay’s (Jesse’s) son. You might as well all head home, and then they’ll see what happened to David’s dynasty.”
So they all went home[ref] 17 and Rehaveam ended up only ruling over the Israelis living in the Yehudah region.
18 King Rehaveam (still in Shekem) sent out Hadoram, his supervisor of the forced labourers, but the Israelis hurled stones at him and killed him. When he heard about that, King Rehoboam forced his way into his chariot and escaped to Yerushalem, 19 and northern Yisrael has rebelled against David’s descendants until today.
1Ki 11:29-39:
29 One time when Yarave’am was away from Yerushalem, the prophet Ahiyyah the Shilonite met him on the road. He was wearing a brand-new a new cloak, and there was just the two by themselves in the countryside. 30 Ahiyyah then pulled the new cloak off his shoulders and tore it into twelve pieces, 31 and told Yarave’am, “Take ten pieces for yourself, because this is what Yisrael’s God Yahweh says, ‘Listen, I’m about to tear the kingdom away from Shelomoh’s control, and I’ll give the[fn] ten tribes to you. 32 The one tribe[fn] will be for him, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Yerushalem city which I’ve chosen from all the tribes of Yisrael. 33 This is because they’ve abandoned me. Instead they’ve bowed down to the Tsidonians’ God Ashtoret, to the Moabite god Kemosh, and to the Ammonite God Milkom. They’re no longer following my instructions or doing what they know I’ve said is right—not obeying my statutes or my judgements like the king’s father David did. 34 But I won’t take the entire kingdom off him, but rather I’ll leave him as a leader while he’s still alive for the sake of my chosen servant David, who obeyed my commands and my statutes. 35 However, I’ll take the kingship away from his son and I’ll give the ten tribes to you to rule. 36 I’ll give Shelomoh’s son one tribe to rule so that one of David’s descendants will always rule in my chosen city Yerushalem because it’s associated with my name. 37 But I’ll use you, and you’ll be able to reign over the area where you want to rule—you’ll become king over Yisrael. 38 Then if you’ll listen to everything that I command you, and walk on the right path and do what pleases me and keep my statutes and my commands, just like my servant David did, then I’ll be with you. I’ll establish a dynasty for you just like I did for David, and I’ll give Yisrael to you. 39 I’ll make David’s descendants suffer because of Shelomoh’s behaviour, but not forever.’ ”
11:31 Most English translations leave out this ‘the’ (which is in the Hebrew). However, we suspect that both Ahiyyah and Yarave’am knew exactly which of the ten tribes it would be.
11:32 It would have been obvious at the time that this was referring to Yehudah. (The unmentioned twelfth tribe is Benyamin—the youngest brother and the smallest tribe.)
2Sam 20:1:
20 Now there was a good-for-nothing Benyaminite man named Sheva who was Bikri’s son, and he blasted on the trumpet, then said,
“We have no interest in David,
≈and no claim in Yeshai’s son.