1 Kings 12
Legacy Standard Bible
Rehoboam Forsakes the Elders’ Counsel
12 (A)Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to (B)Shechem to make him king. 2 And it happened, (C)when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, [a]he was living in Egypt (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon). 3 Then they sent and called for him. And Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, 4 “(D)Your father made our yoke harsh; but you, now, lighten the harsh service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.” 5 Then he said to them, “(E)Go [b]for three days, then return to me.” So the people went away.
6 Then King Rehoboam (F)took counsel with the elders who had stood before his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, “How do you counsel me to respond to this people?” 7 And they spoke to him, saying, “(G)If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and [c]grant them their petition, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.” 8 But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had counseled him, and took counsel with the young men who grew up with him and stood before him. 9 So he said to them, “What counsel do you give that we may respond to this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?” 10 Then the young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, now you make it lighter for us!’ Thus you shall speak to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins! 11 So now, my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”
12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had spoken, saying, “(H)Return to me on the third day.” 13 And the king answered the people harshly, and he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had [d]given him, 14 and he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “(I)My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.” 15 So the king did not listen to the people; (J)for it was a turn of events from Yahweh, (K)that He might establish His word, which Yahweh spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
Israel Rebels Against Judah
16 Then all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them. So the people responded to the king with this word, saying,
“What portion do we have in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse;
(L)To your tents, O Israel!
Now see to your own house, David!”
So Israel went to their tents. 17 But (M)as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 18 Then King Rehoboam sent (N)Adoram, who was over the forced labor, and all Israel [e]stoned him and he died. And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem. 19 (O)So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.
20 Now it happened when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, that they sent and called him to the congregation and made him king over all Israel. (P)None but the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
21 (Q)Then Rehoboam came to Jerusalem and assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, 180,000 chosen men who could wage war, to fight against the house of Israel to return the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. 22 But the word of God came to (R)Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 23 “Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin and to the (S)rest of the people, saying, 24 ‘Thus says Yahweh, “You shall not go up and fight against your brothers, the sons of Israel; return every man to his house, (T)for this thing is from Me.”’” So they listened to the word of Yahweh, and returned to go their way according to the word of Yahweh.
Jeroboam Makes Golden Calves
25 Then (U)Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived [f]there. And he went out from there and built (V)Penuel. 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to the house of David. 27 (W)If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will return to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.” 28 So the king took counsel, and (X)made two golden (Y)calves, and he said to them, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; (Z)behold your gods, O Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt.” 29 And he set (AA)one in (AB)Bethel, and one he put in (AC)Dan. 30 Now (AD)this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before the one as far as Dan. 31 And (AE)he made houses on high places, and (AF)made priests from among [g]all the people who were not of the sons of Levi. 32 And Jeroboam made a feast in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, (AG)like the feast which is in Judah, and he [h]went up to the altar; thus he did in Bethel, to sacrifice to the calves which he had made. And he had (AH)the priests of the high places, which he had made, stand in Bethel. 33 Then he [i]went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had [j](AI)devised [k]in his own heart; and he made a feast for the sons of Israel and [l]went up to the altar (AJ)to burn [m]incense.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 12:2 Lit Jeroboam
- 1 Kings 12:5 Lit yet 3
- 1 Kings 12:7 Lit answer them
- 1 Kings 12:13 Lit advised
- 1 Kings 12:18 Lit stoned with stones
- 1 Kings 12:25 Lit in it
- 1 Kings 12:31 Or the extremities of
- 1 Kings 12:32 Or offered upon
- 1 Kings 12:33 Or offered upon
- 1 Kings 12:33 Lit made
- 1 Kings 12:33 Lit from
- 1 Kings 12:33 Or offered upon
- 1 Kings 12:33 Or sacrifices
1 Mga Hari 12
Magandang Balita Biblia
Naghimagsik ang mga Lipi sa Hilaga(A)
12 Pumunta sa Shekem si Rehoboam sapagkat nagtipun-tipon doon ang lahat ng mga taga-Israel upang siya'y gawing hari. 2 Nasa Egipto pa noon si Jeroboam na anak ni Nebat. Nagtago siya roon noong pinaghahanap siya ni Solomon. Nang mabalitaan ni Jeroboam ang mga pangyayari, umuwi[a] siya mula sa Egipto. 3 Siya'y kanilang ipinasundo mula roon. Humarap nga kay Rehoboam si Jeroboam at ang buong Israel at sinabi sa kanya, 4 “Napakabigat po ng mga pasaning iniatang sa amin ng inyong ama. Bawasan po ninyo ang pahirap na ginawa niya sa amin; pagaanin ninyo ang pasanin na aming dinadala at paglilingkuran namin kayo.”
5 Sumagot si Rehoboam, “Bigyan ninyo ako ng tatlong araw upang mapag-aralan ang bagay na ito, at pagkatapos bumalik kayo.” Kaya umalis muna ang mga tao.
6 Sumangguni si Rehoboam sa matatandang tagapayo na naglingkod kay Solomon nang ito'y nabubuhay pa. Itinanong niya sa kanila kung ano ang dapat niyang gawin. 7 At ganito ang sabi sa kanya ng matatanda: “Kapag pinagbigyan ninyo ang kanilang kahilingan at ipinakita ninyong handa kayong maglingkod sa kanila, kapag sila'y inyong pinakitunguhang mabuti, maglilingkod sila sa inyo habang panahon.”
8 Ngunit binaliwala ni Rehoboam ang payo ng matatanda. Sa halip, nagtanong siya sa mga kababata niya na ngayo'y naglilingkod sa kanya, 9 “Ano ang dapat kong isagot sa mga taong humihiling na pagaanin ko ang pasaning ipinataw sa kanila ng aking ama?”
10 Ganito naman ang payo nila: “Sabihin mo sa kanila na ang iyong ama ay naging mahina; 11 at daragdagan mo pa ang pahirap na kanyang ipinapasan sa kanila; at kung sila'y hinagupit niya ng latigo, hahagupitin mo naman sila ng mga panghampas na may tinik na bakal.”
12 Pagkalipas ng tatlong araw, bumalik si Jeroboam at ang mga tao, ayon sa iniutos sa kanila ng hari. 13 Salungat sa payo ng matatanda, magaspang ang sagot na ibinigay ni Rehoboam sa mga tao. 14 Ang sinunod niya'y ang payo ng kabataan, kaya't sinabi niya, “Kung mabigat ang dalahing ipinapasan sa inyo ng aking ama, daragdagan ko pa iyan! Kung hinagupit niya kayo ng latigo, panghampas na may tinik na bakal ang ihahagupit ko sa inyo!” 15 Hindi nga pinakinggan ng hari ang karaingan ng bayan. Sa ganitong paraan ay natupad ang sinabi ng propeta ni Yahweh na si Ahias kay Jeroboam na anak ni Nebat nang sila'y magkita sa Shilo.
16 Nang(B) makita ng mga taong-bayan na ayaw silang pakinggan ng hari ay sinabi nila, “Umuwi na tayo, O Israel! Ano bang mapapala natin kay David? Ano bang nagawa para sa atin ng anak ni Jesse? Pabayaan na natin ang sambahayan ni David!”
Umuwi na nga sa kani-kanilang tahanan ang sampung lipi ng Israel. 17 Ang mga naninirahan lamang sa mga lunsod ng Juda ang nanatiling sakop ni Rehoboam.
18 Pagkatapos, pinapunta niya sa sampung lipi si Adoniram,[b] ang tagapangasiwa ng sapilitang pagtatrabaho, ngunit ito ay pinagbabato nila hanggang mamatay. Kaya't nagmamadaling sumakay si Rehoboam sa kanyang karwahe at tumakas patungo sa Jerusalem. 19 Magmula noon, patuloy na naghimagsik ang sampung lipi ng Israel sa paghahari ng angkan ni David.
Paghiwalay sa Pamahalaan(C)
20 Nang marinig ng pinuno ng Israel na bumalik na si Jeroboam, siya'y ipinatawag nila sa kapulungan ng bayan at ginawang hari ng sampung lipi ng Israel. Ang lipi lamang ni Juda ang nanatili sa angkan ni David.
21 Pagdating ni Rehoboam sa Jerusalem, tinipon niya ang mga lipi ni Juda at ni Benjamin. Nakatipon siya ng 180,000 mga sanay na mandirigma upang digmain ang sampung lipi ni Israel at bawiin ang kanyang kaharian. 22 Subalit sinabi ni Yahweh kay Semaias na kanyang lingkod, 23 “Sabihin mo kay Rehoboam na anak ni Solomon at hari ng mga lipi ng Juda at Benjamin 24 na huwag na nilang digmain ang sampung lipi ng Israel. Hayaan na niyang makauwi ang bawat isa sa kanya-kanyang tahanan sapagkat ang nangyari ay aking kalooban.” Sinunod naman nila ang utos ni Yahweh at sila'y umuwi sa kani-kanilang mga tahanan.
Paghiwalay sa Pagsamba
25 Pinatibay ni Jeroboam ang Shekem sa kabundukan ng Efraim at doon siya pansamantalang nanirahan. Pagkatapos, lumipat siya sa Penuel. 26 Naisip ni Jeroboam na kung magpapatuloy ang dating kaugalian ng kanyang mga nasasakupan, malamang na manumbalik ang mga iyon sa angkan ni David. Ito ang sabi niya sa sarili, 27 “Kapag ang mga taong ito'y hindi tumigil ng pagpunta sa Templo ni Yahweh sa Jerusalem upang mag-alay ng mga handog, mahuhulog muli ang kanilang loob sa dati nilang pinuno, si Rehoboam na hari ng Juda, at ako'y kanilang papatayin.”
28 Kaya't(D) matapos pag-isipan ang bagay na ito, gumawa siya ng dalawang guyang ginto at sinabi sa mga taong-bayan, “Huwag na kayong mag-abalang pumunta sa Jerusalem. Narito, bayang Israel, ang inyong diyos na naglabas sa inyo sa Egipto.” 29 Inilagay niya ang isa sa Bethel at ang isa nama'y sa Dan. 30 At ang bagay na ito'y naging sanhi ng pagkakasala ng Israel. May mga pumupunta sa Bethel upang sumamba at mayroon din sa Dan. 31 Nagtayo pa siya ng mga sambahan sa burol at naglagay ng mga paring hindi mula sa lipi ni Levi.
32 Ginawa(E) niyang pista ang ikalabing limang araw ng ikawalong buwan ng taon, katulad ng kapistahang ipinagdiriwang sa Juda. Naghandog siya sa altar sa Bethel sa mga guyang ginto na kanyang ginawa at naglingkod doon ang mga paring inilagay niya sa mga sagradong burol. 33 Pumunta nga siya sa altar na kanyang ipinatayo sa Bethel noong ikalabing limang araw ng ikawalong buwan, buwan na siya ang pumili. Iyo'y ginawa niyang pista sa sampung lipi ng Israel, at siya mismo ang umakyat sa altar at nagsunog ng insenso.
Footnotes
- 1 Mga Hari 12:2 umuwi: Sa ibang manuskrito'y nanirahan .
- 1 Mga Hari 12:18 Adoniram: Sa ibang manuskrito'y Adoram .
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