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Nagrebelde ang Israel kay Rehoboam(A)

12 Pumunta si Rehoboam sa Shekem, kung saan nagtipon ang lahat ng mga Israelita para hirangin siya na hari. Nang mabalitaan ito ni Jeroboam na anak ni Nebat, bumalik siya sa Israel. (Sapagkat nang panahong iyon, doon siya nakatira sa Egipto, kung saan tumakas siya kay Haring Solomon.) Ipinatawag ng buong mamamayan ng Israel si Jeroboam at pumunta sila kay Rehoboam at sinabi, “Mabigat ang mga ipinapatupad ng inyong ama sa amin. Pero kung pagagaanin nʼyo ito, paglilingkuran namin kayo.”

Sumagot si Rehoboam, “Bigyan nʼyo muna ako ng tatlong araw para pag-isipan ito, pagkatapos, bumalik kayo sa akin.” Kaya umuwi ang mga tao. Nakipagkita agad si Haring Rehoboam sa mga tagapamahala na naglilingkod sa ama niyang si Solomon nang nabubuhay pa ito. Nagtanong si Rehoboam sa kanila, “Ano ba ang maipapayo ninyo na isasagot ko sa hinihiling ng mga taong iyon?” Sumagot sila, “Kung ipapakita mo ngayon ang iyong kabutihan sa kanila, at ibibigay ang kahilingan nila, maglilingkod sila sa iyo magpakailanman.”

Pero hindi sinunod ni Rehoboam ang kanilang payo, sa halip nakipagkita siya sa mga kababata niya na naglilingkod sa kanya. Nagtanong siya sa kanila, “Ano ba ang maipapayo nʼyo na isasagot ko sa kahilingan ng mga taong iyon? Humihiling sila sa akin na pagaanin ko ang mabigat na mga ipinapatupad ng aking ama sa kanila.” 10 Sumagot ang mga kababata ni Rehoboam, “Ito ang isagot mo sa mga taong iyon na humihiling sa iyo: ‘Ang kalingkingan ko ay mas malaki pa sa baywang ng aking ama. 11 Ang ibig kong sabihin, mas mabigat pa ang ipapatupad ko sa inyo kaysa sa ipinapatupad ng aking ama. Kung hinampas kayo ng aking ama ng latigo, hahampasin ko kayo ng latigong may mga matalim na bakal.’ ”[a]

12 Pagkalipas ng tatlong araw, bumalik si Jeroboam at ang mga tao kay Haring Rehoboam, ayon sa sinabi ng hari sa kanila. 13 Pero hindi tinupad ni Rehoboam ang ipinayo ng mga tagapamahala. Sa halip, pinagsalitaan niya ng masasakit ang mga tao 14 ayon sa ipinayo ng mga kababata niya. Sinabi niya sa kanila, “Mabigat ang ipinapatupad ng aking ama sa inyo, pero mas mabigat pa ang ipapatupad ko sa inyo. Kung pinalo kayo ng aking ama ng latigo, papaluin ko kayo ng latigong may matalim na mga bakal.”

15 Hindi nga nakinig ang hari sa mga tao, niloob ito ng Dios para matupad ang kanyang sinabi kay Jeroboam na anak ni Nebat sa pamamagitan ni Ahia na taga-Shilo. 16 Nang malaman ng lahat ng Israelita na hindi sila pinakinggan ng hari, sinabi nila sa hari, “Wala kaming pakialam sa iyo na mula sa lahi ni David! Bahala ka na sa iyong kaharian! Halikayo mga Israelita, umuwi na tayo!” At umuwi nga ang mga Israelita. 17 Ang mga Israelita lang na nakatira sa mga bayan ng Juda ang napamahalaan ni Rehoboam.

18 Ngayon, pinapunta ni Haring Rehoboam sa mga Israelita si Adoniram, ang tagapamahala ng mga tao na pinagtatrabaho ng sapilitan, para makipag-ayos sa kanila. Pero binato siya ng mga Israelita hanggang sa mamatay. Nagmamadaling sumakay si Rehoboam sa kanyang karwahe at tumakas papunta sa Jerusalem. 19 Hanggang ngayon, nagrerebelde ang mga Israelita sa mga angkan ni David.

20 Nang mabalitaan ng lahat ng mga Israelita na nakauwi na si Jeroboam, ipinatawag nila siya sa isang pagtitipon at ginawa nila siyang hari sa buong Israel. Ang lahi lang ni Juda ang nanatiling tapat sa paghahari ng mga angkan ni David.

Binalaan ni Shemaya si Rehoboam(B)

21 Pagdating ni Rehoboam sa Jerusalem, tinipon niya ang mahuhusay na sundalo ng mga lahi nina Juda at Benjamin. Nakapagtipon siya ng 180,000 sundalo na makikipaglaban sa mga mamamayan ng Israel at para bawiin ang kaharian niya. 22 Pero sinabi ng Dios kay Shemaya na kanyang lingkod, 23 “Sabihin mo kay Haring Rehoboam ng Juda, na anak ni Solomon, at sa lahat ng sambayanan ng Juda at Benjamin at sa iba pang taong naroon 24 na ito ang sinasabi ko: ‘Huwag kayong makipaglaban sa mga kapwa ninyo Israelita. Umuwi kayo, dahil kalooban ko ang lahat ng ito.’ ” Sumunod nga sila sa Panginoon at umuwi ayon sa inutos ng Panginoon.

Nagpagawa si Jeroboam ng mga Gintong Baka

25 Pinalibutan ni Jeroboam ng pader ang lungsod ng Shekem sa kabundukan ng Efraim at doon siya tumira. Kinalaunan, pumunta siya sa Penuel at ipinaayos niya ito. 26 Sinabi niya sa kanyang sarili, “Baka maibalik ang kaharian sa angkan ni David 27 kung magpapatuloy ang mga tao sa pagpunta sa Jerusalem para maghandog doon sa templo ng Panginoon. Maaaring mahulog muli ang kanilang loob kay Haring Rehoboam ng Juda. At kung mangyayari iyon, papatayin nila ako at babalik sila kay Rehoboam.”

28 Kaya pagkatapos na payuhan si Jeroboam tungkol dito, nagpagawa siya ng dalawang gintong baka. Sinabi niya sa mga tao, “Mga Israelita, mahirap na para sa inyo na makapunta pa sa Jerusalem. Narito ang inyong mga dios na naglabas sa inyo sa Egipto.” 29 Ang isang gintong baka ay ipinalagay niya sa Betel at ang isa naman ay sa Dan. 30 Ang ginawang ito ni Jeroboam ay naging dahilan ng pagkakasala ng mga Israelita.[b] Pumupunta pa sila kahit sa Dan para sumamba roon.

31 Nagpagawa pa si Jeroboam ng mga sambahan sa matataas na lugar[c] at pumili siya ng mga tao na maglilingkod bilang pari, kahit hindi sila mula sa pamilya ng mga Levita. 32 Nagpasimula rin siya ng pista na ipinagdiriwang tuwing ika-15 araw ng ikawalong buwan, tulad ng pista sa Juda. Nang araw na iyon, nag-alay siya sa Betel ng mga handog sa altar para sa mga gintong baka na ipinagawa niya. At doon siya pumili ng mga pari na itinalaga niyang maglingkod sa mga sambahan sa matataas na lugar na ipinagawa niya. 33 Sa araw na iyon na naghandog siya sa altar na kanyang ipinagawa sa Betel, sinimulan niya ang pista para sa mga Israelita. Siya ang pumili ng petsang ika-15 araw ng ikawalong buwan para sa ganitong pista.

Footnotes

  1. 12:11 latigong may mga matalim na bakal: sa literal, alakdan. Ganito rin sa talatang 14.
  2. 12:30 naging dahilan … Israelita: o, kasalanan.
  3. 12:31 sambahan sa matataas na lugar: Tingnan sa Talaan ng mga Salita sa likod. Makikita rin sa 13:2.
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Israel Rebels Against Rehoboam(A)

12 Rehoboam went to Shechem,(B) for all Israel had gone there to make him king. When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was still in Egypt, where he had fled(C) from King Solomon), he returned from[a] Egypt. So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him: “Your father put a heavy yoke(D) on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then come back to me.” So the people went away.

Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders(E) who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How would you advise me to answer these people?” he asked.

They replied, “If today you will be a servant to these people and serve them and give them a favorable answer,(F) they will always be your servants.”

But Rehoboam rejected(G) the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him. He asked them, “What is your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

10 The young men who had grown up with him replied, “These people have said to you, ‘Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but make our yoke lighter.’ Now tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist. 11 My father laid on you a heavy yoke; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.’”

12 Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the king had said, “Come back to me in three days.” 13 The king answered the people harshly. Rejecting the advice given him by the elders, 14 he followed the advice of the young men and said, “My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged(H) you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.” 15 So the king did not listen to the people, for this turn of events was from the Lord,(I) to fulfill the word the Lord had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah(J) the Shilonite.

16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered the king:

“What share(K) do we have in David,
    what part in Jesse’s son?
To your tents, Israel!(L)
    Look after your own house, David!”

So the Israelites went home.(M) 17 But as for the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah,(N) Rehoboam still ruled over them.

18 King Rehoboam sent out Adoniram,[b](O) who was in charge of forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death.(P) King Rehoboam, however, managed to get into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. 19 So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David(Q) to this day.

20 When all the Israelites heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the house of David.(R)

21 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mustered all Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—a hundred and eighty thousand able young men—to go to war(S) against Israel and to regain the kingdom for Rehoboam son of Solomon.

22 But this word of God came to Shemaiah(T) the man of God:(U) 23 “Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, to all Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, 24 ‘This is what the Lord says: Do not go up to fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Go home, every one of you, for this is my doing.’” So they obeyed the word of the Lord and went home again, as the Lord had ordered.

Golden Calves at Bethel and Dan

25 Then Jeroboam fortified Shechem(V) in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went out and built up Peniel.[c](W)

26 Jeroboam thought to himself, “The kingdom will now likely revert to the house of David. 27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices at the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem,(X) they will again give their allegiance to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah. They will kill me and return to King Rehoboam.”

28 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves.(Y) He said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”(Z) 29 One he set up in Bethel,(AA) and the other in Dan.(AB) 30 And this thing became a sin;(AC) the people came to worship the one at Bethel and went as far as Dan to worship the other.[d]

31 Jeroboam built shrines(AD) on high places and appointed priests(AE) from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites. 32 He instituted a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth(AF) month, like the festival held in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. This he did in Bethel,(AG) sacrificing to the calves he had made. And at Bethel he also installed priests at the high places he had made. 33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, he offered sacrifices on the altar he had built at Bethel.(AH) So he instituted the festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to make offerings.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 12:2 Or he remained in
  2. 1 Kings 12:18 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 4:6 and 5:14); Hebrew Adoram
  3. 1 Kings 12:25 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel
  4. 1 Kings 12:30 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text people went to the one as far as Dan

The Revolt Against Rehoboam(A)

12 And (B)Rehoboam went to (C)Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king. So it happened, when (D)Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (he was still in (E)Egypt, for he had fled from the presence of King Solomon and had been dwelling in Egypt), that they sent and called him. Then Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, “Your father made our (F)yoke [a]heavy; now therefore, lighten the burdensome service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”

So he said to them, “Depart for three days, then come back to me.” And the people departed.

Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, and he said, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

And they spoke to him, saying, (G)“If you will be a servant to these people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

But he rejected the advice which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him. And he said to them, “What advice do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”

10 Then the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you should speak to this people who have spoken to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter on us’—thus you shall say to them: ‘My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s waist! 11 And now, whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with [b]scourges!’ ”

12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had directed, saying, “Come back to me the third day.” 13 Then the king answered the people [c]roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him; 14 and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with [d]scourges!” 15 So the king did not listen to the people; for (H)the turn of events was from the Lord, that He might fulfill His word, which the Lord had (I)spoken by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

16 Now when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying:

(J)“What share have we in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.
To your tents, O Israel!
Now, see to your own house, O David!”

So Israel departed to their tents. 17 But Rehoboam reigned over (K)the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.

18 Then King Rehoboam (L)sent Adoram, who was in charge of the revenue; but all Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. Therefore King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste to flee to Jerusalem. 19 So (M)Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.

20 Now it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all (N)Israel. There was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah (O)only.

21 And when (P)Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of (Q)Benjamin, one hundred and eighty thousand chosen men who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, that he might restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. 22 But (R)the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 23 “Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying, 24 ‘Thus says the Lord: “You shall not go up nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel. Let every man return to his house, (S)for this thing is from Me.” ’ ” Therefore they obeyed the word of the Lord, and turned back, according to the word of the Lord.

Jeroboam’s Gold Calves

25 Then Jeroboam (T)built[e] Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and dwelt there. Also he went out from there and built (U)Penuel. 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom may return to the house of David: 27 If these people (V)go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn back to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me and go back to Rehoboam king of Judah.”

28 Therefore the king asked advice, (W)made two calves of gold, and said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. (X)Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!” 29 And he set up one in (Y)Bethel, and the other he put in (Z)Dan. 30 Now this thing became (AA)a sin, for the people went to worship before the one as far as Dan. 31 He made [f]shrines on the high places, (AB)and made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

32 Jeroboam [g]ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like (AC)the feast that was in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. So he did at Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made. (AD)And at Bethel he installed the priests of the high places which he had made. 33 So he made offerings on the altar which he had made at Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month which he had (AE)devised in his own heart. And he [h]ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and offered sacrifices on the altar and (AF)burned incense.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 12:4 hard
  2. 1 Kings 12:11 Scourges with points or barbs, lit. scorpions
  3. 1 Kings 12:13 harshly
  4. 1 Kings 12:14 Lit. scorpions
  5. 1 Kings 12:25 fortified
  6. 1 Kings 12:31 Lit. a house; cf. 1 Kin. 13:32, lit. houses
  7. 1 Kings 12:32 instituted
  8. 1 Kings 12:33 instituted