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And the young men that had grown up with him spoke to him saying, Thus shalt thou say to the people who have spoken to thee saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and lighten thou it for us, -- thus shalt thou say to them: My little [ergänzt: finger] is thicker than my father's loins;

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and whereas my father laid a heavy yoke upon you, *I* will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but *I* [ergänzt: will chastise you] with scorpions.

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And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the advice of the old men,

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and spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but *I* will add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but *I* [ergänzt: will chastise you] with scorpions.

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So the king hearkened not to the people; for it was brought about by God, that Jehovah might give effect to his word, which he spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

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And all Israel saw that the king hearkened not to them; and the people answered the king saying, What portion have we in David? and [ergänzt: we have] no inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel. Now see to thine own house, David! And all Israel went to their tents.

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And king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the levy; but the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. And king Rehoboam hastened to mount his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

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And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem; and he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men apt for war, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.

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Thus saith Jehovah: Go not up, nor fight with your brethren; return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. And they hearkened to the words of Jehovah, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

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And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

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and Beth-zur, and Soco, and Adullam,

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and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

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and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

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and Zorah, and Ajalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.

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And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of victuals, and of oil and wine;

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for the Levites left their suburbs and their possessions, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from exercising the priesthood to Jehovah;

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-- And after them, those out of all the tribes of Israel that set their heart to seek Jehovah the God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice to Jehovah the God of their fathers.

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And they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong three years; for during three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.

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And Rehoboam took Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David as wife, [ergänzt: and of] Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse.

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And she bore him children: Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.

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And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

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And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines; for he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he begot twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

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And Rehoboam established Abijah the son of Maachah at the head, to be ruler among his brethren; for [ergänzt: he thought] to make him king.

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And it came to pass when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and when he had become strong, [ergänzt: that] he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

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And he took the fortified cities that belonged to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

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