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2 Chronicles chapter 10
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Rehoboam went to , because that’s where all of had gathered to make him king.When son of Nebat heard about this — he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon — he came back from Egypt.They sent for him and called him back. So Jeroboam came with all of Israel, and they spoke to Rehoboam:“Your father put a on us. If you lighten the and the heavy load your father put on us, we’ll serve you.”He told them, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people left.King Rehoboam consulted the who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive. “What do you advise me to tell these people?” he asked.They told him, “If you’re good to these people and — if you give them a favorable answer — they’ll serve you forever.”But he rejected the advice the older men gave him and instead consulted the young men who had grown up with him — the ones who were now his attendants.He asked them, “What do you advise? How should we respond to these people who are asking me to lighten the burden my father put on them?”The young men who had grown up with him said, “Here’s what you should tell these people who said, ‘Your father made our load heavy — make it lighter.’ Tell them: ‘.’”“So — my father loaded you with a heavy burden? I’ll make it even heavier. My father disciplined you with whips; I’ll discipline you with .”On the third day, Jeroboam and all the people came back to Rehoboam, just as the king had said: “Come back to me on the third day.”The king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the older advisors’ counseland spoke to them the way the young men had advised: “My father made your burden heavy, and I’ll make it even heavier. My father disciplined you with whips; I’ll use scorpion-tipped whips.”The king refused to listen to the people, because this turn of events was to fulfill the message had spoken through to Jeroboam son of Nebat.When all of Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king: “? We have no stake in Jesse’s son! Everyone go home, Israel! David — look after your own house now!” And all of Israel went home.But Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites who lived in the towns of Judah.King Rehoboam sent out , who was in charge of forced labor, but the Israelites . King Rehoboam barely managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem.And that’s how Israel from the house of David — and it’s been that way .