These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
1 Kings 12
Tanakh 33 verses
- 1 And went to ; for all were come to to make him .
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And it came to pass, when the son of Nebat heard of it—for he was yet in , whither he had fled from the presence of , and dwelt in ,
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- 3 and they sent and called him—that and all the congregation of came, and spoke unto , saying:
- 4 Thy father made our yoke grievous; now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will thee.’
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And he said unto them: ‘Depart yet for three days, then come again to me.’ And the people departed.
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And took counsel with the old men, that had stood before his father while he yet lived, saying: ‘What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?’
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- 7 And they spoke unto him, saying: ‘If thou wilt be a unto this people this day, and wilt them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.’
- 8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.
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And he said unto them: ‘What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying: Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?’
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And the young men that were grown up with him spoke unto him, saying: ‘Thus shalt thou say unto this people that spoke unto thee, saying: Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou speak unto them: My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.
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- 11 And now whereas my father did burden you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.’
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So and all the people came to the third day, as the bade, saying: ‘Come to me again the third day.’
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- 13 And the answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him;
- 14 and spoke to them after the counsel 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 scorpions.’
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So the hearkened not unto the people; for it was a thing brought about of , that He might establish His , which spoke by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to the son of Nebat.
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1 Kings 12:24 Judges 14:4 Deuteronomy 2:30 1 Kings 11:11 2 Chronicles 25:20 2 Chronicles 10:15 2 Chronicles 22:7 1 Samuel 15:29 John 19:28-29 Amos 3:6 Isaiah 14:13-17 2 Kings 9:36 Acts 3:17 Acts 13:27-29 2 Kings 10:10 Daniel 4:35 2 Chronicles 25:16 Acts 2:23 1 Kings 22:23 Isaiah 46:10-11 1 Kings 11:29-38 Acts 4:28 Psalm 5:10 John 19:32-37 2 Samuel 17:14 John 19:23-24 -
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And when all saw that the hearkened not unto them, the people answered the , saying: ‘What portion have we in ? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse; to your tents, O ; now see to thine own house, .’ So departed unto their tents.
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2 Samuel 20:1 2 Samuel 15:13 1 Kings 11:34 Psalm 132:17 Luke 19:27 Jeremiah 33:15-16 2 Samuel 7:15-16 1 Kings 11:39 Isaiah 9:6-7 1 Kings 11:36 1 Kings 22:36 Jeremiah 33:21 Psalm 89:29-37 Judges 8:35 Isaiah 7:2 Jeremiah 23:5-6 Psalm 76:10 1 Kings 11:13 2 Chronicles 10:16 Psalm 2:1-6 1 Kings 22:17 2 Samuel 16:11 Luke 19:14 Isaiah 7:6-7 -
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But as for the children of that dwelt in the cities of , reigned over them.
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- 18 Then sent Adoram, who was over the levy; and all stoned him with stones, so that he died. And made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to .
- 19 So rebelled against the house of , unto this day.
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And it came to pass, when all heard that was returned, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him over all ; there was none that followed the house of , but the tribe of only.
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- 21 And when was come to , be assembled all the house of , and the tribe of , a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men that were warriors, to fight against the house of , to bring the back to the son of .
- 22 But the of came unto Shemaiah the man of , saying:
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Speak unto the son of , of , and unto all the house of and , and to the rest of the people, saying:
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- 24 Thus saith : Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of ; return every man to his house; for this thing is of Me.’ So they hearkened unto the of , and returned and went their way, according to the of .
- 25 Then built in the hill-country of , and dwelt therein; and he went out from thence, and built Penuel.
- 26 And said in his : ‘Now will the return to the house of .
- 27 If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of at , then will the of this people turn back unto their lord, even unto of ; and they will kill me, and return to of .’
- 28 Whereupon the took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said unto them: ‘Ye have gone up long enough to ; behold thy Elohims, O , which brought thee up out of the land of .’
- 29 And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in .
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And this thing became a sin; for the people went to before the one, even unto .
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- 31 And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, that were not of the sons of .
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And ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in , and he went up unto the ; so did he in Beth-el, to unto the calves that he had made; and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places that he had made.
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And he went up unto the which he had made in Beth-el on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own ; and he ordained a feast for the children of , and went up unto the , to offer.
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