10:1 Rehobo'am went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
10:1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

10:2 And when Jerobo'am the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt, whither he had fled from King Solomon), then Jerobo'am returned from Egypt.
10:2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), then Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

10:3 And they sent and called him; and Jerobo'am and all Israel came and said to Rehobo'am,
10:3 They sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came and said to Rehoboam,

10:4 "Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke upon us, and we will serve you."
10:4 "Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke that he placed on us, and we will serve you."

10:5 He said to them, "Come to me again in three days." So the people went away.
10:5 He said to them, "Come to me again in three days." So the people went away.

10:6 Then King Rehobo'am took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, "How do you advise me to answer this people?"
10:6 Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the older men who had attended his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, "How do you advise me to answer this people?"

10:7 And they said to him, "If you will be kind to this people and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants for ever."
10:7 They answered him, "If you will be kind to this people and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."

10:8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.
10:8 But he rejected the advice that the older men gave him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and now attended him.

10:9 And he said to them, "What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, `Lighten the yoke that your father put upon us'?"
10:9 He said to them, "What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, 'Lighten the yoke that your father put on us'?"

10:10 And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, "Thus shall you speak to the people who said to you, `Your father made our yoke heavy, but do you lighten it for us'; thus shall you say to them, `My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.
10:10 The young men who had grown up with him said to him, "Thus should you speak to the people who said to you, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must lighten it for us'; tell them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.

10:11 And now, whereas my father laid upon you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.'"
10:11 Now, whereas my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.'"

10:12 So Jerobo'am and all the people came to Rehobo'am the third day, as the king said, "Come to me again the third day."
10:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had said, "Come to me again the third day."

10:13 And the king answered them harshly, and forsaking the counsel of the old men,
10:13 The king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the older men;

10:14 King Rehobo'am spoke to them according to the counsel 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 will chastise you with scorpions."
10:14 he spoke to them in accordance with the advice of the young men, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions."

10:15 So the king did not hearken to the people; for it was a turn of affairs brought about by God that the LORD might fulfil his word, which he spoke by Ahi'jah the Shi'lonite to Jerobo'am the son of Nebat.
10:15 So the king did not listen to the people, because it was a turn of affairs brought about by God so that the LORD might fulfill his word, which he had spoken by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

10:16 And when all Israel saw that the king did not hearken to them, the people answered the king, "What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Each of you to your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David." So all Israel departed to their tents.
10:16 When all Israel saw that the king would not listen to them, the people answered the king, "What share do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Each of you to your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David." So all Israel departed to their tents.

10:17 But Rehobo'am reigned over the people of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.
10:17 But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who were living in the cities of Judah.

10:18 Then King Rehobo'am sent Hador'am, who was taskmaster over the forced labor, and the people of Israel stoned him to death with stones. And King Rehobo'am made haste to mount his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
10:18 When King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was taskmaster over the forced labor, the people of Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam hurriedly mounted his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

10:19 So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.
10:19 So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.