Study it in the app“So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of events from YHWH, so that he might confirm his word that YHWH had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.”
So the kingוְ הַמֶּלֶךְdid notלֹאlistenשָׁמַעtoאֶלthe people,הָעָםforכִּיit wasהָיְתָהa turn of eventsסִבָּהfromמֵעִםYHWH,יְהוָהso thatלְמַעַןhe might confirmהָקִיםhis wordדְּבָרוֹthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad spokenדִּבֶּרthroughבְּיַדAhijahאֲחִיָּהthe ShiloniteהַשִּׁילֹנִיtoאֶלJeroboamיָרָבְעָםsonבֶּןof Nebat.נְבָט
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shama” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayta” appearsturn (of events)
A turn, the course that things take. It comes from the verb "turn around." It appears only in 1 Kings 12:15, which says that the turn of events came from YHWH.
Where else “siba” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsestablish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “hakim” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appearsthrough
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appearsAhijah
Ahijah: the name of several people; among them the priest who carried the ephod in Saul's time (1 Samuel 14:3) and the prophet from Shiloh (1 Kings 11:29). It means "brother of YHWH."
Where else “achiya” appearsShilonite
Shilonite: a native of Shiloh, the city of Ephraim where the tent of meeting stood. The prophet Ahijah is called this.
Where else “shiloni” appearsJeroboam
Jeroboam: the name of two kings of Israel: Jeroboam son of Nebat, first king of the ten northern tribes (1 Kings 11–14), and Jeroboam son of Joash, much later (2 Kings 14:23-29).
Where else “yaravam” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsNebat
Nebat: father of Jeroboam, the first king of the northern tribes. He almost always appears in the phrase "Jeroboam son of Nebat."
Where else “nevat” appears“A turn [of events]”: the Hebrew word appears only here in the Old Testament (and a similar form in 2 Chronicles 10:15); it comes from the verb “to turn around.” The text affirms both things at once: Rehoboam decided harshly, and through that YHWH fulfilled what he had announced (1 Kings 11:29-39).
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The kingdom divided at Shechem
1 Kings 12:1-19
1Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. 2And it happened when Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of it —and he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon, and Jeroboam lived in Egypt— 3they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, 4“Your father hardened our yoke; now you, lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke that he put on us, and we will serve you.” 5He said to them, “Go away for another three days, and come back to me.” And the people went away. 6King Rehoboam sought counsel from the elders who had stood before Solomon his father while he was alive, saying, “How do you counsel me to answer this people?” 7They spoke to him, saying, “If today you are a servant to this people and serve them and answer them and speak good words to them, they will be your servants all the days.” 8But he abandoned the counsel of the elders that they had counseled him, and sought counsel from the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him. 9He said to them, “What do you counsel that we answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?” 10The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made heavy our yoke, but you, lighten it from on us’; thus you shall speak to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than the waist of my father. 11And now, my father loaded on you a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’” 12Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, “Come back to me on the third day.” 13The king answered the people harshly, and abandoned the counsel of the elders that they had counseled him; 14and he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made heavy your yoke, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.” 15So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of events from YHWH, so that he might confirm his word that YHWH had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat. 16When all Israel saw that the king had not listened to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Israel! Now look after your house, David!” So Israel went to his tents. 17But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 18King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the forced labor, and all Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. And King Rehoboam hurried to get up into the chariot to flee to Jerusalem. 19So Israel rebelled against the house of David until this day.
1Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. 2And it happened when Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of it —and he was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king— that Jeroboam returned from Egypt. 3They sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, 4“Your father hardened our yoke; so now lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke that he put on us, and we will serve you.” 5He said to them, “In another three days come back to me.” And the people went away. 6King Rehoboam sought counsel from the elders who had stood before Solomon his father while he was alive, saying, “How do you counsel me to answer this people?” 7They spoke to him, saying, “If you are good to this people and are pleased with them and speak good words to them, they will be your servants all the days.” 8But he abandoned the counsel of the elders that they had counseled him, and sought counsel from the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him. 9He said to them, “What do you counsel that we answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?” 10The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall say to the people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made heavy our yoke, but you, lighten it from on us’; thus you shall say to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than the waist of my father. 11And now, my father loaded on you a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I with scorpions.’” 12Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, “Come back to me on the third day.” 13The king answered them harshly; King Rehoboam abandoned the counsel of the elders, 14and he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “I will make heavy your yoke, and I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I with scorpions.” 15So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of events from Elohim, so that YHWH might confirm his word that he had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat. 16When all Israel saw that the king had not listened to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Each one to your tents, Israel! Now look after your house, David!” So all Israel went to his tents. 17But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 18King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the forced labor, and the sons of Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. And King Rehoboam hurried to get up into the chariot to flee to Jerusalem. 19So Israel rebelled against the house of David until this day.
14and he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made heavy your yoke, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”
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16When all Israel saw that the king had not listened to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Israel! Now look after your house, David!” So Israel went to his tents.
