Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 12

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1 Kings 12 . 1 , The Israelites , assembled at Shechem to crown Rehoboam , by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation unto him; 1 Kings 12 . 6 , Rehoboam , refusing the old men’s counsel , answers them roughly; 1 Kings 12 . 16 , Ten tribes revolting , kill Adoram , and make Rehoboam flee; 1 Kings 12 . 21 , Rehoboam , raising an army , is forbidden by Shemaiah; 1 Kings 12 . 25 , Jeroboam strengthens himself by cities; 1 Kings 12 . 26 , and by the idolatry of the two calves.

1 Kings 12:1

Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

1 Kings 12:1 · BSB

Rehoboam2 parallels

Shechem9 parallels

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1 Kings 12:2

When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.

1 Kings 12:2 · BSB

Jeroboam the son of Nebat4 parallels

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1 Kings 12:3

So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

1 Kings 12:3 · BSB

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1 Kings 12:4

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

1 Kings 12:4 · BSB

our yoke15 parallels

1 Kings 12:5

Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.

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1 Kings 12:6

Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.

1 Kings 12:6 · BSB

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1 Kings 12:7

They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

1 Kings 12:7 · BSB

If thou wilt6 parallels

speak good4 parallels

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1 Kings 12:8

But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

1 Kings 12:8 · BSB

the whole verse10 parallels

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1 Kings 12:9

He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

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1 Kings 12:10

The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

1 Kings 12:10 · BSB

Thus shalt thou1 parallel

My little finger8 parallels

A proverbial mode of expression . "My little finger is thicker than my father's thigh." As much as the thigh surpasses the little finger in thickness , so much does my power exceed that of my father; and the use I shall make of it to oppress and tax you shall be in proportion

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1 Kings 12:11

Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”

1 Kings 12:11 · BSB

I will add10 parallels

scorpions3 parallels

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but I will chastise Should you rebel or become disaffected , my father's whip shall be a scorpion in my hand. His was chastisement , mine shall be punishment. Celsius and Hiller conjecture that âkrabbim denotes a thorny kind of shrub , whose prickles are of a venomous nature , called by the Arabs scorpion thorns , from the exquisite pain which they inflict. But the Chaldee renders it margenin , and the Syriac moragyai , i.e. , לבסבדםבי , scourges; and in the parallel place of Chronicles the Arabic has saut , a scourge. Isidore , and after him Calmet and others , assert that the scorpion was a sort of severe whip , the lashes of which were armed with knots or points that sunk into and tore the flesh.

1 Kings 12:12

After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”

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Come to me again2 parallels

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1 Kings 12:13

And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders

1 Kings 12:13 · BSB

answered18 parallels

roughly1 parallel

Heb. hardly

forsook1 parallel

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1 Kings 12:14

and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”

1 Kings 12:14 · BSB

the counsel7 parallels

My father made9 parallels

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1 Kings 12:15

So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.

1 Kings 12:15 · BSB

the cause12 parallels

The cause of all this confusion and anarchy was Rehoboam's folly , cruelty , and despotic tyranny , and this was certainly not "from the Lord ," nor does the original text speak this doctrine. For an elucidation of a similar passage , see note on 2 Samuel 24 . 1. It says , sibbah , (from savav , to turn , change) , "the change or Revolution was from the Lord;" which is consistent with all the preceding declarations. God stirred up the people to revolt from a man who had neither skill nor humanity to govern them. God serves his own wise and righteous purpose by the imprudences and iniquities of men , and snares sinners in the work of their own hands. "He maketh the wrath of man to praise him."

that he might17 parallels

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1 Kings 12:16

When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: "What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!" So the Israelites went home,

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What portion2 parallels

to your tents2 parallels

now see22 parallels

So Israel3 parallels

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1 Kings 12:17

but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.

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the children4 parallels

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1 Kings 12:18

Then King Rehoboam sent out Adoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.

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Adoram4 parallels

all Israel6 parallels

flee to Jerusalem4 parallels

made speed Heb. strengthened himself

1 Kings 12:19

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

1 Kings 12:19 · BSB

Israel6 parallels

rebelled1 parallel

or , fell away

unto this day1 parallel

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1 Kings 12:20

When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.

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and made him2 parallels

none that followed4 parallels

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1 Kings 12:21

And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

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when Rehoboam1 parallel

an hundred6 parallels

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1 Kings 12:22

But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:

1 Kings 12:22 · BSB

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Shemaiah3 parallels

the man6 parallels

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1 Kings 12:23

"Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people

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1 Kings 12:24

that this is what the LORD says: 'You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.'" So they listened to the word of the LORD and turned back according to the word of the LORD.

1 Kings 12:24 · BSB

Ye shall not go up5 parallels

for this thing3 parallels

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1 Kings 12:25

Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.

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built6 parallels

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1 Kings 12:26

Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David.

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said in his heart3 parallels

Now shall11 parallels

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1 Kings 12:27

If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah."

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go up8 parallels

and they shall6 parallels

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1 Kings 12:28

After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, "Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt."

1 Kings 12:28 · BSB

took counsel4 parallels

two calves of gold8 parallels

He invented a political religion , and instituted feasts in his own times , different from those appointed by Jehovah; gave the people certain objects of adoration , and pretended to think that it would be both inconvenient and oppressive to them to go up to Jerusalem to worship. These calves were doubtless of the same kind as the calf which was set up by Aaron; and it is remarkable , that in pointing them out to the people he should use the same words that Aaron used on that occasion , when they must have heard what terrible judgments fell upon their forefathers for this idolatry. Solomon's idolatry , however , had prepared the people for Jeroboam's abominations

It is too much2 parallels

behold2 parallels

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1 Kings 12:29

One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.

1 Kings 12:29 · BSB

Bethel4 parallels

Dan7 parallels

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1 Kings 12:30

And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.

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became a sin3 parallels

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1 Kings 12:31

Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.

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priests7 parallels

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1 Kings 12:32

And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.

1 Kings 12:32 · BSB

like unto8 parallels

offered upon the altar1 parallel

or , went up to the altar , sacrificing. or , to sacrifice. he placed

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1 Kings 12:33

On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel. So he ordained a feast for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.

1 Kings 12:33 · BSB

offered upon the altar1 parallel

or , went up to the altar , etc

in the month5 parallels

he offered3 parallels

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and burnt incense Heb. to burn incense

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web10 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations 1 Kings 12:28 → Exodus 32:4, 1 Kings 12:28-29 → Exodus 32:4, 2 Chronicles 10:1-11 → 1 Kings 12:1-24
Allusions 2 Chronicles 11:14-15 → 1 Kings 12:25-32, 2 Chronicles 11:15 → 1 Kings 12:28-33
Trajectories
Bethel (House of God), Golden Calf (Idolatry and Intercession)
Chiasms
Shaped 1 Kings 12:1–16, 1 Kings 12:16–20, 1 Kings 12:32–33
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