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1 Kings 12:1-31
Chapter 12
The Kingdom Divided
1 Then Rehoboam(a) went to Shechem,(b) for all Israel(c) had gone to Shechem to make him king.(d) 2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about it, for he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon's presence,(e) Jeroboam stayed in Egypt.[a] 3 They summoned him, and Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam: 4 "Your father made our yoke difficult.(f) You, therefore, lighten your father's harsh service and the heavy yoke he put on us,(g) and we will serve you."
5 Rehoboam replied, "Go home for three days and then return to me." So the people left. 6 Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders(h) who had served his father Solomon when he was alive, asking, "How do you advise me to respond to these people?"
7 They replied, "Today if you will be a servant to these people and serve them, and if you respond to them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever."(i)
8 But he rejected the advice of the elders who had advised him(j) and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and served him. 9 He asked them, "What message do you advise that we send back to these people who said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us'?"
10 Then the young men who had grown up with him told him, "This is what you should say to these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you, make it lighter on us!' This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's loins! 11 Although my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with barbed whips.'"[b](k)
12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had ordered: "Return to me on the third day." 13 Then the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice the elders had given him 14 and spoke to them according to the young men's advice: "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with barbed whips."[c]
15 The king did not listen to the people, because this turn of events came from the Lord (l) to carry out His word, which the Lord had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.(m) 16 When all Israel saw that the king had not listened to them, the people answered him:
What portion do we have in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.(n)
Israel, return to your tents;
David, now look after your own house!(o)
So Israel went to their tents, 17 but Rehoboam reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.(p)
18 Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram,[d](q) who was in charge of forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to get into the chariot and flee to Jerusalem. 19 Israel is in rebellion against the house of David until today.(r)
Rehoboam in Jerusalem
20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back,(s) they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel.(t) No one followed the house of David except the tribe of Judah alone.(u) 21 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem,(v) he mobilized 180,000 choice warriors from the entire house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin(w) to fight against the house of Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon. 22 But a revelation from God came to Shemaiah,(x) the man of God: 23 "Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, to the whole house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, 24 ‘This is what the Lord says: You are not to march up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for I have done this.'"(y)
So they listened to what the Lord said and went back as He had told them.
Jeroboam's Idolatry
25 Jeroboam built Shechem(z) in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went out and built Penuel.(aa) 26 Jeroboam said to himself, "The way things are going now, the kingdom might return to the house of David.(ab) 27 If these people regularly go to offer sacrifices in the Lord 's temple in Jerusalem,(ac) the heart of these people will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah. They will murder me and go back to the king of Judah." 28 So the king sought advice.
Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people, "Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here is your God[e] who brought you out of the land of Egypt."(ad) 29 He set up one in Bethel,(ae) and put the other in Dan.(af) 30 This led to sin;(ag) the people walked in procession before one of the calves all the way to Dan.[f](ah)
31 Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places(ai) and set up priests from every class of people who were not Levites.(aj)
Hosea 14
Chapter 14
A Plea to Repent
1 Israel, return to Yahweh your God,(a)
for you have stumbled in your sin.(b)
2 Take words of repentance with you(c)
and return to the
Lord
.
Say to Him: "Forgive all our sin
and accept what is good,
so that we may repay You
with praise[a] from our[b] lips.(d)
3 Assyria will not save us,(e)
we will not ride on horses,(f)
and we will no longer proclaim, ‘Our gods!'(g)
to the work of our hands.(h)
For the fatherless receives compassion in You."(i)
A Promise of Restoration
4 I will heal their apostasy;(j)
I will freely love them,(k)
for My anger will have turned from him.(l)
5 I will be like the dew to Israel;(m)
he will blossom like the lily(n)
and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.(o)
6 His new branches will spread,
and his splendor will be like the olive tree,(p)
his fragrance, like the forest of Lebanon.(q)
7 The people will return and live beneath his shade.(r)
They will grow grain(s)
and blossom like the vine.
His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.
8 Ephraim, why should I[c] have anything more
to do with idols?(t)
It is I who answer and watch over him.
I am like a flourishing pine tree;(u)
your fruit comes from Me.(v)
9 Let whoever is wise(w) understand these things,
and whoever is insightful recognize them.
For the ways of the
Lord
are right,(x)
and the righteous walk in them,(y)
but the rebellious stumble in them.(z)
Mark 16
Chapter 16
Resurrection Morning
1 When(a) the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene,(b) Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so they could go and anoint Him. 2 Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week,(c) they went to the tomb(d) at sunrise. 3 They were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone from the entrance to the tomb for us?" 4 Looking up, they observed that the stone—which was very large—had been rolled away. 5 When(e) they entered the tomb,(f) they saw a young man[a](g) dressed(h) in a long white(i) robe sitting on the right side; they were amazed and alarmed.
6 "Don't be alarmed," he told them. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene,(j) who was crucified. He has been resurrected!(k) He is not here! See the place where they put Him. 7 But go, tell His disciples and Peter,(l) ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee;(m) you will see Him there just as He told you.'"
8 So they went out and started running from the tomb,(n) because trembling and astonishment overwhelmed them. And they said nothing to anyone,(o) since they were afraid.
Appearances of the Risen Lord
[9 Early(p) on the first day of the week,(q) after He had risen,(r) He appeared first to Mary Magdalene,(s) out of whom He had driven seven demons.(t) 10 She went and reported to those who had been with Him, as they were mourning and weeping. 11 Yet, when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe it.(u) 12 Then after this, He appeared(v) in a different form to two of them walking on their way into the country.(w) 13 And they went and reported it to the rest, who did not believe them either.
The Great Commission
14 Later, He appeared to the Eleven(x) themselves as they were reclining at the table. He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw Him after He had been resurrected.(y) 15 Then(z) He said to them, "Go into all the world(aa) and preach the gospel to the whole creation.(ab) 16 Whoever believes(ac) and is baptized will be saved,(ad) but whoever does not believe will be condemned.(ae) 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages; 18 they will pick up snakes; [b](af) if they should drink anything deadly, it will never harm(ag) them; they will lay hands on(ah) the sick, and they will get well."
The Ascension
19 Then after speaking to them, the Lord Jesus(ai) was taken up into heaven(aj) and sat down at the right hand(ak) of God. 20 And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the accompanying signs.][c]
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