II Chronicles 10

vayyelekh rekhavam shekhemah ki shekhem ba'u khol-yisra'el lehamelikh oto

Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to acclaim him king.

vayehi kishmoa yarovam ben-nevat vehu vemitsrayim asher barakh mippene shelomoh hammelekh vayyashov yarovam mimmitsrayim

Jeroboam son of Nebat learned of it while he was in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon, and Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

vayyishlekhu vayyiqre'u-lo vayyavo yarovam vekhol-yisra'el vayedabberu el-rekhavam lemor

They sent for him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam as follows:

avikha hiqshah et-ullenu ve'attah haqel me'avodat avikha haqqashah ume'ullo hakkaved asher-natan alenu vena'avdekka

“Your father made our yoke heavy. Now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke that your father laid on us, and we will serve you.”

vayyomer alehem od sheloshet yamim veshuvu elay vayyelekh ha'am

He answered them, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people went away.

vayyivva'ats hammelekh rekhavam et-hazzeqenim asher-hayu omedim lifne shelomoh aviv bihyoto khay lemor ekh attem no'atsim lehashiv la'am-hazzeh davar

King Rehoboam took counsel with the elders who had served during the lifetime of his father Solomon. He said, “What answer do you counsel to give these people?”

vayedabberu elayw lemor im-tihyeh letov leha'am hazzeh uretsitam vedibbarta alehem devarim tovim vehayu lekha avadim kol-hayyamim

They answered him, “If you will be good to these people and appease them and speak to them with kind words, they will be your servants always.”

vayya'azov et-atsat hazzeqenim asher ye'atsuhu vayyivva'ats et-hayeladim asher godlu itto ha'omedim lefanayw

But he ignored the counsel that the elders gave him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him.

vayyomer alehem mah attem no'atsim venashiv davar et-ha'am hazzeh asher dibberu elay lemor haqel min-ha'ol asher-natan avikha alenu

“What,” he asked, “do you counsel that we reply to these people who said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father laid on us’?”

vayedabberu itto hayeladim asher godlu itto lemor koh-tomar la'am asher-dibberu elekha lemor avikha hikhbid et-ullenu ve'attah haqel me'alenu koh tomar alehem qatonni avah mimmotne avi

And the young men who had grown up with him answered, “Speak thus to the people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, now you make it lighter for us.’ Say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.

ve'attah avi hemis alekhem ol kaved va'ani osif al-ullekhem avi yissar etkhem bashotim va'ani ba'aqrabbim

My father imposed a heavy yoke on you, and I will add to your yoke; my father flogged you with whips, but I [will do so] with scorpions.’”

vayyavo yarovam vekhol-ha'am el-rekhavam bayyom hashelishi ka'asher dibber hammelekh lemor shuvu elay bayyom hashelishi

Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, since the king had told them, “Come back on the third day.”

vayya'anem hammelekh qashah vayya'azov hammelekh rekhavam et atsat hazzeqenim

The king answered them harshly; thus King Rehoboam ignored the elders’ counsel.

vayedabber alehem ka'atsat hayeladim lemor akhbid et-ullekhem va'ani osif alayw avi yissar etkhem bashotim va'ani ba'aqrabbim

He spoke to them in accordance with the counsel of the young men, and said, “I will make your yoke heavy, and I will add to it; my father flogged you with whips, but I [will do so] with scorpions.”

velo-shama hammelekh el-ha'am ki-hayetah nesibbah me'im ha'elohim lema'an haqim Adonai et-devaro asher dibber beyad akhiyyahu hashiloni el-yarovam ben-nevat

The king did not listen to the people, for God had brought it about—in order to fulfill the promise that GOD had made through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

vekhol-yisra'el ki lo-shama hammelekh lahem vayyashivu ha'am et-hammelekh lemor mah-llanu kheleq bedavid velo-nakhalah beven-yishay ish le'ohalekha yisra'el attah re'eh vetekha david vayyelekh kol-yisra'el le'ohalayw

When all Israel [saw] that the king had not listened to them, the people answered the king: “We have no portion in David, No share in Jesse’s son! Everyone to your tents, O Israel! Now look to your own house, O David.” So all Israel returned to their homes.

uvene yisra'el hayyoshevim be'are yehudah vayyimlokh alehem rekhavam

But Rehoboam continued to reign over the Israelites who lived in the towns of Judah.

vayyishlakh hammelekh rekhavam et-hadoram asher al-hammas vayyirgemu-vo vene-yisra'el even vayyamot vehammelekh rekhavam hitammets la'alot bammerkavah lanus yerushalai͏m

King Rehoboam sent out Hadoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but the Israelites pelted him to death with stones. Thereupon, King Rehoboam hurriedly mounted his chariot and fled to Jerusalem.

vayyifshe'u yisra'el bevet david ad hayyom hazzeh

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