10/05/2026
1 Kon. 12:12-16 - Toe Jeróbeam en die hele volk dan by Rehábeam kom op die derde dag soos die koning gespreek en gesê het: Kom na my terug op die derde dag—het die koning die volk ‘n harde antwoord gegee: hy het die raad wat hom deur die oudstes gegee is, in die wind geslaan en met hulle gespreek volgens die raad van die jongmanne en gesê: Het my vader julle juk swaar gemaak—ék sal by julle juk nog byvoeg; het my vader julle met die sweep getugtig—ék sal julle met gésels tugtig. So het die koning dan nie na die volk geluister nie, want dit was ‘n beskikking van die HERE, sodat Hy sy woord sou vervul wat die HERE gespreek het deur die diens van Ahía, die Siloniet, tot Jeróbeam, die seun van Nebat. Toe die hele Israel sien dat die koning nie na hulle luister nie, het die volk die koning geantwoord en gesê: Watter aandeel het ons aan Dawid? en daar is geen erfdeel aan die seun van Isai nie! Na julle tente toe, Israel! Kyk nou na jou eie huis, Dawid! Daarop het Israel na sy tente gegaan.
1 Kings 12:12-16 - So Jeroboam and all the people went back to Rehoboam on the third day, just as they had been directed when the king said, "Come back again in three days." But the king gave the people a harsh response, because he was ignoring the counsel that his elders had given him. Instead, Rehoboam spoke to them along the lines of what the younger men suggested. He told them "My father burdened you heavily, but I will add to that burden. If my father disciplined you with whips, I'm going to discipline you with scorpions!" The king would not listen to the people, because the turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill his prediction that the LORD spoke by means of Ahijah the Shilonite to Nebat's son Jeroboam When all of Israel saw that the king wasn't listening to them, the people responded to the king's message, "What's the point in following David? We have no inheritance in the descendants of Jesse. Let's go home, Israel! David, take care of your own household!' So Israel left for home.
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