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 <div class="label">12</div><div class="s1">Israel Rebels Against Rehoboam</div><div class="p"> 1Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king. 2When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), he returned from#12:2 Or he remained in Egypt. 3So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him: 4&#8220;Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 5Rehoboam answered, &#8220;Go away for three days and then come back to me.&#8221; So the people went away.</div><div class="p"> 6Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. &#8220;How would you advise me to answer these people?&#8221; he asked.</div><div class="p"> 7They replied, &#8220;If today you will be a servant to these people and serve them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 8But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him. 9He asked them, &#8220;What is your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me, &#8216;Lighten the yoke your father put on us&#8217;?&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 10The young men who had grown up with him replied, &#8220;These people have said to you, &#8216;Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but make our yoke lighter.&#8217; Now tell them, &#8216;My little finger is thicker than my father&#8217;s waist. 11My father laid on you a heavy yoke; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 12Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the king had said, &#8220;Come back to me in three days.&#8221; 13The king answered the people harshly. Rejecting the advice given him by the elders, 14he followed the advice of the young men and said, &#8220;My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.&#8221; 15So the king did not listen to the people, for this turn of events was from the Lord, to fulfill the word the Lord had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.</div><div class="p"> 16When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered the king:</div><div class="q1">&#8220;What share do we have in David,</div><div class="q2">what part in Jesse&#8217;s son?</div><div class="q1">To your tents, Israel!</div><div class="q2">Look after your own house, David!&#8221;</div><div class="m">So the Israelites went home. 17But as for the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah, Rehoboam still ruled over them.</div><div class="p"> 18King Rehoboam sent out Adoniram,#12:18 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 4:6 and 5:14); Hebrew Adoram who was in charge of forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam, however, managed to get into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. 19So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.</div><div class="p"> 20When all the Israelites heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the house of David.</div><div class="p"> 21When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mustered all Judah and the tribe of Benjamin&#8212;a hundred and eighty thousand able young men&#8212;to go to war against Israel and to regain the kingdom for Rehoboam son of Solomon.</div><div class="p"> 22But this word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God: 23&#8220;Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, to all Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, 24&#8216;This is what the Lord says: Do not go up to fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Go home, every one of you, for this is my doing.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; So they obeyed the word of the Lord and went home again, as the Lord had ordered.</div><div class="s1">Golden Calves at Bethel and Dan</div><div class="p"> 25Then Jeroboam fortified Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went out and built up Peniel.#12:25 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel</div><div class="p"> 26Jeroboam thought to himself, &#8220;The kingdom will now likely revert to the house of David. 27If these people go up to offer sacrifices at the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, they will again give their allegiance to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah. They will kill me and return to King Rehoboam.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 28After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said to the people, &#8220;It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.&#8221; 29One he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. 30And this thing became a sin; the people came to worship the one at Bethel and went as far as Dan to worship the other.#12:30 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text people went to the one as far as Dan</div><div class="p"> 31Jeroboam built shrines on high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites. 32He instituted a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival held in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. This he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves he had made. And at Bethel he also installed priests at the high places he had made. 33On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, he offered sacrifices on the altar he had built at Bethel. So he instituted the festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to make offerings.</div>
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 <div class="q1">137You are righteous, Lord,</div><div class="q2">and your laws are right.</div><div class="q1"> 138The statutes you have laid down are righteous;</div><div class="q2">they are fully trustworthy.</div><div class="q1"> 139My zeal wears me out,</div><div class="q2">for my enemies ignore your words.</div><div class="q1"> 140Your promises have been thoroughly tested,</div><div class="q2">and your servant loves them.</div><div class="q1"> 141Though I am lowly and despised,</div><div class="q2">I do not forget your precepts.</div><div class="q1"> 142Your righteousness is everlasting</div><div class="q2">and your law is true.</div><div class="q1"> 143Trouble and distress have come upon me,</div><div class="q2">but your commands give me delight.</div><div class="q1"> 144Your statutes are always righteous;</div><div class="q2">give me understanding that I may live.</div><div class="qa">&#1511; Qoph</div><div class="q1"> 145I call with all my heart; answer me, Lord,</div><div class="q2">and I will obey your decrees.</div><div class="q1"> 146I call out to you; save me</div><div class="q2">and I will keep your statutes.</div><div class="q1"> 147I rise before dawn and cry for help;</div><div class="q2">I have put my hope in your word.</div><div class="q1"> 148My eyes stay open through the watches of the night,</div><div class="q2">that I may meditate on your promises.</div><div class="q1"> 149Hear my voice in accordance with your love;</div><div class="q2">preserve my life, Lord, according to your laws.</div><div class="q1"> 150Those who devise wicked schemes are near,</div><div class="q2">but they are far from your law.</div><div class="q1"> 151Yet you are near, Lord,</div><div class="q2">and all your commands are true.</div><div class="q1"> 152Long ago I learned from your statutes</div><div class="q2">that you established them to last forever.</div><div class="qa">&#1512; Resh</div><div class="q1"> 153Look on my suffering and deliver me,</div><div class="q2">for I have not forgotten your law.</div><div class="q1"> 154Defend my cause and redeem me;</div><div class="q2">preserve my life according to your promise.</div><div class="q1"> 155Salvation is far from the wicked,</div><div class="q2">for they do not seek out your decrees.</div><div class="q1"> 156Your compassion, Lord, is great;</div><div class="q2">preserve my life according to your laws.</div><div class="q1"> 157Many are the foes who persecute me,</div><div class="q2">but I have not turned from your statutes.</div><div class="q1"> 158I look on the faithless with loathing,</div><div class="q2">for they do not obey your word.</div><div class="q1"> 159See how I love your precepts;</div><div class="q2">preserve my life, Lord, in accordance with your love.</div><div class="q1"> 160All your words are true;</div><div class="q2">all your righteous laws are eternal.</div><div class="qa">&#1513; Sin and Shin</div><div class="q1"> 161Rulers persecute me without cause,</div><div class="q2">but my heart trembles at your word.</div><div class="q1"> 162I rejoice in your promise</div><div class="q2">like one who finds great spoil.</div><div class="q1"> 163I hate and detest falsehood</div><div class="q2">but I love your law.</div><div class="q1"> 164Seven times a day I praise you</div><div class="q2">for your righteous laws.</div><div class="q1"> 165Great peace have those who love your law,</div><div class="q2">and nothing can make them stumble.</div><div class="q1"> 166I wait for your salvation, Lord,</div><div class="q2">and I follow your commands.</div><div class="q1"> 167I obey your statutes,</div><div class="q2">for I love them greatly.</div><div class="q1"> 168I obey your precepts and your statutes,</div><div class="q2">for all my ways are known to you.</div><div class="qa">&#1514; Taw</div><div class="q1"> 169May my cry come before you, Lord;</div><div class="q2">give me understanding according to your word.</div><div class="q1"> 170May my supplication come before you;</div><div class="q2">deliver me according to your promise.</div><div class="q1"> 171May my lips overflow with praise,</div><div class="q2">for you teach me your decrees.</div><div class="q1"> 172May my tongue sing of your word,</div><div class="q2">for all your commands are righteous.</div><div class="q1"> 173May your hand be ready to help me,</div><div class="q2">for I have chosen your precepts.</div><div class="q1"> 174I long for your salvation, Lord,</div><div class="q2">and your law gives me delight.</div><div class="q1"> 175Let me live that I may praise you,</div><div class="q2">and may your laws sustain me.</div><div class="q1"> 176I have strayed like a lost sheep.</div><div class="q2">Seek your servant,</div><div class="q2">for I have not forgotten your commands.</div>
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 <div class="p">1As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, &#8220;Look, Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 2 &#8220;Do you see all these great buildings?&#8221; replied Jesus. &#8220;Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 3As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew asked him privately, 4&#8220;Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are all about to be fulfilled?&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 5Jesus said to them: &#8220;Watch out that no one deceives you. 6Many will come in my name, claiming, &#8216;I am he,&#8217; and will deceive many. 7When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 8Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.</div><div class="p"> 9 &#8220;You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them. 10And the gospel must first be preached to all nations. 11Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.</div><div class="p"> 12 &#8220;Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. 13Everyone will hate you because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.</div><div class="p"> 14 &#8220;When you see &#8216;the abomination that causes desolation&#8217; # 13:14 
 Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11 standing where it#13:14 Or he does not belong&#8212;let the reader understand&#8212;then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 15Let no one on the housetop go down or enter the house to take anything out. 16Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak. 17How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! 18Pray that this will not take place in winter, 19because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world, until now&#8212;and never to be equaled again.</div><div class="p"> 20 &#8220;If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them. 21At that time if anyone says to you, &#8216;Look, here is the Messiah!&#8217; or, &#8216;Look, there he is!&#8217; do not believe it. 22For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 23So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time.</div><div class="p"> </div>
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