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speed to get_him_up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
19 So Israél rebelled against the_ house_of David unto «this xday.
20 And it came_to_pass, when all Is- raél heard that Jeroboam was_come_ again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israél: there_was none that_followed the_house_of David, but the_tribe_of Judah only.
21 And when Rehoboam was_come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the_ house_of Judah, with -the _tribe_of Benjamin, a hundred and_ fourscore thousand chosen _men, +which _ were warriors, to fight against the_house_of Israél, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the_son_of Solomon,
2 But the_-word_of x=God ‘came unto s Shemaiah the_i man_of x=God, saying,
23 “Speak unto Rehoboam, the_son_ of Solomon, king_of Judah, and unto all the-house_of Judah and Benjamin, and to the_remnant_of the people, say-
ing,
Thus -saith Jthe Lorp, ‘Ye shall not go_up, nor fight against your brethren the_s children_of Israél : return ‘ every_ man to his house; for xthis xthing is from Me.’” They hearkened therefore to the_word_of? the Lorn, and returned to depart, according_to the-word_of ‘the Lorn.
2% Then Jeroboam built “Shechem in ‘mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein ; and went_out from thence, and built -Penuél.
26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now shall the kingdom return to the_ house_of David :
27 Tf xthis xpeople tgo_up to do =sacri- fice in the_house_of the Lorp at Jeru- salem, then -shall the_heart_of xthis xpeople turn_again unto their =lord, even unto Rehoboam king_of Judah, and they -shall_kill me, and -go_again to Rehoboam king_of Judah.”
28 Whereupon the king took_counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, “It_is_too_much for you to_go_up to Jerusalem: behold thy
£ | gods, O_Israél, which brought_thee_up
out_of the_land_of Egypt.”
29 And he set the one in Beth-él, and ethe other put he in Dan.
30 And xthis xthing became asin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
31 And he made @ chouse_of high_ places, and made priests of the_lowest_ of the people, which were not of the_ sons_of Leyi.
82 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth xmonth, on the fifteenth day_of the month, like_unto the feast that 7s in Judah, and he offered « upon the altar. So did he in Beth-él, sacri- ficing unto the calves that he had_ made: and he -placed in Beth-él -the_ plese the high_places which he
ad_made.
33 So he offered « upon the altar which he had_made in Beth-él the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had_devised of his_ own heart; and ordained a feast unto
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