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1 Kings 11
⁴² Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
⁴³ And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David, and his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
1 Kings 12
¹ Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
² Now when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, he was living in Egypt (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon).
³ Then they sent and called him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
⁴ "Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you."
⁵ Then he said to them, "Depart for three days, then return to me." So the people departed.
⁶ King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, "How do you counsel me to answer this people?"
⁷ Then they spoke to him, saying, "If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and grant them their petition, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."
⁸ But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him.
⁹ So he said to them, "What counsel do you give that we may answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ’Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?"