2 Chronicles 10:13-19 ▼

13 But the king answered them strictly and ignored the counsel of his elders.

14 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 will, too—with scorpions!|

15 The king would not listen to the people because the turn of events was from God, so that the LORD might fulfill his prediction that he spoke through Nebat's son Ahijah the Shilonite.

16 All of Israel—since the king wasn't going to listen to them—the people responded to the king, |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 all of Israel left for home.

17 And so Rehoboam ruled over the Israelis who lived in the cities of Judah.

18 King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was in charge of conscripted labor, but the Israelis stoned him to death, and King Rehoboam had to jump in his chariot and flee back in a hurry to Jerusalem.

19 That's how Israel came to be in rebellion against David's dynasty to this day.