👑 1 Kings 12 : 💎 The kingdom torn apart by Solomon’s sin (idols, high places, incense), yet Jeroboam, who received the ten torn tribes, commits the same sin
(AI-generated image) Last time, in 1 Kings 11 The wisest man in the world, who enjoyed the greatest wealth and glory, sinned against God and fell into corruption. Chapter 11 showed how he created the cause of the kingdom's division. 👑 1 Kings 12 : Rehoboam meets Jeroboam, and the people's request ➡️ Solomon's son Rehoboam goes to Shechem . The text says all Israel had gathered there to make him king. ➡️ The people send for Jeroboam, who had fled to Egypt, and he and the whole assembly come to speak with Rehoboam. 📌 Judging by the order in which they are named before the whole assembly of Israel, Jeroboam seems to have been the spokesman for all the people . They ask that if the king will lighten Solomon's hard service and heavy yoke, they will serve him. ➔ Rehoboam does not answer at once, but asks for three days (v. 5). 👉 Rehoboam's hard line came from the Lord Rehoboam consults two groups of advisers: the elders who had served Solomon, and the young men who h...