1 Kings 12:1‑19• 1And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
2And it came to pass when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (now he was yet in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;
3and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
4Thy father made our yoke grievous; and now lighten thou the grievous servitude of thy father and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
5And he said to them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
6And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, How do ye advise to return answer to this people?
7And they spoke to him saying, If this day thou wilt be a servant to this people, and wilt serve them and answer them and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
8But he forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him, and consulted with the young men, who had grown up with him, that stood before him.
9And he said to them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people who have spoken to me saying, Lighten the yoke which thy father put upon us?
10And the young men that had grown up with him spoke to him saying, Thus shalt thou say to this people that have spoken to thee saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and lighten thou it for us,--thus shalt thou say to them: My little finger is thicker than my father's loins;
11and whereas my father laid a heavy yoke upon you, *I* will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but *I* will chastise you with scorpions.
12And Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed saying, Come again to me on the third day.
13And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him;
14and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but *I* will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but *I* will chastise you with scorpions.
15So the king hearkened not to the people; for it was brought about by Jehovah, that he might give effect to his word, which Jehovah spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
16And all Israel saw that the king hearkened not to them; and the people answered the king saying, What portion have we in David? And we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse: To your tents, O Israel! Now see to thine own house, David! And Israel went to their tents.
17But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
18And king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the levy; but all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. And king Rehoboam hastened to mount his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
19And Israel rebelled against the house of David, unto this day. (1 Kings 12:1‑19)
Isa. 19:11‑14• 11They are but fools, the princes of Zoan, the wise counsellors of Pharaoh: their counsel is become senseless. How say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
12Where are they then, thy wise men? Let them now tell thee, and let them make known what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
13The princes of Zoan are become foolish, the princes of Noph are deceived; and the corner-stones of its tribes have caused Egypt to err.
14Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst thereof; and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunkard staggereth in his vomit. (Isa. 19:11‑14)
Acts 15:6‑21• 6And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.
7And much discussion having taken place, Peter, standing up, said to them, Brethren, *ye* know that from the earliest days God amongst you chose that the nations by my mouth should hear the word of the glad tidings and believe.
8And the heart-knowing God bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit as to us also,
9and put no difference between us and them, having purified their hearts by faith.
10Now therefore why tempt ye God, by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
11But we believe that we shall be saved by the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same manner as they also.
12And all the multitude kept silence and listened to Barnabas and Paul relating all the signs and wonders which God had wrought among the nations by them.
13And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, listen to me:
14Simon has related how God first visited to take out of the nations a people for his name.
15And with this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written:
16After these things I will return, and will rebuild the tabernacle of David which is fallen, and will rebuild its ruins, and will set it up,
17so that the residue of men may seek out the Lord, and all the nations on whom my name is invoked, saith the Lord, who does these things
18known from eternity.
19Wherefore *I* judge, not to trouble those who from the nations turn to God;
20but to write to them to abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.
21For Moses, from generations of old, has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath. (Acts 15:6‑21)