1
RECHAB AM REIGNS OVER YERU SHALEM
And Rechab Am goes to Shechem: for all Yisra El comes to Shechem to have him reign.
2 And so be it, Yarob Am the son of Nebat - who is in Misrayim, because he fled the face of Shelomoh the sovereign hears that Yarob Am returns from Misrayim.
3 And they send and call for him: and Yarob Am and all Yisra El come and word to Rechab Am, saying,
4 Your father hardened our yoke: now you slacken the hard service of your father and heavy yoke he gave on us and we serve you.
5 And he says to them, Return to me after three days. And the people go:
6 and sovereign Rechab Am counsels with the elders who stood at the face of Shelomoh his father being alive, saying, How counsel you me to return word to this people?
7 And they word to him, saying, If you are good to this people and please them and word good words to them, they are your servants all days.
8 And he forsakes the counsel the elders counsel; and counsels with the children who grew up with him -who stand at his face:
9 and he says to them, How counsel you to return word to this people, who word to me, saying, Slacken the yoke your father gives on us?
10 And the children who grew up with him word to him, saying, Say thus to the people who word to you, saying, Your father heavied our yoke; and you slacken it for us; say thus to them, My pinky is thicker than the loins of my father.
11 And now, my father loaded a heavy yoke on you, and I - I add to your yoke: my father disciplined you with whips, and I with scorpions.
12 And Yarob Am and all the people come to Rechab Am on the third day, as the sovereign worded, saying, Return to me on the third day.
13 And the sovereign answers them hard; and sovereign Rechab Am forsakes the counsel of the elders,
14 and words them after the counsel of the children, saying, My father heavied your yoke, and I - I add thereto: my father disciplined you with whips, and I with scorpions.
15 And the sovereign hearkens not to the people: for the cause is of Elohim, that Yah Veh raise the word he words by the hand of Achiy Yah the Shilohiy to Yarob Am the son of Nebat.
16 And all Yisra El sees that the sovereign hearkens not to them, and the people turn back to the sovereign, saying, What allotment have we in David? Yes, we have no inheritance in the son of Yishay: every man to your tents, O Yisra El: and now, David, see to your own house. - and all Yisra El goes to their tents.
17 And the sons of Yisra El who settle in the cities of Yah Hudah, Rechab Am reigns over them.
18 And sovereign Rechab Am sends Hadoram who is over the vassal: and the sons of Yisra El stone him with stones and he dies. And sovereign Rechab Am strengthens himself to ascend to his chariot to flee to Yeru Shalem:
19 and Yisra El rebels against the house of David to this day.