Quotes about Authority

Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.

But as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel.

Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”

And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders

But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:

Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.

Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”

Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over My people Israel.

So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat: