1 Kings 12 · Verse 27

1 Kings 12:27

If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.
1 Kings 12:27, King James Version

1 Kings 12:27 in other translations

BSBIf these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
WEBIf this people goes up to offer sacrifices in the LORD’s house at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
ASVif this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, then will the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.
YLTif this people go up to make sacrifices in the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem, then hath the heart of this people turned back unto their lord, unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they have slain me, and turned back unto Rehoboam king of Judah.'
DARBYIf this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, the heart of this people will turn again to their lord, to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.
BBEIf the people go up to make offerings in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, their heart will be turned again to their lord, to Rehoboam, king of Judah; and they will put me to death and go back to Rehoboam, king of Judah.
WebsterIf this people go up to perform sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.

What does 1 Kings 12:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 12:26-32

26-32. Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David--Having received the kingdom from God, he should have relied on the divine protection. But he did not. With a view to withdraw the people from the temple and destroy the sacred associations connected with Jerusalem, he made serious and unwarranted innovations on the religious observances of the country, on pretext of saving the…

Read the full comment on 1 Kings 12:26-32 →

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 And they shall kill me - He found he had little cause to trust this fickle people; though they had declared for him it was more from caprice, desire of change, and novelty, than from any regular and praiseworthy principle.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 12:25-33

Jeroboam distrusted the providence of God; he would contrive ways and means, and sinful ones too, for his own safety. A practical disbelief of God's all-sufficiency is at the bottom of all our departures from him. Though it is probable he meant his worship for Jehovah the God of Israel, it was contrary to the Divine law, and dishonourable to the Divine majesty to be thus represented. The people might be less shocked…

Read the full comment on 1 Kings 12:25-33 →

1 Kings 12:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אִֽם\־'im-ifH518
יַעֲלֶ֣ה\׀ya.'a.Lehit will go upH5927
הָעָ֣םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
הַזֶּ֗הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
לַעֲשׂ֨וֹתla.'a.Sotto makeH6213
זְבָחִ֤יםze.va.ChimsacrificesH2077
בְּבֵית\־be.veit-in [the] house ofH1004
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םbi.Ru.sha.Limin JerusalemH3389
וְ֠שָׁבve.shoand it will returnH7725
לֵ֣בlev[the] heart ofH3820
הָעָ֤םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
הַזֶּה֙ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אֲדֹ֣נֵיהֶ֔ם'a.Do.nei.Hemto lord<s> theirH113
אֶל\־'el-toH413
רְחַבְעָ֖םre.chav.'AmRehoboamH7346
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
יְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
וַהֲרָגֻ֕נִיva.ha.ra.Gu.niand they will kill meH2026
וְשָׁ֖בוּve.Sha.vuand they will returnH7725
אֶל\־'el-toH413
רְחַבְעָ֥םre.chav.'AmRehoboamH7346
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
יְהוּדָֽה\׃ye.hu.DahJudahH3063

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 12:27

  • Deuteronomy 16:6

    But at the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.

  • Deuteronomy 12:14

    But in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

  • Deuteronomy 12:5-7

    But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.

  • Proverbs 29:25

    The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.

  • 1 Kings 8:44

    If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:

  • 1 Corinthians 1:19-20

    For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

  • 1 Kings 11:32

    (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)

  • Genesis 26:7

    And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

  • 1 Kings 8:29-30

    That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place. And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

  • Deuteronomy 16:2

    Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there.

  • Genesis 12:12-13

    Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
go up.
8:29,30,44; 11:32; De 12:5-7,14; 16:2,6
and they shall.
Ge 12:12,13; 26:7; Pr 29:25; 1Co 1:19,20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Kings 12:26

    And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

  • 1 Kings 12:27

    If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.

  • 1 Kings 12:28

    Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Read all of 1 Kings 12

1 Kings 12:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Si este pueblo subiere á sacrificar á la casa de Jehová en Jerusalem: porque el corazón de este pueblo se convertirá á su señor Roboam rey de Judá, y me matarán á mí, y se tornarán á Roboam rey de Judá.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Si ce peuple monte pour offrir des sacrifices dans la maison de l’ Éternel à Jérusalem, le cœur de ce peuple retournera à son seigneur, à Roboam, roi de Juda, et ils me tueront, et ils retourneront à Roboam, roi de Juda.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wenn dieses Volk hinaufziehen wird, um im Hause Jehovas zu Jerusalem Schlachtopfer zu opfern, so wird sich das Herz dieses Volkes zu ihrem Herrn zurückwenden, zu Rehabeam, dem König von Juda; und sie werden mich töten und sich zu Rehabeam, dem König von Juda, zurückwenden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
si ascenderit populus iste ut faciat sacrificia in domo Domini in Jerusalem: et convertetur cor populi hujus ad dominum suum Roboam regem Juda, interficientque me, et revertentur ad eum.