1 Kings 12:16-29

16When allH3605 IsraelH3478 saw that the kingH4428 had not listenedH8085 to them, the peopleH5971 repliedH7725H1697 to the kingH4428, sayingH559, “WhatH4100 shareH2506 do we have in DavidH1732? We have noH3808 inheritanceH5159 in the sonH1121 of JesseH3448; 1To your tentsH168, IsraelH3478! NowH6258 lookH7200 after your own houseH1004, DavidH1732!” So IsraelH3478 wentH1980 away to their tentsH168. 17But 2as for the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 who livedH3427 in the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063, RehoboamH7346 reignedH4427 overH5921 them. 18Then KingH4428 RehoboamH7346 sentH7971 3AdoramH151, whoH834 was inH5921 chargeH5921 ofH5921 the forcedH4522 laborH4522, and allH3605 IsraelH3478 stonedH7275H68 him 4to deathH4191. And KingH4428 RehoboamH7346 hurriedH553 to mountH5927 his chariotH4818 to fleeH5127 to JerusalemH3389. 195So IsraelH3478 has brokenH6586 withH6586 the houseH1004 of DavidH1732 to thisH2088 dayH3117.

20And it cameH1961 aboutH1961, when allH3605 IsraelH3478 heardH8085 that JeroboamH3379 had returnedH7725, that they sentH7971 word and calledH7121 him to the assemblyH5712, and madeH4427 him kingH4427 overH5921 allH3605 IsraelH3478. 6NoneH3808 exceptH2108 the tribeH7626 of JudahH3063 aloneH905 followedH310 the houseH1004 of DavidH1732.

217Now when RehoboamH7346 had comeH935 to JerusalemH3389, he assembledH6950 allH3605 the houseH1004 of JudahH3063 and the tribeH7626 of BenjaminH1144, 180,000H3967H8084H505 chosenH977 warriorsH6213H4421, to fightH3898 againstH5973 the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 to restoreH7725 the kingdomH4410 to RehoboamH7346 the sonH1121 of SolomonH8010. 22But the wordH1697 of GodH430 cameH1961 to 8ShemaiahH8098 the manH376 of GodH430, sayingH559, 23“TellH559 RehoboamH7346 the sonH1121 of SolomonH8010, kingH4428 of JudahH3063, and allH3605 the houseH1004 of JudahH3063 and BenjaminH1144, and the 9restH3499 of the peopleH5971, sayingH559, 24‘ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH3068 saysH559: “You shall not goH5927 upH5927 norH3808 fightH3898 againstH5973 your relativesH251 the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478; returnH7725, everyH376 manH376 to his houseH1004, 10for thisH2088 thingH1697 has comeH1961 from Me.”’” So they listenedH8085 to the wordH1697 of the LordH3068, and returnedH7725 to goH1980 their way in accordance with the wordH1697 of the LordH3068.

25Then 11JeroboamH3379 builtH1129 ShechemH7927 in the hillH2022 countryH2022 of EphraimH669, and livedH3427 12there. And he wentH3318 outH3318 from thereH8033 and builtH1129 13PenuelH6439. 26And JeroboamH3379 saidH559 in his heartH3820, “NowH6258 the kingdomH4467 will returnH7725 to the houseH1004 of DavidH1732. 2714IfH518 thisH2088 peopleH5971 goH5927 upH5927 to 15offerH6213 sacrificesH2077 in the houseH1004 of the LordH3068 in JerusalemH3389, then the heartH3820 of thisH2088 peopleH5971 will returnH7725 to their lordH113, to RehoboamH7346 kingH4428 of JudahH3063; and they will killH2026 me and returnH7725 to RehoboamH7346 kingH4428 of JudahH3063.” 28So the kingH4428 16consultedH3289, and he 17madeH6213 twoH8147 goldenH2091 18calvesH5695; and he saidH559 to 19the people, “It is tooH4480 muchH7227 for you to goH5927 upH5927 to JerusalemH3389; 20beholdH2009 your godsH430, IsraelH3478, that broughtH5927 you upH5927 from the landH776 of EgyptH4714.” 29And he setH7760 upH7760 21oneH259 in 22BethelH1008, and the otherH259 he putH5414 in 23DanH1835.