24 And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of
Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.
25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad
did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's
name wasZeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up hishand against the king.
27 And this wasthe cause that he lifted up hishand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and
repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.
28 And the man Jeroboam wasa mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that
he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet
Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they
two werealone in the field:
30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that wason him, and rent it intwelve pieces:
31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel,
Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
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:)
33 Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the
Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and
have not walked in my ways, to do that which isright in mine eyes, and to keepmy statutes and
my judgments, as didDavid his father.
34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the
days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments
and my statutes:
35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, eventen tribes.
36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before
me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt
be king over Israel.
38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways,
and do that isright in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my
servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will
give Israel unto thee.
39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto
Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, arethey not
written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel wasforty years.
43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and
Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for
he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and
spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy
father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

5 And he said unto them, Depart yet forthree days, then come again to me. And the people
departed.
6 And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he
yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?
7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt
serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for
ever.
8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the
young men that were grown up with him, andwhich stood before him:
9 And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have
spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?
10 And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou
speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make
thou itlighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little fingershall be thicker than my
father's loins.
11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my
father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed,
saying, Come to me again the third day.
13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave
him;
14 And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke
heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father alsochastised you with whips, but I will chastise
you with scorpions.
15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he
might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son
of Nebat.
16 So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king,
saying, What portion have we in David? neither have weinheritance in the son of Jesse: to your
tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.
17 But as forthe children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over
them.
18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who wasover the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with
stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to
Jerusalem.
19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and
called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that
followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
21 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the
tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight
against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and
Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
24 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of
Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the
word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD.
25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from

thence, and built Penuel.
26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
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, evenunto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall
kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.
28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves ofgold, 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.
29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worshipbefore the one, evenunto Dan.
31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which
were not of the sons of Levi.
32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like
unto the feast that isin Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing
unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he
had made.
33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth
month, evenin the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the
children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and
Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the
LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall
he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be
burnt upon thee.
3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This isthe sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold,
the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that areupon it shall be poured out.
4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried
against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him.
And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to
him.
5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which
the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.
6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy
God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the
LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it wasbefore.
7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will
give thee a reward.
8 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in
with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
9 For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor
turn again by the same way that thou camest.
10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.
11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that
the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them
they told also to their father.
12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man
of God went, which came from Judah.
13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode