21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once
came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God
had put in his heart.
24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment,
harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand
horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
26 And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to
the border of Egypt.
27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore
trees that arein the low plains in abundance.
28 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, arethey not written in the book of
Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the
seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and
Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who wasin Egypt, whither he had fled
from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,
4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude
of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
6 And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father
while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye meto return answer to this people?
7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak
good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men
that were brought up with him, that stood before him.
9 And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which
have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?
10 And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou
answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou
itsomewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little fingershall be thicker than
my father's loins.
11 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father
chastised you with whips, but I will chastise youwith scorpions.
12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying,
Come again to me on the third day.
13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
14 And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke
heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise youwith
scorpions.
15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might
perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of

Nebat.
16 And when all Israel sawthat the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the
king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we havenone inheritance in the son of Jesse:
every man to your tents, O Israel: andnow, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to
their tents.
17 But as forthe children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over
them.
18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that wasover the tribute; and the children of Israel
stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his
chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin
an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel,
that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and
Benjamin, saying,
4 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to
his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned
from going against Jeroboam.
5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
6 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
7 And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
9 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
10 And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which arein Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil
and wine.
12 And in every several city he putshields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having
Judah and Benjamin on his side.
13 And the priests and the Levites that werein all Israel resorted to him out of all their
coasts.
14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem:
for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD:
15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which
he had made.
16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God
of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.
17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong,
three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.
18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and
Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
19 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai,
and Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his
concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight
sons, and threescore daughters.)
22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to beruler among his brethren: for

he thoughtto make him king.
23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah
and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired
many wives.
1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened
himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
2 And it came to pass, thatin the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up
against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,
3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were
without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
4 And he took the fenced cities which pertainedto Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and tothe princes of Judah, that were
gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye
have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is
righteous.
7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to
Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; thereforeI will not destroy them, but I will
grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand
of Shishak.
8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of
the kingdoms of the countries.
9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the
house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the
shields of gold which Solomon had made.
10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed themto the hands of
the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house.
11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and
brought them again into the guard chamber.
12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not
destroy himaltogether: and also in Judah things went well.
13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam wasone
and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the
city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his
mother's name wasNaamah an Ammonitess.
14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, arethey not written in the book of Shemaiah the
prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there werewars between Rehoboam
and Jeroboam continually.
16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son
reigned in his stead.
1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also wasMichaiah the daughter of
Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, evenfour hundred
thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred
thousand chosen men, beingmighty men of valour.
4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which isin mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me,
thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;