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And there was Jeroboam ,
the son of Nebat ,
an Ephraimite from Zeredah ,
a servant of Solomon ,
whose mother was Zeruah ,
a widow ;
and his hand was lifted up against the king .
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1Kings:11:27 @
The way in which his hand came to be lifted up against the king was this :
Solomon was building the Millo and making good the damaged parts of the town of his father David ;
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1Kings:11:28 @
And Jeroboam was an able and responsible man ;
and Solomon saw that he was a good worker and made him overseer of all the work given to the sons of Joseph .
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1Kings:11:29 @
Now at that time ,
when Jeroboam was going out of Jerusalem ,
the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite came across him on the road ;
now Ahijah had put on a new robe ;
and the two of them were by themselves in the open country .
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1Kings:11:30 @
And Ahijah took his new robe in his hands ,
parting it violently into twelve .
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1Kings:11:31 @
And he said to Jeroboam ,
Take ten of the parts ,
for this is what the Lord has said :
See ,
I will take the kingdom away from Solomon by force ,
and will give ten tribes to you ;
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1Kings:11:32 @(
But one tribe will be his ,
because of my servant David ,
and because of Jerusalem ,
the town which ,
out of all the tribes of Israel ,
I have made mine ,)
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1Kings:11:33 @
Because they are turned away from me to the worship of Ashtoreth ,
the goddess of the Zidonians ,
and Chemosh ,
the god of Moab ,
and Milcom ,
the god of the Ammonites ;
they have not been walking in my ways or doing what is right in my eyes or keeping my laws and my decisions as his father David did .
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1Kings:11:34 @
But I will not take the kingdom from him ;
I will let him be king all the days of his life ,
because of David my servant ,
in whom I took delight because he kept my orders and my laws .
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1Kings:11:35 @
But I will take the kingdom from his son ,
and give it to you .
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1Kings:11:36 @
And one tribe I will give to his son ,
so that David my servant may have a light for ever burning before me in Jerusalem ,
the town which I have made mine to put my name there .
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1Kings:11:37 @
And you I will take ,
and you will be king over Israel ,
ruling over whatever is the desire of your soul .
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1Kings:11:38 @
And if you give attention to the orders I give you ,
walking in my ways and doing what is right in my eyes and keeping my laws and my orders as David my servant did ;
then I will be with you ,
building up for you a safe house ,
as I did for David ,
and I will give Israel to you .
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1Kings:11:39 @(
So that I may send trouble for this on the seed of David ,
but not for ever .)
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1Kings:11:40 @
And Solomon was looking for a chance to put Jeroboam to death ;
but he went in flight to Egypt ,
to Shishak ,
king of Egypt ,
and was in Egypt till the death of Solomon .