1Kings:11:26-40

nsb@1Kings:11:26 @ Jeroboam rebelled against the king. He was the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite from Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother was Zeruah, a widow.

nsb@1Kings:11:27 @ This is how he rebelled: Solomon was building the Millo and making good the damaged parts of the town of his father David.

nsb@1Kings:11:28 @ Jeroboam was a capable and responsible man. Solomon saw that he was a good worker and made him overseer of all the work given to the sons of Joseph.

nsb@1Kings:11:29 @ When Jeroboam was going out of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite came across him on the road. Ahijah was wearing a new robe. They were by themselves in the open country.

nsb@1Kings:11:30 @ Ahijah took his new robe in his hands and tore it into twelve pieces.

nsb@1Kings:11:31 @ He said to Jeroboam: »Take ten of the parts, for this is what Jehovah said: I will take the kingdom away from Solomon by force. I will give ten tribes to you.

nsb@1Kings:11:32 @ »But one tribe will be his because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem. Out of the tribes of Israel he will have the town I have made mine.

nsb@1Kings:11:33 @ »I am going to do this because Solomon has rejected me and has worshiped foreign gods. Astarte, the goddess of Sidon; Chemosh, the god of Moab; and Molech, the god of Ammon. Solomon disobeyed me. He has done wrong! He has not obeyed my laws and commands as his father David did.

nsb@1Kings:11:34 @ »I will not take the entire kingdom away from Solomon. I will keep him in power as long as he lives. This I will do for the sake of my servant David, whom I chose and who obeyed my laws and commands.

nsb@1Kings:11:35 @ »I will take the kingdom away from Solomon's son and will give you ten tribes.

nsb@1Kings:11:36 @ »I will let Solomon's son keep one tribe. That way I will always have a descendant of my servant David ruling in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as the place where I am worshiped.

nsb@1Kings:11:37 @ »Jeroboam, I will make you king of Israel. You will rule over all the territory that you want.

nsb@1Kings:11:38 @ »If you obey me completely I will always be with you. You must live by my laws, and win my approval by doing what I command, as my servant David did. I will make you king of Israel and will make sure that your descendants rule after you, just as I have done for David.

nsb@1Kings:11:39 @ »Because of Solomon's sin I will punish the descendants of David, but not forever.«

nsb@1Kings:11:40 @ For this reason Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam. Jeroboam escaped to King Shishak of Egypt and stayed there until Solomon's death.

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