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And Jeroboam the son of Nebat ,
an Ephraimite of Zeredah ,
a slave of Solomon ,
whose mother '
s name was Zeruah ,
a widow ,
he also lifted up his hand against the king .
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And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king :
Solomon built Millo ,
and repaired the breach of the city of David his father .
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And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor ;
and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious ,
and he gave him charge over all the labor of the house of Joseph .
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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 ;
now [
Ahijah ]
had clad himself with a new garment ;
and both of them were alone in the field .
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And Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him ,
and rent it in twelve pieces .
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And he said to Jeroboam ,
Take for yourself ten pieces ;
for this is what Yahweh ,
the God of Israel ,
says ,
Look ,
I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon ,
and will give ten tribes to you
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but he will have one tribe ,
for my slave David '
s sake and for Jerusalem '
s sake ,
the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel );
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because they have forsaken me ,
and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians ,
Chemosh the god of Moab ,
and Milcom the god of the sons of Ammon ;
and they have not walked in my ways ,
to do that which is right in my eyes ,
and [
to keep ]
my statutes and my ordinances ,
as did David his father .
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Nevertheless 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 slave '
s sake whom I chose ,
who kept my commandments and my statutes ;
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but I will take the kingdom out of his son '
s hand ,
and will give it to you ,
even ten tribes .
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And to his son I will give one tribe ,
that David my slave may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem ,
the city which I have chosen me to put my name there .
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And I will take you ,
and you will reign according to all that your soul desires ,
and will be king over Israel .
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And it will be ,
if you will listen to all that I command you ,
and will walk in my ways ,
and do that which is right in my eyes ,
to keep my statutes and my commandments ,
as David my slave did ;
that I will be with you ,
and will build you a sure house ,
as I built for David ,
and will give Israel to you .
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And I will for this afflict the seed of David ,
but not forever .
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Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam ;
but Jeroboam arose ,
and fled into Egypt ,
to Shishak king of Egypt ,
and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon .