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Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

And it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, he was living in Egypt (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon).

Then they sent and called for him. And Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

Then he said to them, "Go for three days, then return to me." So the people went away.

Then the young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, now you make it lighter for us!' Thus you shall speak to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's loins!

So the king did not listen to the people; for it was a turn of events from Yahweh, that He might establish His word, which Yahweh spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

‘Thus says Yahweh, "You shall not go up and fight against your brothers, the sons of Israel; return every man to his house, for this thing is from Me."'" So they listened to the word of Yahweh, and returned to go their way according to the word of Yahweh.

So the king took counsel, and made two golden calves, and he said to them, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt."

Now this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before the one as far as Dan.

Then he went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised in his own heart; and he made a feast for the sons of Israel and went up to the altar to burn incense.

Then the king answered and said to the man of God, "Please entreat Yahweh your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me." So the man of God entreated Yahweh, and the king's hand was restored to him, and it became as it was before.

For so it was commanded me by the word of Yahweh, saying, ‘You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way which you came.'"

Then he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him and he rode away on it.

For a word came to me by the word of Yahweh, ‘You shall eat no bread, nor drink water there; do not return by going the way which you came.'"

Now it happened after he had eaten bread and after he had drunk, that he saddled the donkey for him, for the prophet whom he had brought back.

Then he spoke to his sons, saying, "Saddle the donkey for me." And they saddled it.

For the word shall surely happen which he cried by the word of Yahweh against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria."

Then Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes had set because of his old age.

Now Yahweh had said to Ahijah, "Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to inquire of you concerning her son, for he is sick. You shall say thus and thus to her, for it will be when she arrives that she will pretend to be another woman."