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But of the Israelites Solomon made no slaves; they were the soldiers, they were his officials, his commanders, his captains, and the commanders of his chariotry and cavalry.

But Pharaoh's daughter went up from the city of David to her own house that Solomon had built for her; then he built the Millo.

but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. Not even half had been told me; your wisdom and prosperity far surpass the report that I had heard.

and had commanded him concerning this matter, that he should not follow other gods; but he did not observe what the Lord commanded.

but Hadad fled to Egypt with some Edomites who were servants of his father. He was a young boy at that time.

But Pharaoh said to him, "What do you lack with me that you now seek to go to your own country?" And he said, "No, do let me go."

Nevertheless I will not take the whole kingdom away from him but will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of my servant David whom I chose and who did keep my commandments and my statutes;

but I will take the kingdom away from his son and give it to you—that is, the ten tribes.

For this reason I will punish the descendants of David, but not forever."

Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam; but Jeroboam promptly fled to Egypt, to King Shishak of Egypt, and remained in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

But he disregarded the advice that the older men gave him, and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and now attended him.

The young men who had grown up with him said to him, "Thus you should say to this people who spoke to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must lighten it for us'; thus you should say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.

Now, whereas my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.'"

and spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions."

But Rehoboam reigned over the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah.

But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:

When the king heard what the man of God cried out against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, "Seize him!" But the hand that he stretched out against him withered so that he could not draw it back to himself.

But the man of God said to the king, "If you give me half your kingdom, I will not go in with you; nor will I eat food or drink water in this place.

But he said, "I cannot return with you, or go in with you; nor will I eat food or drink water with you in this place;

Then the other said to him, "I also am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord : Bring him back with you into your house so that he may eat food and drink water." But he was deceiving him.