1 Kings 12:22-26
1 Kings 12:22
But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
1 Kings 12:23
“Tell Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people, saying,
1 Kings 12:24
‘This is what the Lord says: “You shall not go up nor fight against your relatives the sons of Israel; return, every man to his house, for this thing has come from Me.” ’ ” So they listened to the word of the Lord, and returned to go their way in accordance with the word of the Lord. Jeroboam’s Idolatry
1 Kings 12:25
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived there. And he went out from there and built Penuel.
1 Kings 12:26
And Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to the house of David.