( H) He said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem.
They will kill me and return to King Rehoboam.”Ģ8 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. 27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices at the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, ( G) they will again give their allegiance to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah. ( F)Ģ6 Jeroboam thought to himself, “The kingdom will now likely revert to the house of David. From there he went out and built up Peniel. Golden Calves at Bethel and DanĢ5 Then Jeroboam fortified Shechem ( E) in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. Go home, every one of you, for this is my doing.’” So they obeyed the word of the Lord and went home again, as the Lord had ordered. ( A)Ģ1 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mustered all Judah and the tribe of Benjamin-a hundred and eighty thousand able young men-to go to war ( B) against Israel and to regain the kingdom for Rehoboam son of Solomon.Ģ2 But this word of God came to Shemaiah ( C) the man of God: ( D) 23 “Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, to all Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, 24 ‘This is what the Lord says: Do not go up to fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the house of David.
20 When all the Israelites heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel.
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