24 He gathered men to himself and became leader of a marauding band, (A)after David slew them of Zobah; and they went to Damascus and stayed [a]there, and reigned in Damascus. 25 So he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, along with the evil that Hadad did; and he abhorred Israel and reigned over Aram.

26 Then (B)Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow, (C)also [b]rebelled against the king.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 11:24 Lit in it
  2. 1 Kings 11:26 Lit lifted up a hand