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18 King Rehoboam sent out Adoram,[a] who was in charge of forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam, however, was able to get in his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

19 So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David until this day.

Jeroboam Becomes King of Israel

20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No tribe was left which followed the house of David, except the tribe of Judah alone.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 12:18 Also called Adoniram or Hadoram