18 ¶ Now the king Rehoboam sent Adoram the receiver of the tribute, and all Israel stoned him to death: then the king Rehoboam [a]made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

19 And Israel rebelled against the house [b]of David unto this day.

20 ¶ And when all Israel had heard that Jeroboam was come again, they sent and called him to the assembly, and made him king over all Israel: none followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah (A)only.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 12:18 Hebrew, strengthened himself.
  2. 1 Kings 12:19 By the just judgment of God for Solomon’s sins.

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