18 Then King Rehoboam sent (A)Adoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, and all Israel stoned him [a]to death. And King Rehoboam hurried to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem. 19 (B)So Israel has broken with the house of David to this day.

20 And it came about, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, that they sent word and called him to the assembly, and made him king over all Israel. (C)None except the tribe of Judah alone followed the house of David.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 12:18 Lit with stones that he died

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