20 Now it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all (A)Israel. There was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah (B)only.

21 And when (C)Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of (D)Benjamin, one hundred and eighty thousand chosen men who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, that he might restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. 22 But (E)the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

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