2 Chronicles 10:16-18

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¹⁶ When the people realized what the king was saying, they turned their backs and deserted him.

“Forget David and his dynasty!” they shouted angrily. “We’ll get someone else to be our king. Let Rehoboam rule his own tribe of Judah! Let’s go home!” So they did.

¹⁷ The people of the tribe of Judah, however, remained loyal to Rehoboam. ¹⁸ Afterwards, when King Rehoboam sent Hadoram to draft forced labor from the other tribes of Israel, the people stoned him to death. When this news reached King Rehoboam, he jumped into his chariot and fled to Jerusalem.