So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day. ... And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him, and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke; my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. ... Wherefore, the king listened not unto the people, for the cause was from the Lord, that he might perform his saying which the Lord spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
So when all Israel saw that the king listened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion do we have in David?
Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute, and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. ... Therefore, king Rehoboam made speed to get himself up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel; there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying, Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying, Thus says the Lord: You shall not go up nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel.
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David; if this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people return unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah — whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem.
And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God who had cried against the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. ... And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat now the face of the Lord your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me again. ... And the man of God implored the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored to him again, and became as it was before. ... And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward. ... And the man of God said unto the king, If you will give me half your house, I will not go in with you, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place; for so was it charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the same way that you came.
Now there dwelled an old prophet in Beth-el, and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el; the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
Behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, who told me that I should be king over this people.
Moreover, the Lord shall raise him up a king over Israel who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day — but what?
And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
And it came to pass, in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem. ... And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all. ... And he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made, and king Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard who kept the door of the king’s house. ... And it was so, when the king went into the house of the Lord, that the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam reigned over Judah.
Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa reigned over Judah, and forty-one years reigned he in Jerusalem.
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. ... And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. ... Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house and delivered them into the hand of his servants. ... And king Asa sent them to Benhadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelled at Damascus, saying, There is a league between me and you, and between my father and your father. ... Behold, I have sent unto you a present of silver and gold; come and break your league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah — none was exempted. ... And they took away the stones of Ramah and the timber thereof, with which Baasha had built, and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years. ... Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. ... In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty-four years.
Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. ... And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?