14:010:015 So the king hearkened not unto the people:
for the cause was
of
God, that the lord might perform his word, which
he spake
by
the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son
of
Nebat.
14:010:016 And when all Israel saw that the king would
not hearken unto
them,
the people answered the king, saying, What portion
have
we
in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of
Jesse:
every
man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see
to
thine
own house. So all Israel went to their tents.
14:010:017 But as for the children of Israel that
dwelt in the cities of
Judah,
Rehoboam reigned over them.
14:010:018 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was
over the tribute; and
the
children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he
died.
But
king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot,
to
flee
to Jerusalem.
14:010:019 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
14:011:001 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem,
he gathered of the
house
of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand
chosen
men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel,
that
he
might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
14:011:002 But the word of the lord came to Shemaiah
the man of God,
saying,
14:011:003 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon,
king of Judah, and to
all
Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
14:011:004 Thus saith the lord, Ye shall not
go up, nor fight against
your
brethren: return every man to his house:
for this thing
is
done of me. And they obeyed the words of the lord,
and
returned
from going against Jeroboam.
14:011:005 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built
cities for defence
in
Judah.
14:011:006 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
14:011:007 And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
14:011:008 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
14:011:009 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
14:011:010 And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which
are in Judah and in
Benjamin
fenced cities.
14:011:011 And he fortified the strong holds, and
put captains in them,
and
store of victual, and of oil and wine.
14:011:012 And in every several city he put shields
and spears, and made
them
exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his
side.
14:011:013 And the priests and the Levites that were
in all Israel
resorted
to him out of all their coasts.
14:011:014 For the Levites left their suburbs and
their possession, and
came
to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons
had
cast
them off from executing the priest’s office unto
the
lord:


