1 Kings 11:11
11:11 So the
Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you,
I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
1 Kings 11:28
11:28 Jeroboam was a talented man;
when Solomon saw that the young man was an accomplished worker, he made him the leader of the work crew from the tribe
of Joseph.
1 Kings 12:2
12:2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.
1 Kings 12:20-24
12:20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty.
12:21 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from all of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.
12:22 But God told Shemaiah the prophet,
12:23 “Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah, and to all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the rest of the people,
12:24 ‘The Lord says this: “Do not attack and make war with your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.”’” They obeyed the Lord and went home as the Lord had ordered them to do.
1 Kings 13:1-10
13:1 Just then
a prophet
from Judah, sent by the
Lord, arrived in Bethel,
as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.
13:2 With the authority of the
Lord he cried out against the altar, “O altar, altar! This is what the
Lord says, ‘Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’”
13:3 That day he also announced
a sign, “This is the sign the
Lord has predetermined:
The altar will be split open and the ashes
on it will fall to the ground.”
13:4 When the king heard what the prophet
cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam, standing at the altar, extended his hand
and ordered,
“Seize him!” The hand he had extended shriveled up
and he could not pull it back.
13:5 The altar split open and the ashes
fell from the altar to the ground,
in fulfillment of the sign the prophet had announced with the
Lord’s authority.
13:6 The king pled with
the prophet,
“Seek the favor of
the
Lord your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored.” So the prophet sought the
Lord’s favor
and the king’s hand was restored to its former condition.
13:7 The king then said to the prophet, “Come home with me and have something to eat. I’d like to give a present.”
13:8 But the prophet said to the king, “Even if you were to give me half your possessions,
I could not go with you and eat and drink
in this place.
13:9 For the
Lord gave me strict orders,
‘Do not eat or drink
there and do not go home the way you came.’”
13:10 So he started back on another road; he did not travel back on the same road he had taken to Bethel.
1 Kings 14:16
14:16 He will hand Israel over to their enemies
because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit.”
1 Kings 15:30
15:30 This happened because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit. These sins angered the
Lord God of Israel.
1 Kings 16:3
16:3 So I am ready to burn up
Baasha and his family, and make your family
like the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat.
1 Kings 21:22
21:22 I will make your dynasty
like those of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah because you angered me and made Israel sin.’