1 Kings 12:27
12:27 If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the
Lord’s temple in Jerusalem,
their loyalty could shift to their former master,
King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”
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 11:13-17
11:13 But I will not tear away the entire kingdom; I will leave
your son one tribe for my servant David’s sake and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem.”
11:14 The Lord brought against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king.
11:15 During David’s campaign against Edom, Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom.
11:16 For six months Joab and the entire Israelite army stayed there until they had exterminated every male in Edom.
11:17 Hadad, who was only a small boy at the time, escaped with some of his father’s Edomite servants and headed for Egypt.