This sin caused Jeroboam’s dynasty to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.

In King Rehoboam’s fifth year, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.

Whenever the king visited the Lord’s temple, the royal guard carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.

Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other throughout Abijah’s lifetime.

The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime.

Now Asa and King Baasha of Israel were continually at war with each other.

When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying Ramah and settled down in Tirzah.

Asa and King Nadab of Israel were continually at war with each other.

Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord this message predicting Baasha’s downfall:

When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is it really you, the one who brings disaster on Israel?”

Jehu will kill anyone who escapes Hazael’s sword, and Elisha will kill anyone who escapes Jehu’s sword.

In the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to visit the king of Israel.

When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.

He told David, ‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place.

When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been.

King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

They said to him, “Today if you show a willingness to help these people and grant their request, they will be your servants from this time forward.”

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.

for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority against the altar in Bethel and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north will certainly be fulfilled.”