<p class="bodytext">After Rehoboam&#8217;s rule was established and solidified, he and all Israel rejected the law of the <sc>Lordsc>.

<p class="bodytext">But once he became powerful, his pride destroyed him.<n id="1" /> He disobeyed<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> his God. He entered the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple to offer incense on the incense altar.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Indeed this is what the <sc>Lordsc> told me. He took hold of me firmly and warned me not to act like these people:<n id="1" />p>

Now I will tell you the truth.p><t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;Three<n id="1" /> more kings will arise for Persia. Then a fourth<n id="2" /> king will be unusually rich,<n id="3" /> more so than all who preceded him. When he has amassed power through his riches, he will stir up everyone against<n id="4" /> the kingdom of Greece.