After Rehoboam’s rule was established and solidified, he and all Israel rejected the law of the Lord.

But once he became powerful, his pride destroyed him. ¹  He disobeyed ²  the Lord his God. He entered the Lord’s temple to offer incense on the incense altar.

Indeed this is what the Lord told me. He took hold of me firmly and warned me not to act like these people: ¹ 

Now I will tell you the truth.“Three ¹  more kings will arise for Persia. Then a fourth ²  king will be unusually rich, ³  more so than all who preceded him. When he has amassed power through his riches, he will stir up everyone against ⁴  the kingdom of Greece.