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And he said to Jeroboam, "Take for yourself ten pieces, for thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Behold,
1I am about to tear the kingdom from the hand of Solomon and will give you ten tribes
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(but
2he shall have one tribe, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem,
3the city that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel),
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because they have forsaken me
4and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and they have not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my sight and keeping my statutes and my rules, as David his father did.
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Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of David my servant whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes.
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5But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand and will give it to you, ten tribes.
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Yet to his son
6I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have
7a lamp before me in Jerusalem,
8the city where I have chosen to put my name.
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And I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel.
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And if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did,
9I will be with you and
10will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
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And I will afflict the offspring of David because of this, but not forever.'"
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Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled into Egypt, to
11Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
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12Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the Book of the Acts of Solomon?