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He said to Jeroboam, "Take for yourself tenpieces; for thussays the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Behold, 1I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and give you tentribes
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(2but he will haveonetribe, for the sake of My servantDavid and for the sake of Jerusalem, 3the citywhich I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel ),
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because* they have forsaken Me, and 4have worshipedAshtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, 5Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the sons of Ammon; and they have not walked in My ways, doingwhat is right in My sight and observing My statutes and My ordinances, as his fatherDavid did.
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'Nevertheless I will not take the wholekingdom out of his hand, but I will make him rulerall the days of his life, for the sake of My servantDavidwhom I chose, whoobserved My commandments and My statutes;
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but 6I will take the kingdom from his son'shand and give it to you, even tentribes.
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'But 7to his son I will giveonetribe, 8that My servantDavid may have a lampalways*before Me in Jerusalem, 9the citywhere* I have chosen for Myself to put My name.
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'I will take you, and you shall reign over whatever* you desire, and you shall be kingoverIsrael.
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'Then it will be, that if you listen to all that I command you and walk in My ways, and dowhat is right in My sight by observing My statutes and My commandments, as My servantDaviddid, then 10I will be with you and 11build you an enduringhouse as I built for David, and I will giveIsrael to you.
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'Thus I will afflict the descendants of David for this, but not always*.' "
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Solomonsought therefore to putJeroboam to death; but Jeroboamarose and fled to Egypt to 12Shishakking of Egypt, and he was in Egyptuntil the death of Solomon.
The Death of Solomon
4113Now the rest of the acts of Solomon and whatever* he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?