23
Speak to Roboam the son of Solomon, king of Juda, and to all the house of Juda and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
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Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, neither shall ye fight with your brethren the sons of Israel: return each man to his own home; for this thing is from me; and they hearkened to the word of the Lord, and they ceased from going up, according to the word of the Lord.
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And Jeroboam built Sikima in mount Ephraim and dwelt in it, and went forth thence and built Phanuel.
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And Jeroboam said in his heart, Behold, now the kingdom will return to the house of David.
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If this people shall go up to offer sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then the heart of the people will return to the Lord, and to their master, to Roboam king of Juda, and they will slay me.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.