1 Reyes 12:20

20 Cuando los israelitas supieron que Jeroboam había regresado de Egipto, convocaron una asamblea y lo nombraron rey de todo Israel. Así que solo la tribu de Judá permaneció fiel a la familia de David.

1 Reyes 12:20 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 12:20

And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was
come again
Out of Egypt; the chief men knew of it before, for he had headed them in their approach and address to Rehoboam; but the people in common had not, and especially those of the various tribes besides that of Ephraim:

that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king
over all Israel;
they sent for him from his tent or house, which probably was in Shechem, and gave him an invitation to come to their assembly, met together to deliberate about a king; when they unanimously chose him to be king over Israel, that is, over the ten tribes, and inaugurated him into his office:

there was none that followed the house of David but the tribe of Judah
only;
in which Benjamin was included, as appears from the following verse; that being joined to it, and mixed with it, and both having a part in Jerusalem, and so ever after the kingdom was denominated the kingdom of Judah.

1 Reyes 12:20 In-Context

18 Luego el rey Roboam envió a Adoniram,
quien estaba a cargo de los trabajadores, a restaurar el orden, pero el pueblo de Israel lo apedreó a muerte. Cuando el rey Roboam se enteró, enseguida subió a su carro de guerra y huyó a Jerusalén.

19 Hasta el día de hoy, las tribus del norte de Israel se han negado a ser gobernadas por un descendiente de David.

20 Cuando los israelitas supieron que Jeroboam había regresado de Egipto, convocaron una asamblea y lo nombraron rey de todo Israel. Así que solo la tribu de Judá permaneció fiel a la familia de David.

21 Profecía de Semaías
Cuando Roboam llegó a Jerusalén, movilizó a los hombres de Judá y a la tribu de Benjamín —ciento ochenta mil guerreros selectos— para pelear contra los hombres de Israel y recuperar el reino.

22 Ahora bien, Dios le dijo a Semaías, hombre de Dios: