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And Ahijah caught the new garment that
was on him and rent it
in twelve pieces;
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and he said to Jeroboam, Take ten pieces for thyself, for thus hath said the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and will give ten tribes to thee;
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and he shall have one tribe for my slave David’s sake and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel
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because they have forsaken me and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh, the god of the Moabites, and Milcom, the god of the sons of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do
that which is right in my eyes and
to keep my statutes and my rights, as
did David his father.
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But I will not take any of his kingdom out of his hand, for I will make him prince all the days of his life for David, my slave’s sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:
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But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand and will give it unto thee,
even ten tribes.
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And unto his son I will give one tribe, that David my slave may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name in her.
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And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desires and shalt be king over Israel.
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And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee and wilt walk in my ways and do
that which is right in my sight, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David, my slave, did, that I will be with thee and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
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And I will afflict the seed of David because of this, but not for ever.
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Solomon sought, therefore, to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose and fled into Egypt unto Shishak, king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.