Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
13And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;
15Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
17But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
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