¹¹ So the Lord said to Solomon, “Since this is your attitude and you have not kept my covenant and my decrees,^(A) which I commanded you, I will most certainly tear^(B) the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates.

²⁸ Now Jeroboam was a man of standing,^(A) and when Solomon saw how well^(B) the young man did his work, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the tribes of Joseph.

² When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was still in Egypt, where he had fled^(A) from King Solomon), he returned from^[a] Egypt.

²⁰ When all the Israelites heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the house of David.^(A)

⁶ Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, an official of Solomon son of David, rebelled^(A) against his master.