31 And he said to Jeroboam, “Take for yourself ten pieces; for this is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘Behold, (A)I am going to tear the kingdom away from the hand of Solomon and give you ten tribes 32 ((B)but he shall have one tribe, for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, (C)the city which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel), 33 because they have abandoned Me, and (D)have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, (E)Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the sons of Ammon; and they have not walked in My ways, doing what is right in My sight and keeping My statutes and My ordinances, as his father David did.

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