1 Kings 12:24-26

GOD’S WORD Translation

²⁴ This is what the Lord says: Don’t wage war against your relatives from Israel. Everyone, go home. What has happened is my doing.” So they obeyed the Lord’s word. They returned ⌞home⌟, as the Lord told them.

²⁵ Jeroboam rebuilt Shechem in the hills of Ephraim and lived there. Then he left that place and built Penuel. ²⁶ He said to himself, “The kingdom will probably return to David’s dynasty now.