1 Kings 12:24-26

New American Standard Bible 1995

²⁴ ‘Thus says the Lord, “You must not go up and fight against your ^[a]relatives the sons of Israel; return every man to his house, ^(A)for this thing has come from Me.”’” So they listened to the word of the Lord, and returned and went their way according to the word of the Lord.

Jeroboam’s Idolatry

²⁵ Then ^(B)Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived ^[b]there. And he went out from there and built ^(C)Penuel. ²⁶ Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to the house of David.