¹² Nevertheless, for the sake of David^(A) your father, I will not do it during your lifetime. I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

¹⁶ When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered the king:

So the Israelites went home.^{(C) 17} But as for the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah,^(D) Rehoboam still ruled over them.