2 Chronicles 10:14-16

International Children’s Bible

¹⁴ He followed the advice of the young men. He said, “My father forced you to work hard. But I will give you even more work. My father beat you with whips. But I will beat you with whips that have sharp points.” ¹⁵ So King Rehoboam did not do what the people wanted. God caused this to happen. He did this so the Lord could keep his promise to Jeroboam son of Nebat. The Lord had made this promise through Ahijah, a prophet from Shiloh.

¹⁶ The people of Israel saw that King Rehoboam did not listen to them. So they said to the king,

So all the Israelites went home.