15 The king did not listen to the people because the turn of events came from God,(A) in order that the Lord might carry out His word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.(B)

16 When(C) all Israel saw[a](D) that the king had not listened to them, the people answered the king:

What portion do we have in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.
Israel, each man to your tent;
David, look after your own house now!

So all Israel went to their tents. 17 But as for the Israelites living in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 10:16 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss omit saw; 1Kg 12:16

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