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This is what the Lord says: “Do not go and attack your brothers. Do not fight against them. Instead, you must all go home. I, the Lord, have decided that this must happen.” ’

So they obeyed the Lord's message. They did not go to attack Jeroboam.[a]

Rehoboam rules Judah as king

Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem. He built these strong cities in Judah to make it safe:

Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

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Footnotes

  1. 11:4 By this time, Jeroboam had become the king of Israel's 10 northern tribes. See 1 Kings 12:20.