16. When all Israel saw that the king wouldn’t listen to them, the people answered the king:"Why should we care about David?We have no stake in Jesse’s son!Go back to your homes, Israel!You better look after your own house now, David!"Then the Israelites went back to their homes,
17. and Rehoboam ruled over only the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.
18. When King Rehoboam sent Adoram to them (he was the leader of the work gang), all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam quickly got into his chariot and fled to Jerusalem.
19. Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.
20. When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent for him. They called him to the assembly and crowned him king of all Israel.Nothing was left to the house of David except the tribe of Judah.
21. When Rehoboam arrived at Jerusalem, he assembled the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—one hundred eighty thousand select warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom for Rehoboam, Solomon’s son.