34. “‘But I will not take all the kingdom away from Solomon. I will let him rule all his life. I will do this because of my servant David. I chose David, and he obeyed all my commands and laws.
35. But I will take the kingdom away from his son. Jeroboam, I will allow you to rule over the 10 tribes.
36. I will allow Solomon’s son to continue to rule over 1 tribe. I will do this so that David, my servant, will always have a king before me in Jerusalem. It is the city where I chose to be worshiped.
37. But I will make you rule over everything you want. You will rule over all of Israel.
38. I will always be with you if you do what I say is right. You must obey all my commands. If you obey my laws and commands as David did, I will be with you. I will make your family a family of kings, as I did for David. I will give Israel to you.
39. I will punish David’s children because of this. But I will not punish them forever.’”
40. Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam ran away to Egypt. He went to Shishak king of Egypt. And Jeroboam stayed there until Solomon died.
41. Everything else Solomon did is written down. He showed much wisdom. It is written in the book of the history of Solomon.
42. Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for 40 years.
43. Then he died and was buried in Jerusalem, the city of David, his father. And his son Rehoboam became king after him.