So King Rehoboam strengthened [himself] in Jerusalem, and reigned. And Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, in the city which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of the children of Israel, to call His name there; and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

And they strengthened the kingdom of Judah; and [Judah] strengthened Rehoboam the [son] of Solomon for three years, for he walked three years in the ways of David and Solomon.

and with them was a warrior force [of] three hundred thousand and seven thousand five hundred; these waged war mightily to help the king against [his] enemies.

And he made in Jerusalem machines invented by a wise contriver, to be upon the towers and upon the corners, to cast darts and great stones. And [the fame] of their preparation was heard from a great distance; for he was marvelously helped, till he became strong.

And it shall come to pass, when the Lord your God has brought you into the land which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, and to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you great and beautiful cities which you did not build,

beware lest you forget the Lord your God that brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

And you shall eat and be filled, and shall bless the Lord your God on the good land, which He has given you.

lest when you have eaten and are full, and have built nice houses, and dwelt in them;

[that] you should be exalted in your heart, and forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;

So Jacob ate and was filled, and the beloved one kicked; he grew fat, he became thick and broad: then he forsook the God that made him, and departed from God his Savior.

You have forsaken God that begot you, and forgotten God who feeds you.

And [men] shall say, Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought out their fathers from Egypt, out of the house of bondage, and they attached themselves to strange gods, and worshipped them, and served them; therefore the Lord has brought this evil upon them.

Therefore hear the word of the Lord: thus says the Lord, Have I been a wilderness or a dry land to Israel? Why have My people said, We will not be ruled over, and will not come to You anymore?

According to the word of Ephraim he adopted ordinances for himself in Israel; and he established them for Baal, and died.

According to their pastures, so they were completely filled; and their hearts were exalted; therefore they forgot Me.

I will meet them by the way of the Assyrians, as a female bear excited, and I will tear open their rib cage, and the lions' cubs in the thicket shall devour them there; the wild beasts of the field shall tear them to pieces.

Speak to Rehoboam the [son] of Solomon, and to all Judah and Benjamin, saying,

So Israel departed to his tents.

And Rehoboam did evil in the sight of the Lord; and he provoked Him in all the things which their fathers did in their sins which they sinned.

And there was a conspiracy in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord removed from before the children of Israel.

Even Judah as well kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but they walked according to the customs of Israel which they practiced, and rejected the Lord.

The princes of Judah have become as those that removed the landmarks: I will pour out upon them My fury as water.

Ephraim altogether prevailed against his adversary, he trod judgment under foot, for he began to go after vanities.

For you have kept the statues of Omri, and done all the works of the house of Ahab; and you have walked in their ways, that I might deliver you to utter destruction, and those that inhabit the city to hissing: and you shall bear the reproach of nations.