³ “Say to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,

^16 (A)And those who had set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel came after them from all the tribes of Israel to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

⁹ And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, ^(A)and those from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were residing with them, for great numbers had deserted to him from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.