1 Kings 12:25-27

Lexham English Bible

Jeroboam Becomes King over Israel

²⁵ Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and he resided in it. Then he went out from there and built Penuel. ²⁶ Then Jeroboam said to himself,^[a] “Now the kingdom will return to the house of David ²⁷ if this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house^[b] of Yahweh in Jerusalem. The heart of this people will return to their master Rehoboam the king of Judah, and they shall kill me and return to him.”^[c]