1 Kings 12:25-27

New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeroboam’s Idolatry

²⁵ Then ^(A)Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived ^[a]there. And he went out from there and built ^(B)Penuel. ²⁶ Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to the house of David. ^27 (C)If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will return to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”