1 Kings 12:25-27

New Catholic Bible

²⁵ Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and he dwelt there. He went out from there and built Penuel.

²⁶ Jeroboam’s Idolatry. Jeroboam said to himself, “The kingdom is going to return to the house of David. ²⁷ If this people goes up to sacrifice in the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, the heart of this people will return to their lord, to Rehoboam, the king of Judah. They will kill me and they will return to Rehoboam, the king of Judah.”