The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: CH2 9:30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
CH2 9:31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the
city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
CH2 10:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel
come to make him king.
CH2 10:2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was
in Egypt, whither he fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard
it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
CH2 10:3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came
and spake to Rehoboam, saying,
CH2 10:4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou
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