1 Kings 12:20 meaning and explanation
When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
1 Kings 12:20, Berean Standard Bible
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After Solomon's death the northern tribes asked his son Rehoboam to lighten their forced labor. He refused and threatened worse, so they rejected David's dynasty.
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