And I will give one tribe to his son, that there may be a lamp to My servant David before Me all the days in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen to Myself, to put My name there.
And all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, and the people sent back to the king, saying, What part do we have in David? Yea, there is no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Each man to your tents, O Israel! Now see to your house, David! And all Israel went to their tents.
And King Rehoboam sent Hadoram who was over the forced labor. And the sons of Israel threw stones at him, and he died. And King Rehoboam was alerted to mount up into a chariot to flee to Jerusalem.
And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem and called up the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen doers of battle, to fight with Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehoboam.
saying, And you, son of man, take one stick to yourself and write on it, For Judah, and for his companions, the sons of Israel. And take one stick and write on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.