"Speakto Rehoboamthe sonof Solomon,kingof Judah,and to allIsraelin Judahand Benjamin,saying,
Alltheseare the twelvetribesof Israel,and thisis whattheir fathersaidto them when he blessedthem. He blessedthem, everyonewith the blessingappropriate to him.
To thisdaythey doaccording to the earliercustoms:they do not fearthe LORD,nordo they followtheir statutesor their ordinancesor the law,or the commandmentswhichthe LORDcommandedthe sonsof Jacob,whomHe namedIsrael;
But as for the sonsof Israelwho livedin the citiesof Judah,Rehoboamreignedoverthem.
But the wordof the LORDcameto Shemaiahthe manof God,saying,
Thussaysthe LORD,"You shall not goup or fightagainstyour relatives;returneverymanto his house,for thisthingis from Me."'" So they listenedto the wordsof the LORDand returnedfrom goingagainstJeroboam.
Moseswrotedownallthe wordsof the LORD.Then he aroseearlyin the morning,and builtan altarat the footof the mountainwith twelvepillarsfor the twelvetribesof Israel.
circumcisedthe eighth day,of the nationof Israel,of the tribeof Benjamin,a Hebrewof Hebrews;as to the Law,a Pharisee;
