When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from Judah and Benjamin to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
I will take nothing except compensation for what the young men have eaten. As for the share of the men who went with me – Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre – let them take their share.”
Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in Shechem to make Rehoboam king.
The Lord frustrates the decisions of the nations; he nullifies the plans of the peoples.
No king is delivered by his vast army; a warrior is not saved by his great might.