When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah, and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight against Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
A king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to naught; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
I will take nothing but what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me; let Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre take their share.”
Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.