Ndipo Rehoboamu wanguti wafika ku Yerusalemu wanguwunganiska ŵaYuda ndi ŵaBenjamini, ŵanthurumi ŵakusankhika vikwi machumi pe chumi ndi machumi ghankhonde ndi ghatatu (180,000) ŵankhondo, kurwa ndi Yisraele kuti ŵawezge so ufumu kwaku Rehoboamu.
ŵanthu machumi ghakhonde ndi ghatatu ŵangufika kutuliya ku Shekemu ndi Shilo ndi Samaria, ŵakumeta myembi yawo ndi vivwalo vyawo vyakuparuka, ndi ŵakujitema maliŵavu ghawo ŵakunyamuwa mpasku wawo wa ufwa ndi vyachema kwachipaska pa nyumba ya Ambuya.
Viyo wangupatuwa kedeshi mu Galile mu charu cha mtunthu chaku Naftali, ndi Shekemu mu charu cha mtunthu chaku Efraimu, ndi Kiriataarba (yo ndi Hebroni) mu charu cha mtunthu chaku Yuda.
Viwanga vyaku Yosefe vyo ŵaYisraele ŵangupinga kutuwa ku Egipiti vinguŵikika pa Shekemu, pa kachigaŵa ka charu keniko Yakobe wangugula ku ŵana ŵaku Hamoro wiske waku Shekemu ndi ndrama machumi pe chumi (100); kanguŵa chihara cha mphapu yaku Yosefe.
Ndipo wose ŵakuja mu Shekemu ŵanguwungana pamoza ndi Betemilo yose, ndipo wanguruta ndi ŵangumumika kuŵa karonga, pafupi ndi chimuti cha mkundi cha mzati pa Shekemu.