1 Kings 12:14-20

New International Version

¹⁴ he followed the advice of the young men and said, “My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged^(A) you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.” ¹⁵ So the king did not listen to the people, for this turn of events was from the Lord,^(B) to fulfill the word the Lord had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah^(C) the Shilonite.

¹⁶ When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered the king:

So the Israelites went home.^{(F) 17} But as for the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah,^(G) Rehoboam still ruled over them.

¹⁸ King Rehoboam sent out Adoniram,^[a](H) who was in charge of forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death.^(I) King Rehoboam, however, managed to get into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. ¹⁹ So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David^(J) to this day.

²⁰ When all the Israelites heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the house of David.^(K)