Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the k

At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill, and Jeroboam said to his wife,...

Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old...

When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered...

Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem. He was forty-one years old...