²⁶ And Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom may return to the house of David:

²⁷ If these people ^(A)go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn back to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me and go back to Rehoboam king of Judah.”