16 When(A) all Israel saw[a](B) that the king had not listened to them, the people answered the king:

What portion do we have in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.
Israel, each to your tent;
David, look after your own house now!

So all Israel went to their tents. 17 But as for the Israelites living in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

18 Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram,[b](C) who was in charge of the forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. However, King Rehoboam managed to get into his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:16 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss omit saw; 1Kg 12:16
  2. 10:18 = Adoram in 1Kg 12:18

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