²¹ For ^(A)He tore Israel from the house of David, and ^(B)they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. Then Jeroboam drove Israel from following the Lord, and made them commit a great sin.

¹¹ Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you have done this, and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, ^(A)I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your ^(B)servant.

³¹ And he said to Jeroboam, “Take for yourself ten pieces, for ^(A)thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and will give ten tribes to you

¹⁶ And He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, ^(A)who sinned and who made Israel sin.”

²⁸ Therefore the king asked advice, ^(A)made two calves of gold, and said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. ^(B)Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!” ²⁹ And he set up one in ^(C)Bethel, and the other he put in ^(D)Dan. ³⁰ Now this thing became ^(E)a sin, for the people went to worship before the one as far as Dan.

¹¹ Jesus answered, ^(A)“You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore ^(B)the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”

^17 (A)The Lord will bring the king of Assyria upon you and your people and your father’s house—days that have not come since the day that ^(B)Ephraim departed from Judah.”

^15 (A)Then he appointed for himself priests for the ^[a]high places, for ^(B)the demons, and ^(C)the calf idols which he had made.

¹¹ And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of food, oil, and wine.