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21 As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire,
    so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.(A)

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22 One given to anger stirs up strife,
    and the hothead causes much transgression.(A)

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18 Those who are hot-tempered stir up strife,
    but those who are slow to anger calm contention.(A)

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33 For as pressing milk produces curds
    and pressing the nose produces blood,
    so pressing anger produces strife.(A)

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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
    but love covers all offenses.(A)

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A warrior’s sharp arrows,
    with glowing coals of the broom tree!(A)

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First Dynasty: Jeroboam Reigns over Israel

20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. There was no one who followed the house of David except the tribe of Judah alone.(A)

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When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of it (for he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), then Jeroboam remained in Egypt.(A) And they sent and called him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and said to Rehoboam,

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The Rebellion of Sheba

20 Now a scoundrel named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He sounded the trumpet and cried out,

“We have no portion in David,
no share in the son of Jesse!
Everyone to your tents, O Israel!”(A)

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