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Jeroboam worries that pilgrimage to Yahweh’s Temple will restore loyalty to Rehoboam.
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1 Kings 12:26-27

Jeroboam fears Jerusalem

The Kingdom Divides · 1 Kings 12

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26And Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to the house of David.”

27If this people goes up to offer sacrifices in the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will return to their lord, to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.

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