1 Kings 12:24-26

New King James Version

²⁴ ‘Thus says the Lord: “You shall not go up nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel. Let every man return to his house, ^(A)for this thing is from Me.” ’ ” Therefore they obeyed the word of the Lord, and turned back, according to the word of the Lord.

Jeroboam’s Gold Calves

²⁵ Then Jeroboam ^(B)built^[a] Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and dwelt there. Also he went out from there and built ^(C)Penuel. ²⁶ And Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom may return to the house of David: