“Take for yourself ten pieces; for this is what Jehovah the God of Israel has said, ‘Here I am ripping the kingdom out of the hand of Solʹo·mon, and I shall certainly give you ten tribes.+
20 And it came about that as soon as all Israel heard that Jer·o·boʹam had returned, they at once sent and called him to the assembly* and made him king over all Israel.+ None became a follower of the house of David except the tribe of Judah by itself.+