31 A re ho Jeroboame:

“Inkele likotoana tse leshome hobane Jehova Molimo oa Iseraele o itse: ‘Ke tlosa ’muso ho Solomone ’me ke tla u fa maloko a leshome.+

32 Ka la 15 khoeling ea borobeli, Jeroboame a etsa mokete o joaloka mokete oa Juda.+ A etsa mahlabelo aletareng e Bethele+ bakeng sa manamane ao a neng a a entse le ho beha baprista libakeng tse phahameng tseo a neng a li entse Bethele.

10 Ka lebaka leo, ke tlisa tlokotsi lelapeng la Jeroboame. Ke tla felisa bohle ba batona* lelapeng la hae, ho akareletsa le ba se nang thuso le ba se nang matla Iseraele. Ke tla fiela lelapa la Jeroboame+ feela joalokaha motho a tlosa bolokoe ho fihlela bo felile.

14 Balevi ba tlohela libaka tsa bona le maruo a bona+ ’me ba tla Juda le Jerusalema hobane Jeroboame le bara ba hae ba ne ba ba lelekile hore ba se ke ba sebeletsa e le baprista ba Jehova.+

3 Abija a ea ntoeng le masole a matla a koetlisitsoeng+ a 400 000. Jeroboame a itokisetsa ho ea mo loantša ka banna ba matla ba koetlisitsoeng ba 800 000.

20 Jeroboame ha aa ka a hlola a e-ba le matla mehleng ea Abija. Jehova o ile a mo otla ’me a shoa.+