1Ki 12:21-24 | ESV | STEP | When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem , he assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin , 180,000 chosen warriors , to fight against the house of Israel , to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon .

1 Kings 12:21-24

21 ^aWhen Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, 180,000 chosen warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. 22 But the word of God came to ^bShemaiah the man of God: 23 “Say to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the ^crest of the people, 24 ‘Thus says the Lord, You shall not go up or fight against your relatives the people of Israel. Every man return to his home, ^dfor this thing is from me.’” So they listened to the word of the Lord and went home again, according to the word of the Lord.