1. When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight against Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
2. But the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,
3. “Say to Rehoboam, son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin,