The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: people, saying,
KI1 12:24 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against
your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for
this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD,
and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD.
KI1 12:25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt
therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
KI1 12:26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return
to the house of David:
KI1 12:27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD
at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their
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