It came to pass therefore at that time, that Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, and the Prophet Ahias the Silonite found him in the way, covered with a new cloak: and they two only were in the field. And Ahias taking his new cloak, wherewith he was covered, cut it into twelve parts. And he said to Jeroboam: Take unto thee ten pieces: for thus saith our Lord the God of Israel: Behold I will rent the Kingdom out of the hand of Salomon, and will give thee ten tribes. But one tribe shall remain to him for my servant David, and Jerusalem the city, which I have chosen of all the tribes of Israel: because he hath forsaken me, and hath adored Astarthee the goddess of the Sidonians, and Chamos the god of Moab, and Moloch the god of the children of Ammon: and hath not walked in my ways, to do justice before me, and my precepts, and judgments, as David his father. Neither will I take away all the Kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him Prince all the days of his life, for David my servant, whom I chose, who kept my commandments & my precepts. But I will take away the Kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give thee ten tribes: and to his son I will give one tribe, that there may remain a lamp to David my servant at all times before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen, that my name might be there. And thee will I take, and thou shalt reign over all things, that thy soul desireth, and thou shalt be king over Israel. If therefore thou wilt hear all things, that I shall command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right before me, keeping my commandments and my precepts, as David my servant did: I will be with thee, and will build thee a faithful house, as I built a house to David, and I will deliver Israel to thee: and I will afflict the seed of David upon this, but yet not always. Salomon therefore would have killed Jeroboam: who arose, and fled into Ægypt to Sesac the king of Ægypt, and was in Ægypt until the death of Salomon. And the rest of the words of Salomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom: behold they are all written in the Book of the words of the days of Salomon. And the days that Salomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel, are forty years. And Salomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father, & Roboam his son reigned for him. And Roboam came into Sichem: for thither was all Israel gathered together to make him king. But Jeroboam the son of Nabat, when he was yet in Ægypt fugitive from the face of king Salomon, hearing of his death; returned out of Ægypt. And they sent and called him: Jeroboam therefore came, and all the multitude of Israel, and they spake to Roboam, saying. Thy father laid a most hard yoke upon us: thou therefore diminish now a little of thy father's most hard empire, and of the most heavy yoke, that he laid upon us, and we will serve thee. Who said to them: Go until the third day, and return to me. And when the people was gone, King Roboam took counsel with the ancients, that assisted before Salomon his father, whiles he yet lived, and he said: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people? Who said to him: If this day thou wilt yield to this people, and condescend to them, and grant to their petition, & wilt speak to them gentle words, they will be thy servants always. Who left the counsel of the ancients, which they had given him, and admitted youngmen, that had been brought up with him, & waited on him, and he said to them: What counsel give you me, that I may answer this people, which have said to me: Make the yoke lighter which thy father hath put upon us? And the youngmen that had been brought up with him, said: Thus speak to this people, which have spoken to thee, saying: Thy father aggravated our yoke, do thou ease it. Thus shalt thou speak to them: My least finger is grosser than the back of my father. And now my father laid upon you a heavy yoke, but I will add upon your yoke: my father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions. Jeroboam therefore came, and all the people to Roboam the third day, as the king had spoken, saying: Return to me the third day. And the king answered the people rough words, leaving the counsel of the ancients, which they had given him, and he spake to them according to the counsel of the youngmen, saying: My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions. And the king condescended not to the people: because our Lord was turned away from him, that he might raise up his word, which he had spoken in the hand of Ahias the Silonite, to Jeroboam the son of Nabat. The people therefore seeing that the king would not hear them, answered him, saying: What part have we in David? Or what inheritance in the son of Isai? Go into thy tabernacles Israel, now see to thy house David. And Israel went into their tabernacles. But over the children of Israel, whosoever dwelt in the cities of Juda, Roboam reigned. King Roboam therefore sent Aduram, who was over the tributes: and all Israel stoned him, and he died, moreover king Roboam in haste went up into his chariot, and fled into Jerusalem: and Israel revolted from the house of David, until this present day.