“Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to David’s house.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Kings 12 contains 33 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.