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Solomon rested with his ancestors,
and left behind him one of his sons,
broad in 1 folly and lacking in sense,
Rehoboam, whose policy drove the people to revolt.
Then Jeroboam son of Nebat led Israel into sin
and started Ephraim on its sinful ways.
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Their sins increased more and more,
until they were exiled from their land.
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For they sought out every kind of wickedness,
until vengeance came upon them.