A Kingdom Divided

Also, Jeroboam son of Nebat rebelled against the king.
He was one of Solomon's officials,
an Ephraimite from Zeredah,
and his mother was a widow named Zeruah.

Here is the account of how he rebelled against the king:
Solomon had built the supporting terraces
and had filled in the gap in the wall
of the city of David his father.
Now Jeroboam was a man of standing,
and when Solomon saw
how well the young man did his work,
he put him in charge of the whole labor force 
of the house of Joseph.

About that time Jeroboam was going out of Jerusalem,
and Ahijah the prophet of Shiloh met him on the way,
wearing a new cloak.
The two of them were alone out in the country,
and Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing
and tore it into twelve pieces.
then he said to Jeroboam,
"Take ten pieces for yourself,
for this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says:
'See, I am going to tear the kingdom
out of Solomon's hand
and give you ten tribes.
But for the sake of My servant David
and the city of Jerusalem,
which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel,
he will have one tribe.
I will do this because they have forsaken Me
and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians,
Chemosh the god of the Moabites,
and Molech the god of the Ammonites,
and have not walked in My ways,
nor done what is right in My eyes,
nor kept My statutes and laws as David,
Solomon's father did.

"'But I will not take
the whole kingdom out of Solomon's hand;
I have made him ruler all the days of his life
for the sake of David My servant,
whom I chose
and who observed My commands and statues.
I will take the kingdom from his son's hands
and give you ten tribes."

Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam,
but Jeroboam fled to Egypt,
to Shishak the king,
and stayed there until Solomon's death.

As for the other events of Solomon's reign -
all he did and the wisdom he displayed -
are they not written
in the book of the annals of Solomon?
Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
Then he rested with his fathers
and was buried in the city of David his father.
And Rehoboam his son
succeeded him as king.

(I Kings 11:26-35,40-43)