1 Kings 12:27

If this people go up to do sacrifice [Heb. sacrifices ] in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem [as the law of Moses ordained ( Deuteronomy 12:11 , Deuteronomy 12:14 ; Deuteronomy 16:6 , Deuteronomy 16:11 )], then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord [The Syriac omits this word. The LXX . has πρὸς κύριον κὰι κύριον αὐτῶν ] , even unto Rehoboam king of Judah [When Wordsworth remarks that Jeroboam "here acknowledges Rehoboam as the 'lord' of the people," he surely forgets that these are not the actual words of Jeroboam, but the thoughts which the historian supposes him to have had (verse 26) ], and they shall kill me [as they would do, if they wished to return to Rehoboam's rule. Their first offering would be the head of the usurper, 2 Samuel 20:20 , 2 Samuel 20:21 ; cf. 2 Samuel 4:7 ], and go again [lit; turn again, same word as above] to Rehoboam king of Judah.