Jehovah told Jeroboam: “It must occur that, if you obey all that I shall command you, and you do walk in my ways and actually do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and my commandments, just as David my servant did, I will also prove to be with you, and I will build you a lasting house, just as I have built for David, and I will give you Israel. ”
Lai gan Jehova neatkāpās no savas derības, ko viņš bija slēdzis ar Dāvidu, apsolīdams tam Valstību, divpadsmit cilšu sašķelšanās, pēc kuras izveidojās divas valstis, notika ar Jehovas ziņu.