All I have is the mercy of the Lord

1 Kings 12:1-33
Rehoboam rejectedt listen to the elder's advice lighten the burden of Israelite, he answered the people harshly. So all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered to king: " What share do we have in David, what part in Jesse's son? To your tents, O Israel! Look after your own house, O, David!"
Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.
This fulfill the word the Lord has spoken to Jeroboam.
Rehoboam planed fight to Israel to regain the kingdom, but the word of god came to Shemaiah the man of God," Do not go up to fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Go home, every one of you, for this is my doing."
The people of Israel sent and called Jeroboam to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the house of David.
After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves, and said to the peoples, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem, Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt."
Jeroboam concerned the people go back to Jerusalem, the temple of the Lord, to offer sacrifices, they will again give their allegiance to their lord. They will kill him and return to King Rehoboam.
Why?
The rebellion to Rehoboam is Lord's doing for Solomon did not obey the word of the Lord.
Jeroboam as invited and to be a king over Israel. It is done as what the Lord said to him.
Jeroboam forgot what God reminded to him, but concerned himself and his kingdom, he was seeking advises from man. He built two calves instead of the temple of the Lord at Jerusalem. Actually, Jeroboam to be a king is the Lord chose him, it is not his efforts.
The writers of  kings see him always as 'bad king Jeroboam', the one who set Israel on the downward path of sin against God.
How?
Don't forget what the Lord has done upon me, and walk on the words of the Lord to save our life and be blessed.