Israel ... - The Israelites proper, or members of the other tribes, who happened to be settled within the limits of the land of Judah. These Israelites quietly submitted to Rehoboam. “Israel” through this chapter, and throughout the rest of Kings, designates ordinarily “the ten tribes,” and is antithetical to “Judah.”
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1 Kings 12:17
17 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.