When Rehoboam arrived at Jerusalem, he mobilized the men of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin— 180,000 select troops— to fight against the men of Israel and to restore the kingdom to himself.
‘ This is what the Lord says: Do not fight against your relatives, the Israelites. Go back home, for what has happened is my doing!’” So they obeyed the message of the Lord and went home, as the Lord had commanded.
There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam throughout Abijam’s reign.The rest of the events in Abijam’s reign and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah. There was constant war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
The rest of the events of Rehoboam’s reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Record of Shemaiah the Prophet and The Record of Iddo the Seer, which are part of the genealogical record. Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other.