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1 At
that time Abijah
the son of
Jeroboam became
sick.
2 Jeroboam
said to his
wife, “Please get
up and disguise
yourself, so that
you won’t be
recognized as
Jeroboam’s wife.
Go to Shiloh.
Behold, Ahijah the
prophet is there,
who said that
I would be
king over this
people.
3 Take
with you ten
loaves of bread,
some cakes, and
a jar of
honey, and go
to him. He
will tell you
what will become
of the child.”
4 Jeroboam’s
wife did so, and
arose and went
to Shiloh, and
came to Ahijah’s
house. Now Ahijah
could not see,
for his eyes
were set by
reason of his
age.
5 The
LORD said
to Ahijah, “Behold,
Jeroboam’s wife is
coming to inquire
of you concerning
her son, for
he is sick.
Tell her such
and such; for
it will be,
when she comes
in, that she
will pretend to
be another woman.”
6 So
when Ahijah heard
the sound of
her feet as
she came in
at the door,
he said, “Come
in, Jeroboam’s wife!
Why do you pretend
to be another?
For I am
sent to you
with heavy news.
7 Go, tell
Jeroboam, ‘The
LORD, the God
of Israel, says:
“Because I exalted
you from among
the people, and
made you prince
over my people
Israel,
8 and
tore the kingdom
away from David’s
house, and gave
it to you;
and yet you
have not been
as my servant
David, who kept
my commandments,
and who followed
me with all
his heart, to
do that only
which was right
in my eyes,
9 but
have done evil
above all who
were before you,
and have gone
and made for
yourself other gods,
molten images, to
provoke me to
anger, and have
cast me behind
your back,
10 therefore,
behold, I will
bring evil on
the house of
Jeroboam, and will
cut off from
Jeroboam everyone who urinates
on a wall,
he who is
shut up and
he who is
left at large
in Israel, and
will utterly sweep
away the house
of Jeroboam, as
a man sweeps
away dung until
it is all
gone.
11 The
dogs will eat he
who belongs to
Jeroboam who dies
in the city;
and the birds
of the sky
will eat he who
dies in the
field, for the
LORD has spoken
it.” ’
12 Arise therefore, and
go to your
house. When your
feet enter into
the city, the
child will die.
13 All
Israel will mourn
for him and
bury him; for
he only of
Jeroboam will come
to the grave,
because in him
there is found
some good thing
toward the LORD,
the God of
Israel, in the
house of Jeroboam.
14 Moreover
the LORD will
raise up a
king for himself
over Israel who
will cut off
the house of
Jeroboam. This is
the day! What?
Even now.
15 For
the LORD will
strike Israel, as
a reed is
shaken in the
water; and he
will root up
Israel out of
this good land
which he gave
to their fathers,
and will scatter
them beyond the
River,
because they have
made their Asherah poles,
provoking the LORD
to anger.
16 He
will give Israel
up because of
the sins of
Jeroboam, which he
has sinned, and
with which he
has made Israel
to sin.”
17 Jeroboam’s
wife arose and
departed, and came
to Tirzah. As
she came to
the threshold of
the house, the
child died.
18 All
Israel buried him
and mourned for
him, according to
the LORD’s word,
which he spoke
by his
servant Ahijah the
prophet.
19 The
rest of the
acts of Jeroboam,
how he fought
and how he
reigned, behold,
they are written
in the book
of the chronicles
of the kings
of Israel.
20 The
days which
Jeroboam reigned
were twenty two
years; then he
slept with
his fathers, and
Nadab his son
reigned in his
place.
21 Rehoboam
the son of
Solomon reigned in
Judah. Rehoboam
was forty-one years
old when he
began to reign,
and he reigned
seventeen years in
Jerusalem, the
city which the
LORD had chosen
out of all
the tribes of
Israel, to put
his name there.
His mother’s name
was Naamah the
Ammonitess.
22 Judah
did that which
was evil in
the LORD’s sight,
and they provoked
him to jealousy
with their sins
which they
committed, above all
that their fathers
had done.
23 For
they also built
for themselves
high places, sacred
pillars, and Asherah poles
on every high
hill and under
every green tree.
24 There
were also
sodomites in the
land. They
did according to
all the
abominations of
the nations which
the LORD drove
out before the
children of Israel.
25 In
the fifth year
of King Rehoboam,
Shishak king of
Egypt came up
against Jerusalem;
26 and
he took away
the treasures of
the LORD’s house
and the treasures
of the king’s
house. He even
took away all
of it, including
all the gold
shields which
Solomon had made.
27 King
Rehoboam made
shields of bronze
in their place,
and committed them
to the hands
of the captains
of the guard,
who kept the
door of the
king’s house.
28 It
was so, that
as often as
the king went
into the LORD’s
house, the guard
bore them, and
brought them back
into the guard
room.
29 Now
the rest of
the acts of
Rehoboam, and all
that he did, aren’t
they written in
the book of
the chronicles of
the kings of
Judah?
30 There
was war between
Rehoboam and
Jeroboam continually.
31 Rehoboam
slept with
his fathers, and
was buried with
his fathers in
David’s city.
His mother’s name
was Naamah the
Ammonitess. Abijam his
son reigned in
his place.