1 Kings 14
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Ahijah’s Prophecy Against Jeroboam
1At that time Abijah became sick. He was the son of Jeroboam. 2Jeroboam said to his wife, “Go. Put on some different clothes. Then no one will recognize you as my wife. Go to Shiloh. That’s where Ahijah the prophet is. He told me I would be king over the Israelites. 3Take ten loaves of bread with you. Take some cakes and a jar of honey. Go to him. He’ll tell you what will happen to our son.” 4So Jeroboam’s wife did what he said. She went to Ahijah’s house in Shiloh.
Ahijah couldn’t see. He was blind because he was so old. 5But the Lord had told Ahijah, “Jeroboam’s wife is coming. Her son is sick. She’ll ask you about him. Give her the answer I give you. When she arrives, she’ll pretend to be someone else.”
6Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps at the door. He said, “Come in. I know that you are Jeroboam’s wife. Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have some bad news for you. 7Go. Tell Jeroboam that the Lord has a message for him. The Lord is the God of Israel. He says, ‘I chose you from among the people. I appointed you king over my people Israel. 8I tore the kingdom away from the royal house of David. I gave it to you. But you have not been like my servant David. He obeyed my commands. He followed me with all his heart. He did only what was right in my eyes. 9You have done more evil things than all those who lived before you. You have made other gods for yourself. You have made statues of gods out of metal. You have made me very angry. You have turned your back on me.
10“ ‘Because of that, I am going to bring horrible trouble on your royal house. I will cut off from you every male in Israel. It does not matter whether they are slaves or free. I will burn up your royal house, just as someone burns up trash. I will burn it until it is all gone. 11Some of the people who belong to you will die in the city. Dogs will eat them up. Others will die in the country. The birds will eat them. The Lord has spoken!’
12“Now go back home. When you enter your city, your son will die. 13All the Israelites will mourn for him. Then he will be buried. He is the only one who belongs to Jeroboam who will be buried. That is because he is the only one in Jeroboam’s royal house in whom I have found anything good. I am the Lord, the God of Israel.
14“I will choose for myself a king over Israel. He will destroy the family of Jeroboam. This day your son will die. Even now this is beginning to happen. 15I, the Lord, will strike down Israel. Israel will be like tall grass swaying in the water. I will pull Israel up from this good land by the roots. I gave it to their people who lived long ago. I will scatter Israel to the east side of the Euphrates River. That is because they made the Lord very angry. They made poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. 16I will give Israel up because of the sins Jeroboam has committed. He has also caused Israel to commit those same sins.”
17Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and left. She went to the city of Tirzah. As soon as she stepped through the doorway of the house, her son died. 18He was buried and all the Israelites mourned for him. That’s what the Lord had said would happen. He had said it through his servant, Ahijah the prophet.
19The other events of Jeroboam’s rule are written down. His wars and how he ruled are written down. They are written in the official records of the kings of Israel. 20Jeroboam ruled for 22 years. Then he joined the members of his family who had already died. Jeroboam’s son Nadab became the next king after him.
Rehoboam King of Judah
21Rehoboam was king in Judah. He was the son of Solomon. Rehoboam was 41 years old when he became king. He ruled for 17 years in Jerusalem. It was the city the Lord had chosen out of all the cities in the tribes of Israel. He wanted to put his Name there. Rehoboam’s mother was Naamah from Ammon.
22The people of Judah did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. The sins they had committed made the Lord angry. The Lord was angry because they refused to worship only him. They did more to make him angry than their people who lived before them had done. 23Judah also set up for themselves high places for worship. They set up sacred stones. They set up poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. They did it on every high hill and under every green tree. 24There were even male prostitutes at the temples in the land. The people took part in all the practices of other nations. The Lord hated those practices. He had driven those nations out to make room for the Israelites.
25Shishak attacked Jerusalem. It was in the fifth year that Rehoboam was king. Shishak was king of Egypt. 26He carried away the treasures of the Lord’s temple. He also carried away the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything. That included all the gold shields Solomon had made. 27So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to take their place. He gave them to the commanders of the guards on duty at the entrance to the royal palace. 28Every time the king went to the Lord’s temple, the guards carried the shields. Later, they took them back to the room where they were kept.
29The other events of Rehoboam’s rule are written down. Everything he did is written in the official records of the kings of Judah. 30Rehoboam and Jeroboam were always at war with each other. 31Rehoboam joined the members of his family who had already died. He was buried in his family tomb in the City of David. His mother was Naamah from Ammon. Rehoboam’s son Abijah became the next king after him.
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1 Kings 14
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Disaster on the House of Jeroboam
1At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became sick.#1Kg 14:12,17–18 2Jeroboam said to his wife, “Go disguise yourself,#1Sm 28:8; 2Sm 14:2–3 so they won’t know that you’re Jeroboam’s wife, and go to Shiloh.#Jos 18:1 The prophet Ahijah is there; it was he who told about me becoming king over this people.#1Kg 11:29–39 3Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey,#1Sm 9:7–8 and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.”
4Jeroboam’s wife did that: she went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Ahijah could not see; he was blind#14:4 Lit see, for his eyes stood; 1Sm 4:15 due to his age.#1Sm 3:2; 4:15 5But the Lord had said to Ahijah, “Jeroboam’s wife is coming soon to ask you about her son, for he is sick. You are to say such and such to her. When she arrives, she will be disguised.”#2Sm 14:1–2
6When Ahijah heard the sound of her feet entering the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you disguised?#1Sm 28:12 I have bad news for you. 7Go tell Jeroboam, ‘This is what the Lord God of Israel says: I raised you up from among the people, appointed you ruler over my people Israel, 8tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to you.#1Kg 11:28–31; 16:2 But you were not like my servant David, who kept my commands and followed me with all his heart, doing only what is right in my sight. 9You behaved more wickedly than all who were before you.#1Kg 16:25,30 In order to anger me, you have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and cast images,#1Kg 11:33; 12:28–33 but you have flung me behind your back.#Neh 9:26; Ps 50:17 10Because of all this, I am about to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam:
I will wipe out all of Jeroboam’s males,#14:10 Lit eliminate Jeroboam’s one who urinates against the wall
both slave and free,#14:10 Or males, even the weak and impaired; Hb obscure in Israel;
I will sweep away the house of Jeroboam
as one sweeps away dung until it is all gone!#1Kg 15:29; 21:21–22
11Anyone who belongs to Jeroboam and dies in the city,
the dogs will eat,
and anyone who dies in the field,
the birds#14:11 Lit birds of the sky will eat,#1Kg 16:4; 21:24
for the Lord has spoken!’
12“As for you, get up and go to your house. When your feet enter the city, the boy will die.#1Kg 14:17 13All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He alone out of Jeroboam’s house will be given a proper burial because out of the house of Jeroboam something favorable to the Lord God of Israel was found in him.#2Ch 12:12; 19:3 14The Lord will raise up for himself a king over Israel, who will wipe out the house of Jeroboam.#1Kg 15:27–29 This is the day, yes,#14:14 Hb obscure even today! 15For the Lord will strike Israel so that they will#14:15 so that they will supplied for clarity shake as a reed shakes in water. He will uproot Israel from this good soil that he gave to their ancestors.#Dt 29:28 He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates#2Kg 15:29; 17:6 because they made their Asherah poles, angering the Lord.#Ex 34:14–15; Dt 12:3–4 16He will give up Israel because of Jeroboam’s sins that he committed and caused Israel to commit.”#1Kg 12:28–33; 13:34; 15:30
17Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and left and went to Tirzah.#1Kg 15:33; Sg 6:4 As she was crossing the threshold of the house, the boy died. 18He was buried, and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the Lord he had spoken through his servant the prophet Ahijah.#1Kg 14:12–13
19As for the rest of the events of Jeroboam’s reign, how he waged war#1Kg 14:30; 2Ch 13:2–20 and how he reigned, note that they are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings. 20The length of Jeroboam’s reign was twenty-two years. He rested with his ancestors, and his son Nadab became king in his place.#1Kg 15:25–26
Judah’s King Rehoboam
21Now Rehoboam, Solomon’s son, reigned in Judah.#1Kg 12:1–24 Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king; he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city where the Lord had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put his name.#Dt 12:5; 1Kg 9:3; 11:32,36 Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.#2Ch 12:13
22Judah did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.#2Kg 17:19; 2Ch 12:1,14 They provoked him to jealous anger#Dt 32:21 more than all that their ancestors had done with the sins they committed. 23They also built for themselves high places,#1Kg 3:2; 12:31 sacred pillars,#Ex 23:24; Dt 16:21–22 and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree; 24there were even male cult prostitutes in the land.#Dt 23:17 They imitated all the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.#Ex 23:24; Dt 18:9; 2Kg 16:3; 17:15; 21:2; 3Jn 11
25In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, King Shishak of Egypt#1Kg 11:40 went to war against Jerusalem.#2Ch 12:2–11 26He seized the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace. He took everything. He took all the gold shields that Solomon had made.#1Kg 10:16–17 27King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and committed them into the care of the captains of the guards#14:27 Lit the runners#1Sm 22:17; 2Sm 15:1 who protected the entrance to the king’s palace. 28Whenever the king entered the Lord’s temple, the guards would carry the shields, then they would take them back to the armory.#14:28 Lit the chamber of the runners#1Kg 10:17
29The rest of the events of Rehoboam’s reign,#2Ch 12:15–16 along with all his accomplishments, are written about in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings. 30There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their reigns.#1Kg 12:21–24; 15:6 31Rehoboam rested with his ancestors and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.#1Kg 14:21 His son Abijam#14:31 = Abijah in 2Ch 13#1Kg 15:1–8; 2Ch 11:20; 13:1–14:1 became king in his place.
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