At that time Abijah
the son
of Jeroboam
fell sick
.
And Jeroboam said
to his wife
, Arise
, I pray thee, and disguise
thyself, that thou be not known
to be the wife
of Jeroboam
; and get
thee to Shiloh
: behold, there is Ahijah
the prophet
, which told
me that I should be king
over this people
.
And take with thee
ten
loaves
, and cracknels
, and a cruse
of honey
, and go
to him: he shall tell
thee what shall become of the child
.
And Jeroboam's wife
did so
, and arose
, and went
to Shiloh
, and came
to the house
of Ahijah
. But Ahijah
could
not see
; for his eyes
were set
by reason of his age
.
And the LORD said
unto Ahijah
, Behold, the wife
of Jeroboam
cometh
to ask
a thing
of thee for her son
; for he is sick
: thus
and thus shalt thou say
unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in
, that she shall feign herself to be another
woman .
And it was so , when Ahijah heard
the sound
of her feet
, as she came in
at the door
, that he said
, Come in
, thou wife
of Jeroboam
; why feignest thou thyself to be another
? for I am sent
to thee with heavy
tidings .
Go, tell
Jeroboam
, Thus saith
the LORD
God
of Israel
, Forasmuch as
I exalted
thee from among
the people
, and made
thee prince
over my people
Israel
,
And rent the kingdom
away
from the house
of David
, and gave
it thee: and yet thou hast 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 mine eyes
;
But hast done evil
above all that were before
thee: for thou hast gone
and made
thee other
gods
, and molten images
, to provoke me to anger
, and hast cast
me behind
thy back
:
Therefore, behold, I will bring evil
upon the house
of Jeroboam
, and will cut off
from Jeroboam
him that pisseth
against the wall
, and him that is shut up
and left
in Israel
, and will take away
the remnant
of the house
of Jeroboam
, as a man taketh away
dung
, till it be all gone
.
Him that dieth of Jeroboam
in the city
shall the dogs
eat
; and him that dieth
in the field
shall the fowls
of the air
eat
: for the LORD
hath spoken
it .
Arise thou therefore, get
thee to thine own house
: and when thy feet
enter
into the city
, the child
shall die
.
And all Israel shall mourn
for him, and bury
him: for he only of Jeroboam
shall come
to the grave
, because in him there is found
some good
thing
toward the LORD
God
of Israel
in the house
of Jeroboam
.
Moreover the LORD shall raise him up
a king
over Israel
, who shall cut off
the house
of Jeroboam
that day
: but what? even now.
For the LORD shall smite
Israel
, as a reed
is shaken
in the water
, and he shall root up
Israel
out of this good
land
, which he gave
to their fathers
, and shall scatter
them beyond
the river
, because they have made
their groves
, provoking the LORD
to anger
.
And he shall give Israel
up
because
of the sins
of Jeroboam
, who did sin
, and who made Israel
to sin
.
And Jeroboam's wife
arose
, and departed
, and came
to Tirzah
: and when she came
to the threshold
of the door
, the child
died
;
And they buried him; and all Israel
mourned
for him, according to the word
of the LORD
, which he spake
by the hand
of his servant
Ahijah
the prophet
.
And the rest of the acts
of Jeroboam
, how he warred
, and how he reigned
, behold, they are written
in the book
of the chronicles
of the kings
of Israel
.
And the days which Jeroboam
reigned
were two
and twenty
years
: and he slept
with his fathers
, and Nadab
his son
reigned
in his stead.
And Rehoboam the son
of Solomon
reigned
in Judah
. Rehoboam
was forty
and one
years
old
when he began to reign
, and he reigned
seventeen
years
in Jerusalem
, the city
which the LORD
did choose
out of all the tribes
of Israel
, to put
his name
there. And his mother's
name
was Naamah
an Ammonitess
.
And Judah did
evil
in the sight
of the LORD
, and they provoked him to jealousy
with their sins
which they had committed
, above all that their fathers
had done
.
For they also built them high places
, and images
, and groves
, on every high
hill
, and under every green
tree
.
And there were also sodomites in the land
: and they did
according to all the abominations
of the nations
which the LORD
cast out
before
the children
of Israel
.
And it came to pass in the fifth year
of king
Rehoboam
, that Shishak
king
of Egypt
came up
against Jerusalem
:
And he took away the treasures
of the house
of the LORD
, and the treasures
of the king's
house
; he even took away
all: and he took away
all the shields
of gold
which Solomon
had made
.
And king Rehoboam
made
in their stead brasen
shields
, and committed
them unto the hands
of the chief
of the guard
, which kept
the door
of the king's
house
.
And it was so , when the king
went
into the house
of the LORD
, that the guard
bare
them, and brought them back
into the guard
chamber
.
Now the rest of the acts
of Rehoboam
, and all that he did
, are they not written
in the book
of the chronicles
of the kings
of Judah
?
And there was war between Rehoboam
and Jeroboam
all their days
.
And Rehoboam slept
with his fathers
, and was buried
with his fathers
in the city
of David
. And his mother's
name
was Naamah
an Ammonitess
. And Abijam
his son
reigned
in his stead.