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14At about this time Jeroboam's son Abijah came down sick.H6256H29H1121H3379H2470 2Jeroboam said to his wife, "Do something. Disguise yourself so no one will know you are the queen and go to Shiloh. Ahijah the prophet lives there, the same Ahijah who told me I'd be king over this people.H3379H559H802H6965H8138H3045H802H3379H1980H7887H281H5030H1696H4428H5971 3Take along ten loaves of bread, some sweet rolls, and a jug of honey. Make a visit to him and he'll tell you what's going on with our boy."H3947H3027H6235H3899H5350H1228H1706H935H5046H5288 4Jeroboam's wife did as she was told; she went straight to Shiloh and to Ahijah's house. Ahijah was an old man at this time, and blind,H3379H802H6213H6965H3212H7887H935H1004H281H281H3201H7200H5869H6965H7869 5but GOD had warned Ahijah, "Jeroboam's wife is on her way to consult with you regarding her sick son; tell her this and this and this." When she came in she was disguised.H3068H559H281H802H3379H935H1875H1697H1121H2470H2090H1696H935H5234 6Ahijah heard her come through the door and said, "Welcome, wife of Jeroboam! But why the deception? I've got bad news for you.H281H8085H6963H7272H935H6607H559H935H802H3379H5234H7971H7186 7Go and deliver this message I received firsthand from GOD, the God of Israel, to Jeroboam: I raised you up from obscurity and made you the leader of my people Israel.H3212H559H3379H559H3068H430H3478H3282H7311H8432H5971H5414H5057H5971H3478 8I ripped the kingdom from the hands of David's family and gave it to you, but you weren't at all like my servant David who did what I told him and lived from his undivided heart, pleasing me.H7167H4467H7167H1004H1732H5414H5650H1732H8104H4687H1980H310H3824H6213H3477H5869 9Instead you've set a new record in works of evil by making alien gods—tin gods! Pushing me aside and turning your back—you've made me mighty angry.H6213H7489H6440H3212H6213H312H430H4541H3707H7993H310H1458 10"And I'll not put up with it: I'm bringing doom on the household of Jeroboam, killing the lot of them right down to the last male wretch in Israel, whether slave or free. They've become nothing but garbage and I'm getting rid of them.H935H7451H1004H3379H3772H3379H8366H7023H6113H5800H3478H1197H310H1004H3379H1197H1557H8552 11The ones who die in the city will be eaten by stray dogs; the ones who die out in the country will be eaten by carrion crows. GOD's decree!H4191H3379H5892H3611H398H4191H7704H5775H8064H398H3068H1696 12"And that's it. Go on home—the minute you step foot in town, the boy will die.H6965H3212H1004H7272H935H5892H3206H4191 13Everyone will come to his burial, mourning his death. He is the only one in Jeroboam's family who will get a decent burial; he's the only one for whom GOD, the God of Israel, has a good word to say.H3478H5594H6912H3379H935H6913H4672H2896H1697H3068H430H3478H1004H3379 14"Then GOD will appoint a king over Israel who will wipe out Jeroboam's family, wipe them right off the map—doomsday for Jeroboam!H3068H6965H4428H3478H3772H1004H3379H3117 15He will hit Israel hard, as a storm slaps reeds about; he'll pull them up by the roots from this good land of their inheritance, weeding them out, and then scatter them to the four winds. And why? Because they made GOD so angry with Asherah sex-and-religion shrines.H3068H5221H3478H7070H5110H4325H5428H3478H2896H127H5414H1H2219H5676H5104H6213H842H3068H3707 16He'll wash his hands of Israel because of Jeroboam's sins, which have led Israel into a life of sin."H5414H3478H5414H1558H2403H3379H2398H3478H2398 17Jeroboam's wife left and went home to Tirzah. The moment she stepped through the door, the boy died.H3379H802H6965H3212H935H8656H935H5592H1004H5288H4191 18They buried him and everyone mourned his death, just as GOD had said through his servant the prophet Ahijah.H6912H3478H5594H1697H3068H1696H3027H5650H281H5030 19The rest of Jeroboam's life, the wars he fought and the way he ruled, is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.H3499H1697H3379H3898H4427H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H3478 20He ruled for twenty-two years. He died and was buried with his ancestors. Nadab his son was king after him.H3117H3379H4427H8147H6242H8141H7901H1H5070H1121H4427 21Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he took the throne and was king for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city GOD selected from all the tribes of Israel for the worship of his Name. Rehoboam's mother was Naamah, an Ammonite.H7346H1121H8010H4427H3063H7346H705H259H8141H1121H4427H4427H7651H6240H8141H3389H5892H3068H977H7626H3478H7760H8034H517H8034H5279H5985 22Judah was openly wicked before GOD, making him very angry. They set new records in sin, surpassing anything their ancestors had done.H3063H6213H7451H5869H3068H7065H2403H2398H1H6213 23They built Asherah sex-and-religion shrines and set up sacred stones all over the place—on hills, under trees, wherever you looked.H1129H1116H4676H842H1364H1389H7488H6086 24Worse, they had male sacred prostitutes, polluting the country outrageously—all the stuff that GOD had gotten rid of when he brought Israel into the land.H6945H776H6213H8441H1471H3068H3423H6440H1121H3478 25In the fifth year of King Rehoboam's rule, Shishak king of Egypt made war against Jerusalem.H2549H8141H4428H7346H7895H4428H4714H5927H3389 26He plundered The Temple of GOD and the royal palace of their treasures, cleaned them out—even the gold shields that Solomon had made.H3947H214H1004H3068H214H4428H1004H3947H3947H4043H2091H8010H6213 27King Rehoboam replaced them with bronze shields and outfitted the royal palace guards with them.H4428H7346H6213H5178H4043H6485H3027H8269H7323H8104H6607H4428H1004 28Whenever the king went to GOD's Temple, the guards carried the shields but always returned them to the guardroom.H1767H4428H935H1004H3068H7323H5375H7725H7323H8372 29The rest of Rehoboam's life, what he said and did, is all written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.H3499H1697H7346H6213H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H3063 30There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam the whole time.H4421H7346H3379H3117 31Rehoboam died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His mother was Naamah, an Ammonite. His son Abijah ruled after him.H7346H7901H1H6912H1H5892H1732H517H8034H5279H5985H38H1121H4427


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