1Kings 14:5 - Prayer Tents

1Kings 14

14At about this time Jeroboam's son Abijah came down sick.H6256H29H1121H3379H24702Jeroboam 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.H3379H559H802H6965H8138H3045H802H3379H1980H7887H281H5030H1696H4428H59713Take 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."H3947H3027H6235H3899H5350H1228H1706H935H5046H52884Jeroboam'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,H3379H802H6213H6965H3212H7887H935H1004H281H281H3201H7200H5869H6965H78695but 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.H3068H559H281H802H3379H935H1875H1697H1121H2470H2090H1696H935H52346Ahijah heard her come through the door and said, "Welcome, wife of Jeroboam! But why the deception? I've got bad news for you.H281H8085H6963H7272H935H6607H559H935H802H3379H5234H7971H71867Go 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.H3212H559H3379H559H3068H430H3478H3282H7311H8432H5971H5414H5057H5971H34788I 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.H7167H4467H7167H1004H1732H5414H5650H1732H8104H4687H1980H310H3824H6213H3477H58699Instead 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.H6213H7489H6440H3212H6213H312H430H4541H3707H7993H310H145810"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.H935H7451H1004H3379H3772H3379H8366H7023H6113H5800H3478H1197H310H1004H3379H1197H1557H855211The 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!H4191H3379H5892H3611H398H4191H7704H5775H8064H398H3068H169612"And that's it. Go on home—the minute you step foot in town, the boy will die.H6965H3212H1004H7272H935H5892H3206H419113Everyone 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.H3478H5594H6912H3379H935H6913H4672H2896H1697H3068H430H3478H1004H337914"Then GOD will appoint a king over Israel who will wipe out Jeroboam's family, wipe them right off the map—doomsday for Jeroboam!H3068H6965H4428H3478H3772H1004H3379H311715He 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.H3068H5221H3478H7070H5110H4325H5428H3478H2896H127H5414H1H2219H5676H5104H6213H842H3068H370716He'll wash his hands of Israel because of Jeroboam's sins, which have led Israel into a life of sin."H5414H3478H5414H1558H2403H3379H2398H3478H239817Jeroboam's wife left and went home to Tirzah. The moment she stepped through the door, the boy died.H3379H802H6965H3212H935H8656H935H5592H1004H5288H419118They buried him and everyone mourned his death, just as GOD had said through his servant the prophet Ahijah.H6912H3478H5594H1697H3068H1696H3027H5650H281H503019The rest of Jeroboam's life, the wars he fought and the way he ruled, is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.H3499H1697H3379H3898H4427H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H347820He ruled for twenty-two years. He died and was buried with his ancestors. Nadab his son was king after him.H3117H3379H4427H8147H6242H8141H7901H1H5070H1121H442721Rehoboam 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.H7346H1121H8010H4427H3063H7346H705H259H8141H1121H4427H4427H7651H6240H8141H3389H5892H3068H977H7626H3478H7760H8034H517H8034H5279H598522Judah was openly wicked before GOD, making him very angry. They set new records in sin, surpassing anything their ancestors had done.H3063H6213H7451H5869H3068H7065H2403H2398H1H621323They built Asherah sex-and-religion shrines and set up sacred stones all over the place—on hills, under trees, wherever you looked.H1129H1116H4676H842H1364H1389H7488H608624Worse, 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.H6945H776H6213H8441H1471H3068H3423H6440H1121H347825In the fifth year of King Rehoboam's rule, Shishak king of Egypt made war against Jerusalem.H2549H8141H4428H7346H7895H4428H4714H5927H338926He plundered The Temple of GOD and the royal palace of their treasures, cleaned them out—even the gold shields that Solomon had made.H3947H214H1004H3068H214H4428H1004H3947H3947H4043H2091H8010H621327King Rehoboam replaced them with bronze shields and outfitted the royal palace guards with them.H4428H7346H6213H5178H4043H6485H3027H8269H7323H8104H6607H4428H100428Whenever the king went to GOD's Temple, the guards carried the shields but always returned them to the guardroom.H1767H4428H935H1004H3068H7323H5375H7725H7323H837229The rest of Rehoboam's life, what he said and did, is all written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.H3499H1697H7346H6213H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H306330There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam the whole time.H4421H7346H3379H311731Rehoboam 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