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The Death of Jeroboam’s Son

14At that time King Jeroboam's son Abijah got sick.H6256H29H1121H3379H2470 2Jeroboam said to his wife, "Disguise yourself so that no one will recognize you, and go to Shiloh, where the prophet Ahijah lives, the one who said I would be king of Israel.H3379H559H802H6965H8138H3045H802H3379H1980H7887H281H5030H1696H4428H5971 3Take him ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey. Ask him what is going to happen to our son, and he will tell you."H3947H3027H6235H3899H5350H1228H1706H935H5046H5288 4So she went to Ahijah's home in Shiloh. Old age had made Ahijah blind.H3379H802H6213H6965H3212H7887H935H1004H281H281H3201H7200H5869H6965H7869 5The LORD had told him that Jeroboam's wife was coming to ask him about her son, who was sick. And the LORD told Ahijah what to say. When Jeroboam's wife arrived, she pretended to be someone else.H3068H559H281H802H3379H935H1875H1697H1121H2470H2090H1696H935H5234 6But when Ahijah heard her coming in the door, he said, "Come in. I know you are Jeroboam's wife. Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have bad news for you.H281H8085H6963H7272H935H6607H559H935H802H3379H5234H7971H7186 7Go and tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to him: 'I chose you from among the people and made you the ruler of my people Israel.H3212H559H3379H559H3068H430H3478H3282H7311H8432H5971H5414H5057H5971H3478 8I took the kingdom away from David's descendants and gave it to you. But you have not been like my servant David, who was completely loyal to me, obeyed my commands, and did only what I approve of.H7167H4467H7167H1004H1732H5414H5650H1732H8104H4687H1980H310H3824H6213H3477H5869 9You have committed far greater sins than those who ruled before you. You have rejected me and have aroused my anger by making idols and metal images to worship.H6213H7489H6440H3212H6213H312H430H4541H3707H7993H310H1458 10Because of this I will bring disaster on your dynasty and will kill all your male descendants, young and old alike. I will get rid of your family; they will be swept away like dung.H935H7451H1004H3379H3772H3379H8366H7023H6113H5800H3478H1197H310H1004H3379H1197H1557H8552 11Any members of your family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and any who die in the open country will be eaten by vultures. I, the LORD, have spoken.' "H4191H3379H5892H3611H398H4191H7704H5775H8064H398H3068H1696 12And Ahijah went on to say to Jeroboam's wife, "Now go back home. As soon as you enter the town, your son will die.H6965H3212H1004H7272H935H5892H3206H4191 13All the people of Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He will be the only member of Jeroboam's family who will be properly buried, because he is the only one with whom the LORD, the God of Israel, is pleased.H3478H5594H6912H3379H935H6913H4672H2896H1697H3068H430H3478H1004H3379 14The LORD is going to place a king over Israel who will put an end to Jeroboam's dynasty.H3068H6965H4428H3478H3772H1004H3379H3117 15The LORD will punish Israel, and she will shake like a reed shaking in a stream. He will uproot the people of Israel from this good land which he gave to their ancestors, and he will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they have aroused his anger by making idols of the goddess Asherah.H3068H5221H3478H7070H5110H4325H5428H3478H2896H127H5414H1H2219H5676H5104H6213H842H3068H3707 16The LORD will abandon Israel because Jeroboam sinned and led the people of Israel into sin."H5414H3478H5414H1558H2403H3379H2398H3478H2398 17Jeroboam's wife went back to Tirzah. Just as she entered her home, the child died.H3379H802H6965H3212H935H8656H935H5592H1004H5288H4191 18The people of Israel mourned for him and buried him, as the LORD had said through his servant, the prophet Ahijah.H6912H3478H5594H1697H3068H1696H3027H5650H281H5030

The Death of Jeroboam

19Everything else that King Jeroboam did, the wars he fought and how he ruled, are all recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel.H3499H1697H3379H3898H4427H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H3478 20Jeroboam ruled as king for twenty-two years. He died and was buried, and his son Nadab succeeded him as king.H3117H3379H4427H8147H6242H8141H7901H1H5070H1121H4427

King Rehoboam of Judah

21Solomon's son Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen from all the territory of Israel as the place where he was to be worshiped. Rehoboam's mother was Naamah from Ammon.H7346H1121H8010H4427H3063H7346H705H259H8141H1121H4427H4427H7651H6240H8141H3389H5892H3068H977H7626H3478H7760H8034H517H8034H5279H5985 22The people of Judah sinned against the LORD and did more to arouse his anger against them than all their ancestors had done.H3063H6213H7451H5869H3068H7065H2403H2398H1H6213 23They built places of worship for false gods and put up stone pillars and symbols of Asherah to worship on the hills and under shady trees.H1129H1116H4676H842H1364H1389H7488H6086 24Worst of all, there were men and women who served as prostitutes at those pagan places of worship. The people of Judah practiced all the shameful things done by the people whom the LORD had driven out of the land as the Israelites advanced into the country.H6945H776H6213H8441H1471H3068H3423H6440H1121H3478 25In the fifth year of Rehoboam's reign King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.H2549H8141H4428H7346H7895H4428H4714H5927H3389 26He took away all the treasures in the Temple and in the palace, including the gold shields Solomon had made.H3947H214H1004H3068H214H4428H1004H3947H3947H4043H2091H8010H6213 27To replace them, King Rehoboam made bronze shields and entrusted them to the officers responsible for guarding the palace gates.H4428H7346H6213H5178H4043H6485H3027H8269H7323H8104H6607H4428H1004 28Every time the king went to the Temple, the guards carried the shields and then returned them to the guardroom.H1767H4428H935H1004H3068H7323H5375H7725H7323H8372 29Everything else that King Rehoboam did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah.H3499H1697H7346H6213H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H3063 30During all this time Rehoboam and Jeroboam were constantly at war with each other.H4421H7346H3379H3117 31Rehoboam died and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City and his son Abijah succeeded him as king.H7346H7901H1H6912H1H5892H1732H517H8034H5279H5985H38H1121H4427


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