1 Kings 14

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Ahijah’s Prophecy against Jeroboam

¹At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,

¹At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became sick.

²and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now get up, disguise yourself so they will not recognize you as my wife, and go to Shiloh. For Ahijah the prophet is there; it was he who spoke about my kingship over this people.

²And Jeroboam said to his wife, “Arise, please, and disguise yourself, that they may not recognize that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh. Behold, there is Ahijah the prophet; he spoke concerning me as king over this people.

³Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the boy.”

³And take with you ten loaves, and some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the child.”

⁴Jeroboam’s wife did as instructed; she arose and went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.

⁴And the wife of Jeroboam did so, and she arose and went to Shiloh and came to the house of Ahijah. And Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were glazed because of his age.

⁵But the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised.”

⁵And YHWH had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to seek a word from you about her son, for he is sick. This and this you shall say to her, and it will come to pass when she comes in that she will be disguised.”

⁶So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet entering the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you disguised? For I have been sent to you with bad news.

⁶And it came to pass, when Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, that he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why is this that you are disguised? For I am sent to you with a harsh thing.

⁷Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over My people Israel.

⁷Go, tell Jeroboam, thus says YHWH, God of Israel, ‘Because that I exalted you from the midst of the people and made you ruler over My people Israel,

⁸I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.

⁸and I tore away the kingdom from the house of David and gave it to you, and you have not been as My servant David who kept My commandments and who followed Me with all his heart, to do only right in My eyes—

⁹You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.

⁹and you have done evil more than all who were before you, and for you have gone and made for yourself other gods and molten images, to provoke Me to anger, and you have cast Me behind your back—

¹⁰Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam:

I will cut off from Jeroboam every male,^a

both slave and free,

in Israel;

I will burn up the house of Jeroboam

as one burns up dung until it is gone!

¹⁰therefore behold, I will bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam: And I will cut off from Jeroboam he who urinates against the wall, bond and free, in Israel, and I will burn up the remnant of the house of Jeroboam as one burns up the dung until it is gone.

¹¹Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city

will be eaten by dogs,

and anyone who dies in the field

will be eaten by the birds of the air.’

For the LORD has spoken.

¹¹Whoever dies of Jeroboam in the city the dogs shall eat, and whoever dies in the field the birds of the heavens shall eat.’ For YHWH has spoken.

¹²As for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die.

¹²And you arise, go to your own house. When your feet enter the city, the child shall die.

¹³All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial,^a because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.

¹³And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for this is the only one who shall come of Jeroboam to the grave, because there is found in him something good toward YHWH, God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.

¹⁴Moreover , the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day—yes, even today!

¹⁴And YHWH will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day—and what? Even now!

¹⁵For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates,^a because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.

¹⁵For YHWH will strike Israel as the reed is shaken in the waters, and He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave to their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the River upon that they have made their Asherah poles, which provoked to anger YHWH.

¹⁶So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”

¹⁶And He will give up Israel because of the sins of Jeroboam, who sinned, and who caused Israel to sin.”

¹⁷Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.

¹⁷And the wife of Jeroboam arose and departed and came to Tirzah; she was entering to the threshold of the house, and the child died.

¹⁸And they buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the prophet.

¹⁸And they buried him, and all Israel mourned for him according to the word of YHWH, which He spoke by the hand of His servant Ahijah the prophet.

Nadab Succeeds Jeroboam

¹⁹As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he waged war and how he reigned, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

¹⁹And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he made war and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Days of the Kings of Israel.

²⁰And the length of Jeroboam’s reign was twenty-two years, and he rested with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.

²⁰And the days that Jeroboam reigned were twenty-two years, and he rested with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.

Rehoboam Reigns in Judah

²¹Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

²¹And Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was a son of forty-one years in his reigning, and seventeen years he reigned in Jerusalem, the city that YHWH had chosen to put His name in it out of all the tribes of Israel. And the name of his mother was Naamah, the Ammonitess.

²²And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.

²²And Judah did evil in the eyes of YHWH, and they provoked Him to jealousy more than all that their fathers had done by their sins that they sinned.

²³They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

²³For they even built for themselves high places, and pillars, and Asherah poles, on every high hill and under every green tree.

²⁴There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

²⁴And also there were male shrine prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations that YHWH had cast out before the sons of Israel.

Shishak Raids Jerusalem

²⁵In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.

²⁵And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak King of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.

²⁶He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.

²⁶And he took away the treasures of the house of YHWH, and the treasures of the house of the king. And he took the entirety, and he took all the gold shields that Solomon had made.

²⁷Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

²⁷And King Rehoboam made in their place bronze shields and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guards who guarded the doorway of the house of the king.

²⁸And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would bear the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.

²⁸And whenever the king entered the house of YHWH, the guards carried them and brought them back into the chamber guardroom.

²⁹As for the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, along with all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

²⁹And the rest of the acts of Rehoboam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Days of the Kings of Judah?

³⁰There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.

³⁰And there was war between Rehoboam and between Jeroboam all the days.

³¹And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam^a reigned in his place.

³¹And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. And the name of his mother was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his place.