I Kings Chapter 14

I Kings Chapter 14
1 At that time Abijah the son of
Jeroboam fell sick.
2 And Jeroboam said unto his wife, Up,
I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that they
know not that thou art the wife of
Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh: for there is
Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I
should be king over this people, 3 And
take with thee ten loaves and cracknels,
and a bottle of honey, and go to him: he
shall tell thee what shall become of the
young man.
4 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 sight was decayed for his
age.
5 Then 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 when she cometh in, she shall
feign herself to be another. 6 Therefore
when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet
as she came in at the door, he said,
Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam: why
feignest thou thus thyself to be another? I
am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the Lord
God of Israel, Forasmuch as I have
exalted thee from among the people, and
have made thee prince over my people
Israel,
8 And have rent the kingdom away from
the house of David, and have given it
thee, and thou hast not been as my
servant David, which kept my
commandments, and followed me with
all his heart, and did only that which
was right in mine eyes,
9 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, and hast cast me behind thy
back)
10 Therefore behold, I will bring evil
upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut
off from Jeroboam him that pisseth
against the wall, as well him that is shut
up, as him that is left in Israel, and will
sweep away the remnant of the house of
Jeroboam, as a man sweepeth away
dung, till it be all gone.
11 The dogs shall eat him of Jeroboam's
stock that dieth in the city, and the fowls
of the air shall eat him that dieth in the
field: for the Lord hath said it. 12 Up
therefore and get thee to thine house: for
when thy feet enter into the city, the child
shall die.
13 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 goodness toward the
Lord God of Israel in the house of
Jeroboam.
14 Moreover, the Lord shall stir him up
a king over Israel, which shall destroy
the house of Jeroboam in that day: what?
Yea, even now.
15 For the Lord shall smite Israel, as
when a reed is shaken in the water, and
he shall weed Israel out of his good
land, which he gave to their fathers, and
shall scatter them beyond the river,
because they have made them groves,
provoking the Lord to anger.
16 And he shall give Israel up, because
of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin,
and made Israel to sin.
17 And Jeroboam's wife arose, and
departed, and came to Tirzah, and when
she came to the threshold of the house,
the young man died,
18 And they buried him, and all Israel
lamented him; according to the word of
the Lord, which he spake by the hand of
his servant Ahijah the prophet. 19 And
the rest of Jeroboam's acts, how he
warred, and how he reigned, behold,
they are written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel. 20 And
the days which Jeroboam reigned, were
two and twenty year: and he slept with
his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in
his stead. 21 Also Rehoboam the son of
Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam
was one and forty year old, when he
began to reign, and reigned seventeen
year 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
Ammonite. 22 And Judah wrought
wickedness in the sight of the Lord: and
they provoked him more with their sins,
which they had committed, than all that
which their fathers had done.
23 For they also made them high places,
and images, and groves on every high
hill, and under every green tree.
24 There were also Sodomites in the
land, they did according to all the
abominations of the nations, which the
Lord had cast out before the children of
Israel.
25 And in the fifth year of king
Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came
up against Jerusalem,
26 And took the treasures of the house of
the Lord, and the treasures of the king's
house, and took away all: also he
carried away all the shields of gold
which Solomon had made.
27 And king Rehoboam made for them
brazen shields, and committed them unto
the hands of the chief of the guard, which
waited at the door of the king's house.
28 And when the king went into the
house of the Lord, the guard bear them,
and brought them again into the guard
chamber.
29 And 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?
30 And there was war between
Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. 31
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers,
and was buried with his fathers in the
city of David: his mother's name was
Naamah an Ammonite. And Abijam his
son reigned in his stead.