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Abijah's prophecy.

1 KINGS, XII.
B. C. 984.

y ch.12.2 2Ch. 13.6.

he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria. 26 And Jeroboam y the son of Nehat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, (whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow z 2Sa.20.21. woman,) even he lifted up z his hand against the king.

27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, a and 7 repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.

28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he 8 was industrious, he made him ruler over all the 9 charge of the house of Joseph.

29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah b the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:

30 And Ahijah caught c the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:

a ch.9.24.

closed. 8 did work.

burden.

D ch.14.2.

c 1Sa. 15.27.

d ver. 11-13.

e ver.5-7.

Jer. 2. 13.
Ho.4.17.

f Ps. 103. 10.

g Is.55.3.

h Ex.20.5,6.

i ch.12.17.

k ch.15.4.

2Ki.8.19. Ps. 132.17.

31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: ford thus saith the 10 lamp, or, LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I candle. will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:

1 ch.9.4,5.

32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and m Jos. 1.5. for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the n 2Sa.7.11,27. tribes of Israel:)

33 Because e that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.

31 Howbeit f I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David y my servant's

o Ps.89.30

31.

La.3.31,32.

P Pr. 19.21. q2Ch.9.29

31.

11 words, or,

things.

12 days.

13 called

Roboam,
Mat.1.7.

Solomon's death.

38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that m I will be with thee, and'n build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.

39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but o not for ever. 40 Solomon sought p therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. 41 T And q the rest of the 11 acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?

42 And the 12 time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and 13 Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

CHAPTER XII.

The Israelites assemble at Shechem to crown Rehoboam.

Rehoboam went to She

chem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

2 And it came to pass, when b Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)

3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,

grievous: now, therefore, make 4 Thy father made our yoke c thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

5 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again

sake, whom I chose, because he (CHAP. 12.) to me. And the people departed.

kept my commandments and my statutes;

35 Buth I will take the kingdom

a 2Ch.10.1,

&c.

6 And king Rehoboam consulted with the old d men that stood before Solomon his father while he

out of his son's hand, and will give b ch.11.26,40. yet lived, and said, How do ye ad

it unto thee, even ten tribes.

c ch.4.7.

9.15. 1Sa.8.11-18.

36 And unto his son will I give i one tribe, that k David my servant may have a 10 light alway before me m Jerusalem, the city which I haved Job 12.12. chosen me to put my name there. 37 And I will take thee, and thou e Mar. 10.43, shait reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king f Pr. 15.1. over Israel.

44.

vise, that I may answer this people? 7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant e unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words f to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young

Ten tribes revolt.

1 KINGS, XII.

B. C. 975.

g Eze.2.6.

1

hardly.

h Pr. 10. 11,32,

Ec. 10.12.
Jam.3.17.

Jeroboam's idolatry.

of David, but the tribe of Judah only.r

21 T And s when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam

men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him: 9 And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter? 10 And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, k 2Ch.22.4,5. the son of Solomon. saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.

i Pr. 13.20.

I ver.24.
Ju. 14.4.
2Ch.22.7.
25.20.
Am.3.6.

31.

n 2Sa.20.1.

11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, Im ch.11.11, will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.g 12 So Jeroboam and all the peo-o ch.11.13,36. ple came to Rehoboam the third p ch.4.6. day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day. 13 And the king answered the people 1 roughly, h and forsook i the old men's counsel that they gave him;

14 And k spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

5.14.

2 strength

q

3

ened him

self.

2Ki.17.21.

or, fell away.

Ho. 11.12.

$ 2Ch.11.1,

&c. t ver. 15.

v Ju.8.17.

14.

15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD u Ju.9.45. spake m by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 16 So when all Israel saw that w Deut. 12.5, the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What n portion have we in Da-x 2Ki. 10.29. vid? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, Oy Ex.32.4,8. Israel: now see to thine own house, z Ge.28.19. David. So Israel departed unto their tents.

17 But o as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Ju-b dah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 18 Then king Rehoboam sent p Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam 2 made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

19 So q Israel 3 rebelled against the house of David unto this day. 20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house

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22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 23 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

24 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; fort this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD. 25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem u in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.v

26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

27 If this people go up w to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me,and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. 28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves r of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold y thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

29 And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.a 30 And this thing became ba sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests c of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast d that is in Judah, and 4 he offered upon the altar, (so did he in Beth-el,) 5 sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el e the priests of the high places which he had made. 33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el, the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had de

Jeroboam's hand withereth. 1 KINGS, XIII. vised ƒ of his own heart; and or- B. C. 975. dained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, 7 and burned g incense. CHAPTER XIII.

1 Jeroboam's hand withereth; 6 and, at the prayer of the prophet, is restored.

f Nu. 15.39.

7 to burn.

g ch.13.1. (CHAP. 13.)

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2 And he cried against the altar c Is.7.14. in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall b he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

d

2Ch.16.10. 18.25,&c.

25.15, 16.

Ps. 105.15. Jer.20.2-4. Am.7.10

17. Mat.25.40. Jno.13.20. Acts 6.12. e ver.3.

3 And he gave a sign c the same! day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. 4 And it came to pass, when king| Jeroboam heard the saying of the f Ex.S.8. man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, d Lay hold on him. And 2 his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.

5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign e which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.

Nu.21.7.

Acts 8.24. Jam.5.16.

the face of the LORD.

g 2Sam.9.7. 2Ki.5.15.

h Nu.22.18. 24.13.

i 1 Cor.5.11.

3 son.

6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat ƒnow the face of the LORD thy God, and k ver.8,9. pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought 2 the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.

And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a g reward.

8 And the man of God said unto the king, If h thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:

4 a word was.

ch.20.35.

1Th.4.15.

m Is.9.15.

Jer.23.32.

n De. 13. 1,3,5 18.20. Acts 4.19.

o Nu.20.12. 1Sa. 13.13,

14.

15.23

p ver. 19. q ver.9.

9 For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat i no bread, nor drink water, nor turn r again by the same way that thou camest.

10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.

11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his 3 sons came and told him all the works

ver.30.

ch. 14. 13.

2 Ch.21.20. Is. 14. 18-20. Je.22.18,19.

8 ch.20.36.

Pr.22. 13. 26.13.

The prophet is reproved. that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.

12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.

13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass and he rode thereon, 14 And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.

15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.

16 And he said, I may knot return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:

17 For 4 it was said to me by l the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.

18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied m unto him.

19 So n he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.

20 T And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:

21 And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch o as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,

22 But camest back, and hast eaten p bread and drunk water in the place of the which the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcass r shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back.

24 And when he was gone, a lion s met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcass was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcass.

25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcass cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcass and they came and told it

Jeroboam's obstinacy.

1 KINGS, XIV. in the city where the old prophet | B. C. 975. dwelt.

26 And when the prophet that s broken. brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man t ver.9. of God, who was disobedient unto 6 broken. the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto u Jer.22.18. the lion, which hath 5 torn him, v 2Ki.23.16and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he t spake unto him.

19.

w ch.16.24.

27 And he spake to his sons, say-x ch.12.31.32. ing, Saddle me the ass. And they 2 Ch.11.15. saddled him. 13.9. returned and made.

23 And he went, and found his carcass cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcass the lion had not eaten the carcass, nor 6 torn the ass.

29 And the prophet took up the carcass of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.

y 2Ti.3. 13. 3 filled his hand,

Ju. 17.12. z ch.14.10.

Pr. 13.6.

(CHAP. 14.)

a ch.11.31.

b 1Sa.9.7,8. 1 in thine hand.

3 or, bottle.

30 And he laid his carcass in his own grave: and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, u my brother! 31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, 2 or, cakes. then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay v my bones beside his bones : 32 For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against 4 stood for the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, w shall surely come to pass.

c ch.11.29.

his hoariness

d Ge.27.1.

Ec. 12.3. e Ps. 139.1-4. 5 hard. fch.16.2.

33 After a this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but7 made again y of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he 8 consecrated 5 ch.11.31him, and became one of the priests 38. of the high places.

31 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to z cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

CHAPTER XIV.

Jeroboam sendeth his wife to the prophet Ahijah at Shiloh.

T that time Abijah the son of

A Jeroboam fell sick.

h ch.15.5. i ch.12.28. 2 Ch.11.15. k Ps. 106.29. I Ne.9.26. Ps.50.17. Eze.23.35.

m ch.15.29.

n De.32.36.

o

9

2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which a told me that I should be king over this people. 3 And b take 1 with thee ten loaves, and 2 cracknels, and a 3 cruise of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child. 4 And Jeroboam's wife did so, andu arose, and went to Shiloh, c and

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r 2Ch. 19.3. 8 ch. 15.27-29. t De.28.63,

66.

Jos.23, 15, 16. Ps.52.5.

Ahijah forewarned.

came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes 4 were set by reason of his age.d

5

And the LORD saide 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 it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.

6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with 5 heavy tidings.

7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch f as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,

8 And rent g the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who h kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine

eyes:

9 But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for i thon hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke k ine to anger, and hast cast / me behind thy back:

10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off m from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut n up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.

11 Him o that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it.

12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.p

13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because q in him there is found r some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

14 Moreover, the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who s shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day but what? even now. 15 For the LORD shall smite Israel as a reed is shaken in the water, and t he shall root u up Israel out

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17 T And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: z and when she came to the threshold ch.16.6,8. of the door, the child died;

18 And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake a by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.

a ver. 12, 13.
ò 2Ch. 13.2,

&c.

6 lay down.

c 2Ch. 12. 13.

d ch.11.36.

19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, b and how he reigned, behold, they are e De.32.21. written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

Ps.78.58.
1Cor.10.22.

25.

or, stand

h Is.57.5.

20 And the days which Jeroboam ƒ Eze.16.24, reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead. ing images, 21 And Rehoboam the son of or, statutes. Solomon reigned in Judah. Reho-g2Ki. 17.9,10. boam was c forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city d 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 Ammonitess.

Jer.3.13.

i De.23.17.
2Ki.23.7.

k 2Ch. 12.2,
&c.

7 ch.10.17.

8 runners.

22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to e jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above m ch.12.24. all that their fathers had done.

23 For they also built them high fn places, and 7 images, and groves, g on every high hill, and h under every green tree.

15.6. 2Ch. 12.16, Abijah. Mat. 1.7, Abia.

21 And i there were also sodom- (CHAP. 15.) ites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the a 2Ch 13.1, nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

25 And k it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that c Shishiak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:

26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold / which Solomon had made.

&c.

b 2Ch.11.20

22.

2Ch.13.2, Michaiah the daugh ter of Uriel. d 2Ch.11.21,

Absalom.

e ch.11.4.
f 2Ch.21.7.

1 or, candle,
ch.11.36.

27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields, and committed them unto the hands of g 2Ch. 14.1, the chief of the 8 guard, which kept the door of the king's house.

28 And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and

&c.

Abijam's wicked reign.

brought them back into the guardchamber.

29 Now 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 m there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess. And Abijam n his son reigned in his stead.

CHAPTER XV.

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TOW a in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. 2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And b his mother's name was c Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom, d

3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him and his heart e was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.

4 Nevertheless ƒ for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a 1 lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his Ison after him, and to establish Jerusalem:

5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

6 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the

chronicles of the kings of Judah?

And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

8 And g Abijam slept with his fathers and they buried him in the city of David and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.

10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his 2 mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.

12 And he took away the sodom2 i. e. grandites out of the land, and removed mother's, all the idols that his fathers had ver.2. made.

13 And also Maachah his mother,

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