Day 158 of the 2nd Bible Study Journey - 7 June 2022 reflections Part 1
Day 158, 7 June 2022
1) 1 Kings 13
1 Kings 14:1-24
2 Chronicles 12:13-14
2 Chronicles 11:18-23
2 Chronicles 12:1-12
1 Kings 14:25-28
2 Chronicles 12:13-16
1 Kings 14:29-31
1 Kings 15:1-5
2 Chronicles 13
1 Kings 15:6-8
2 Chronicles 14:1-8
1 Kings 15:9-15
1 Kings 14:19-20
1 Kings 15:25-34
2 Chronicles 14:9-15
2 Chronicles 15
1 Kings 13
The Man of God From Judah
1 (2Ki 23:17; 1Ki 12:22) A man of God came out of Judah to Bethel by the word
of the Lord while Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
2 He cried against the altar by the word of the Lord and said,
"O altar, altar, thus says the Lord: 'A child named Josiah will be born
in the house of David, and he will sacrifice upon you the priests
of the high places who burn incense on you,
and these men's bones shall be burned upon you.' "
3 (1Co 1:22; Ex 4:3-5) He gave a sign the same day, saying,
"This is the sign that the Lord has spoken:
'The altar will be torn apart, and the ashes that are upon
it will be poured out.' "
4 When King Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God who had cried
against the altar in Bethel, he reached out his hand from the altar, saying,
"Arrest him!" And the hand that he put forth against him dried up so that
he could not pull it back in again.
5 The altar also was torn, and the ashes poured out from the altar,
just as the man of God had said it would as a sign of the Lord.
At Beth-el's Altar
1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD
unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
2 And he cried against the altar 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 he offer the priests of the high
places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
3 And he gave a sign 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 man of God,
which had cried against the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his hand from
the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And 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 which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.
{Never mock the Word of God nor his messengers}
6 (Ex 8:8; 9:28) The king answered and said to the man of God,
"Seek the face of the Lord your God, and pray for me,
that my hand will be healed." And the man of God interceded with the Lord,
and the king's hand was healed and became as it was before.
7 (2Ki 5:15; 1Sa 9:7-8) The king said to the man of God, "Come home with me
and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward."
8 (Nu 22:18; 24:13) The man of God said to the king, "If you were to give me
half your house, I would not go with you, nor will I eat bread nor drink water
in this place,
9 for so I was commanded by the word of the Lord, saying:
You shall eat no bread, nor drink water nor return by the same way
that you came."
10 So he went another way and did not return
by the same way he came to Bethel.
11 (2Ki 23:18) Now there lived an old prophet in Bethel, and his sons came
and told him all that the man of God had done that day in Bethel.
They also told their father the words that he had spoken to the king.
12 Their father said to them, "What way did he go?" For his sons had seen
the way the man of God who came from Judah had gone.
13 He said to his sons, "Saddle my donkey." So they saddled the donkey
for him, and he rode on it.
14 He went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak,
and he said to him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?"
And he said, "I am."
15 Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread."
16 (1Ki 13:8-9) He said, "I may not return with you or go in with you,
nor will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place,
17 (1Ki 20:35; 1Th 4:15) for I was commanded by the word of the Lord:
You shall eat no bread and drink no water
there nor return by the way you came."
18 (Mt 7:15; 1Jn 4:1) He said to him, "I am a prophet like you,
and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying,
'Bring him back with you into your house so that he may eat bread
and drink water.' " But he had lied to him.
19 So he went back with him to his house and ate bread and drank water.
20 Then as they sat at the table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet
who brought him back,
21 and he cried out to the man of God who came from Judah, saying,
"Thus says the Lord: Since you have disobeyed the mouth of the Lord
and have not kept the commandment that the Lord your God commanded you,
22 but instead came back and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place
of which the Lord told you to eat no bread and drink no water,
your carcass will not be buried in the tomb of your fathers!"
23 After he had eaten bread and had drunk, he saddled the donkey
for the prophet whom he had brought back.
24 (1Ki 20:36) As he was going, a lion met him on the way and killed him,
and his body was thrown in the road, and both the donkey and lion stood by it.
6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face
of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again.
And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him
again, and became as it was before.
7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh
thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
8 And the man of God said unto the king, If 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:
9 for so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor
drink water, nor turn 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 sons came and told him
all the works 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 not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will
I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:
17 for it was said to me by 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 unto him.
19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.
20 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 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 bread and drunk water in the place, of the
which the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase
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 met him by the way, and slew him: and his
carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by
the carcase.
{The Lord love obedience}
25 Some men passed by and saw the body thrown in the road with the lion
standing by the body, and they came and told the story in the city
where the old prophet lived.
26 When the prophet who brought him back from the way heard about it,
he said, "It is the man of God who was disobedient to the word of the Lord,
and thus the Lord has delivered him to the lion, which has torn and slain him,
according to the word of the Lord that He spoke to him."
27 He said to his sons, "Saddle my donkey," and they saddled it.
28 He then went and found his body thrown in the road, and the donkey
and the lion were still standing by the body. The lion had not eaten the body
nor attacked the donkey.
29 The prophet picked up the body of the man of God and laid it on his donkey
and brought it back. The old prophet came to the city to
mourn and to bury him.
30 (Jer 22:18) He laid his body in his own tomb, and they mourned over him,
saying, "Alas, my brother!"
31 And after he had buried him, he said to his sons, "When I am dead, bury me
in the grave in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.
32 (1Ki 13:2; 16:24) For the saying that he cried out by the word of the Lord
against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places
that are in the cities of Samaria shall surely come to pass."
33 (2Ch 11:15; 13:9) After this event Jeroboam did not turn from his evil
ways, but made priests for the high places again from among all the people.
Any who would, he consecrated to be priests of the high places.
34 (1Ki 12:30; 14:10) This matter became sin to the house of Jeroboam,
so as to cut it off and to destroy it from the face of the earth.
25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and
the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city w
here the old prophet dwelt.
26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof,
he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD:
therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him,
and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.
27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.
28 And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion
standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.
29 And the prophet took up the carcase 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.
30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him,
saying, Alas, my brother!
31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons,
saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God
is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:
32 for the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in
Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities
of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again
of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he
consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off,
and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
{The future consequences will be dreadful for the Kingdom of Israel.}
1 Kings 14
Ahijah Prophesies Against Jeroboam
1 At that time, Jeroboam's son Abijah became sick.
2 (1Sa 28:8; 2Sa 14:2) Jeroboam said to his wife, "Please get up
and disguise yourself, so that you will not be recognized
as the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh. There you will find
Ahijah the prophet, who told me that I would be king over this people.
3 (1Sa 9:7-8; 1Ki 13:7) Take ten loaves, cakes, and a jar of honey,
and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to our child."
4 (1Ki 11:29; 1Sa 3:2) Jeroboam's wife did so and arose and went to Shiloh,
to the house of Ahijah.
But Ahijah could not see, for in his old age he had gone blind.
5 The Lord said to Ahijah, "The wife of Jeroboam has come to ask you about
her son, for he is sick. You shall say thus and thus to her,
for when she comes, she will be disguised as another woman."
6 And so when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in the door,
he said, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why do you disguise yourself as another?
I have been sent to you with bad news.
7 (1Ki 16:2; 2Sa 12:7-8) Go tell Jeroboam, 'Thus says the Lord God of Israel:
I raised you up from among the people and made you prince
over My people Israel,
8 (1Ki 15:5) and took the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it you.
Yet you have not been as My servant David, who kept My commandments
and who followed Me with all his heart to do only that which was right
in My eyes,
9 (1Ki 12:28; 2Ch 11:15) but you have sinned more than all who were before you,
for you have gone and made other gods and molded images and provoked Me
to anger and have cast Me behind your back.
10 (Dt 32:36; 1Ki 21:21)" "Therefore I will bring disaster upon the house
of Jeroboam and will cut off from Jeroboam all males, both slave and free
in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam,
as a man takes away refuse until it is all gone.
11 (1Ki 16:4) Descendants of Jeroboam who die in the city will be eaten
by dogs, and those who die in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air,
for the Lord has spoken it.'
Jeroboam's Son
1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
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 told me that I should be king over
this people.
3 And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go
to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.
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 eyes were set by
reason of his age.
5 And 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 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 heavy tidings.
7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted
thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
8 and rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet
thou hast not been as my servant David, who 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 thou hast gone and
made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me 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 from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut
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 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.
{Never be disobedient nor disloyal to the Lord}
12 "Arise therefore and go to your own house. When your feet enter the city,
the child will die.
13 (2Ch 19:3; 12:12) All Israel will mourn for him and bury him, for he alone
from the house of Jeroboam will come to the grave, because in him there
is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel.
14 (1Ki 15:27-29) "Moreover the Lord will raise up a king over Israel who will
destroy the house of Jeroboam this day and from now on.
15 (Jos 23:15-16; 2Ki 15:29) For the Lord will smite Israel, as a reed
is shaken in the water, and He will uproot Israel from this good land,
which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the river,
because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the Lord to anger.
16 (1Ki 12:30; 13:34) He shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam
who sinned and who led Israel to sin."
17 (1Ki 15:33; 15:21) Jeroboam's wife arose and departed and came to Tirzah.
As she arrived at the threshold 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 spoke by the hand
of His servant Ahijah the prophet.
12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and 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 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 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 he
shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers,
and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves,
provoking the LORD to anger.
16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin,
and who 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 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 by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.
Rehoboam, King of Judah
2Ch 12:9-16
21 (2Ch 12:13; 1Ki 11:36; 14:31) Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah.
Rehoboam was 41 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 17 years
in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen
out of all the tribes of Israel
to put His name there. And his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess.
21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty
and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years
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 Ammonitess.
{Yes a pagan wife that lead Solomon astray}
22 (2Ch 12:1; Ps 78:58) Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord,
and the people provoked Him to jealousy with the sins they committed,
even worse than their fathers had done.
22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him
to jealousy with their sins which they had committed,
above all that their fathers had done.
{A godless rebellion indeed}
23 (Dt 12:2; Isa 57:5; 2Ki 17:9-10) For they also built high places and images
and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
24 (Dt 23:17; 1Ki 15:12; 2Ki 23:7) There were also male cult prostitutes
in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the nations
that the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.
23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every
high hill, and under every green tree.
24 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all
the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children
of Israel.
2 Chronicles 12:13-14
The Death of Rehoboam
13 (1Ki 14:21; Dt 12:5) So King Rehoboam was strong and reigned in Jerusalem.
For Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king,
and he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem,
the city that the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel,
to put His name there. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite.
14 (2Ch 19:3) And he acted evil because he did not set his heart
to seek out the Lord
13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned:
for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD
had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there.
And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
2 Chronicles 11:18-23
Rehoboam's Family
18 (1Sa 16:6; 17:13) And Rehoboam took Mahalath for a wife,
the daughter of both Jerimoth the son of David and of Abihail
the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse,
19 and she bore sons to him: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
20 (2Ch 13:2) Then after her he took Maakah the daughter of Absalom.
And she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 (Dt 17:17) And Rehoboam loved Maakah the daughter of Absalom
more than his other wives and concubines
(for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines), and he had 28 sons
and 60 daughters.
22 (Dt 21:15-17) And Rehoboam set Abijah the son of Maakah as chief
and head over his brothers for he planned to make him king.
23 And he was discerning and spread out all his sons to all the lands
of Judah and Benjamin, even among the fortified cities, and he provided
for them an abundance of provisions and wives.
18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David
to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
19 which bare him children; Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.
20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare
him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives
and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines;
and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among
his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all
the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city:
and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
2 Chronicles 12
Egypt Attacks Jerusalem
1Ki 14:21-31
1 (2Ch 11:17; 12:13) Now when the reign of Rehoboam was established
and strong, he, and all of Israel with him, abandoned the law of the Lord.
2 (1Ki 11:40) And in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt
went up against Jerusalem for they had acted unfaithfully against the Lord,
3 (2Ch 16:8; Na 3:9; Da 11:439 with 1200 chariots and 60000 horses.
The people were without number who came with him from Egypt-Libyans,
Sukkiktes, and Ethiopians.
4 (2Ch 11:5-12) And he captured the fortified cities that were in Judah,
and he came even to Jerusalem.
5 (2Ch 11:2; 15:2) Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam
and the rulers of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem before Shishak,
and he said to them, "So the Lord says: You have abandoned Me,
so I have abandoned you into the hand of Shishak."
6 (Ex 9:27; Da 9:14) Then the king and the rulers of Israel humbled themselves
and said, "The Lord is righteous."
7 (2Ch 34:25) So when the Lord observed that they had humbled themselves,
the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, "They have humbled themselves,
so I will not destroy them. I will let some of them escape,
and My anger will not pour out against Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
8 (Dt 28:47-48; Isa 26:13) For they will be slaves to him so that
they experience My labor and the labor of the kingdoms of other lands."
9 (1Ki 10:16-17; 2Ch 9:15-16) So Shishak king of Egypt went up
against Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord
and of the palace of the king. He took everything, even the gold shields
that Solomon made.
10 And King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place
and entrusted them to the hands of the rulers of the guards,
those who guarded the entrance to the king's palace.
11 And it happened that whenever the king came to the house of the Lord,
the guards came and carried the shields
and then returned them to the guardroom.
12 (2Ch 19:3; 1Ki 14:13) And when he humbled himself, the anger of the Lord
turned away from him so that there was not a complete annihilation.
Moreover, there were some good things in Judah during this time.
1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom,
and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD,
and all Israel with him.
2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king
of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against
the LORD,
3 with twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen:
and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt;
the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah,
and came to Jerusalem.
5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah,
that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto
them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also
left you in the hand of Shishak.
6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves;
and they said, The LORD is righteous.
7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD
came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will
not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath
shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service,
and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away
the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's
house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon
had made.
10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them
to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's
house.
11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came
and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that
he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
1 Kings 14
25 (1Ki 11:40) In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt
came up against Jerusalem.
26 (1Ki 15:18; 2Ch 9:15-16) He took away all the treasures of the house
of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house, even all the shields
of gold which Solomon had made.
27 (1Sa 8:11; 22:17) King Rehoboam replaced them with bronze shields
and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard who guarded
the king's house.
28 And whenever the king entered the house of the Lord,
the guards carried them and brought them back into the guard chamber.
25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak 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.
27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them
unto the hands of the chief of the 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 brought them back into the guard chamber.
2 Chronicles 12:13-16
The Death of Rehoboam
13 (1Ki 14:21; Dt 12:5) So King Rehoboam was strong and reigned in Jerusalem.
For Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king,
and he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem,
the city that the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel,
to put His name there. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite.
14 (2Ch 19:3) And he acted evil because he did not set his heart
to seek out the Lord.
15 (2Ch 9:29; 12:5; 1Ki 12:22) Now, are not the acts of Rehoboam written
from beginning to end in the annals of Shemaiah the prophet
and Iddo the seer, according to genealogy?
And there were battles between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried
in the City of David, and Abijah ruled in his place.
13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned:
for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD
had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there.
And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the
book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies?
And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David:
and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings 14
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 (1Ki 12:21; 12:24) There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam
all their days.
31 (2Ch 12:16; Mt 1:7) 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 Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
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 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 his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings 15
Abijah, King of Judah
2 Ch 13:1-2; 13:22-14:1
1 Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
Abijah became king over Judah.
2 (2Ch 13:2) He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name
was Maakah, the daughter of Abishalom.
3 (1Ki 11:4; Ps 119:80) He walked in all the sins of his father that he had
done before him, and his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord his God
as the heart of his father David had been.
4 (1Ki 11:36; 2Ch 21:7) Nevertheless, for David's sake, the Lord his God gave
him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him
and to establish Jerusalem,
5 (1Ki 14:8; 2Sa 11:15-17) because David did that which was right in the eyes
of the Lord and did not turn aside from anything that He commanded him
all the days of his life, except in the matter involving Uriah the Hittite.
Abijam
1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned
Abijam over Judah.
2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah,
the daughter of Abishalom.
3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him:
and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his
father.
4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp
in Jerusalem, to set up his son 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.
2 Chronicles 13
Abijah, King of Judah
1Ki 15:1-8
1 (2Ch 12:16) In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam,
Abijah became king of Judah.
2 (2Ch 11:20; 1Ki 15:6-7) He reigned for three years in Judah,
and his mother's name was Micaiah, [2Ki 8:26 reads twenty-two years.]
the granddaughter of Uriel of Gibeah.
And there was a war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
3 Abijah set the battle in order with an army of valiant men of war,
400 000 choice men. Jeroboam also drew up battle lines against him
with an army of eight hundred thousand men, mighty men of valor.
4 (Jos 18:22) Then Abijah went up to Mount Zemaraim that is
in the hills of Ephraim, and he said, "Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel!
5 (Lev 2:13; Nu 18:19) Do you all not know that the Lord God of Israel
has perpetually given the kingdom of Israel to David,
even to him and to his sons with a covenant of salt?
6 (1Ki 11:26; 12:20) And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon
son of David, stood up and rebelled against his lord Rehoboam.
7 (Jdg 9:4; 2Ch 12:13) Then vain, worthless men gathered together around him
and defied Rehoboam son of Solomon. And Rehoboam was young
and timid in heart and was not strong before them.
8 (1Ki 12:28; 2Ch 11:15) "And now you think that you can withstand
before the kingdom of the Lord by the hand of the sons of David.
And you all are a great multitude, and with you are the golden calves
that Jeroboam has made for you to be gods.
9 (2Ch 11:14-15; Jer 2:11) Have you all not driven out the priests
of the Lord, even the Levites and sons of Aaron,
and made for yourselves priests from the peoples of other lands?
Whoever comes to be dedicated and has in his hand a young bull
or seven rams becomes a priest to what is not a god.
10 "But for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not abandoned
Him. And our priests serve the Lord and are sons of Aaron,
Levites with their service.
11 (2Ch 2:4; Ex 25:30-39) They sacrifice burnt offerings to the Lord
every morning and evening and put out an incense of spices.
They also set the showbread in place on the ritual table
and set the golden lampstand with its lamps to burn every evening.
For we keep the duty of the Lord our God, but you all have abandoned Him.
12 (Nu 10:8-9; Ac 5:39) God is with us as a leader, and His priests
with their battle trumpets to call for battle against you all.
O sons of Israel, do not fight against the Lord the God of your fathers
because you will not find success."
13 (Jos 8:4; 8:9) So Jeroboam went around them with an ambush
to come from behind them. Those from Israel were in front of Judah,
while the ambush was behind them.
14 (2Ch 14:11) Then Judah turned and saw that the battle was both in front of
and behind them. Then they cried out to the Lord, and the priests sounded
their trumpets.
15 (2Ch 14:12) Then the men from Judah shouted out; and it happened
when Judah shouted out, God struck down Jeroboam
and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
16 (2Ch 16:8) The men of Israel fled before Judah,
and God gave them into their hand.
17 Abijah and his people struck them down with a great slaughter,
and the slain from Israel who fell that day were 500000 choice men.
18 (1Ch 5:20; 2Ch 14:11) So the sons of Israel were subdued at that time,
and the people of Judah were strong for they depended
on the Lord God of their fathers.
19 (Jos 15:9; 2Ch 15:8) And Abijah chased after Jeroboam
and captured cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron
with their surrounding villages.
20 (1Sa 25:38; 1Ki 14:20) And Jeroboam did not again recover
his strength in the days of Abijah, and the Lord struck down Jeroboam,
and he died.
21 So Abijah grew strong and took 14 wives and had 22 sons and 16 daughters.
22 (2Ch 9:29; 12:15) And the remainder of the acts of Abijah, both his ways
and words, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Michaiah the
daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war,
even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array
against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.
4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim,
and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
5 ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over
Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David,
is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial,
and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon,
when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the
sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden
calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the
Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other
lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock
and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.
10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and
the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and
the Levites wait upon their business:
11 and they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt
sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon
the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof,
to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God;
but ye have forsaken him.
12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with
sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye
not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were
before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.
14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and
they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it
came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into
their hand.
17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter:
so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and
the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God
of their fathers.
19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el
with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain
with the towns thereof.
20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah:
and the LORD struck him, and he died.
21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives,
and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
1 Kings 15
6 (1Ki 14:30) The war begun between Rehoboam and Jeroboam
continued all the days of his life.
7 (2Ch 13:2-22) Now the rest of the acts of Abijah 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 Abijah and Jeroboam.
8 (2Ch 14:1) Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him
in the City of David, and Asa his son reigned in his place.
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 Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city
of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
1) 1 Kings 13
1 Kings 14:1-24
2 Chronicles 12:13-14
2 Chronicles 11:18-23
2 Chronicles 12:1-12
1 Kings 14:25-28
2 Chronicles 12:13-16
1 Kings 14:29-31
1 Kings 15:1-5
2 Chronicles 13
1 Kings 15:6-8
2 Chronicles 14:1-8
1 Kings 15:9-15
1 Kings 14:19-20
1 Kings 15:25-34
2 Chronicles 14:9-15
2 Chronicles 15
1 Kings 13
The Man of God From Judah
1 (2Ki 23:17; 1Ki 12:22) A man of God came out of Judah to Bethel by the word
of the Lord while Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
2 He cried against the altar by the word of the Lord and said,
"O altar, altar, thus says the Lord: 'A child named Josiah will be born
in the house of David, and he will sacrifice upon you the priests
of the high places who burn incense on you,
and these men's bones shall be burned upon you.' "
3 (1Co 1:22; Ex 4:3-5) He gave a sign the same day, saying,
"This is the sign that the Lord has spoken:
'The altar will be torn apart, and the ashes that are upon
it will be poured out.' "
4 When King Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God who had cried
against the altar in Bethel, he reached out his hand from the altar, saying,
"Arrest him!" And the hand that he put forth against him dried up so that
he could not pull it back in again.
5 The altar also was torn, and the ashes poured out from the altar,
just as the man of God had said it would as a sign of the Lord.
At Beth-el's Altar
1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD
unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
2 And he cried against the altar 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 he offer the priests of the high
places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
3 And he gave a sign 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 man of God,
which had cried against the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his hand from
the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And 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 which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.
{Never mock the Word of God nor his messengers}
6 (Ex 8:8; 9:28) The king answered and said to the man of God,
"Seek the face of the Lord your God, and pray for me,
that my hand will be healed." And the man of God interceded with the Lord,
and the king's hand was healed and became as it was before.
7 (2Ki 5:15; 1Sa 9:7-8) The king said to the man of God, "Come home with me
and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward."
8 (Nu 22:18; 24:13) The man of God said to the king, "If you were to give me
half your house, I would not go with you, nor will I eat bread nor drink water
in this place,
9 for so I was commanded by the word of the Lord, saying:
You shall eat no bread, nor drink water nor return by the same way
that you came."
10 So he went another way and did not return
by the same way he came to Bethel.
11 (2Ki 23:18) Now there lived an old prophet in Bethel, and his sons came
and told him all that the man of God had done that day in Bethel.
They also told their father the words that he had spoken to the king.
12 Their father said to them, "What way did he go?" For his sons had seen
the way the man of God who came from Judah had gone.
13 He said to his sons, "Saddle my donkey." So they saddled the donkey
for him, and he rode on it.
14 He went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak,
and he said to him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?"
And he said, "I am."
15 Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread."
16 (1Ki 13:8-9) He said, "I may not return with you or go in with you,
nor will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place,
17 (1Ki 20:35; 1Th 4:15) for I was commanded by the word of the Lord:
You shall eat no bread and drink no water
there nor return by the way you came."
18 (Mt 7:15; 1Jn 4:1) He said to him, "I am a prophet like you,
and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying,
'Bring him back with you into your house so that he may eat bread
and drink water.' " But he had lied to him.
19 So he went back with him to his house and ate bread and drank water.
20 Then as they sat at the table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet
who brought him back,
21 and he cried out to the man of God who came from Judah, saying,
"Thus says the Lord: Since you have disobeyed the mouth of the Lord
and have not kept the commandment that the Lord your God commanded you,
22 but instead came back and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place
of which the Lord told you to eat no bread and drink no water,
your carcass will not be buried in the tomb of your fathers!"
23 After he had eaten bread and had drunk, he saddled the donkey
for the prophet whom he had brought back.
24 (1Ki 20:36) As he was going, a lion met him on the way and killed him,
and his body was thrown in the road, and both the donkey and lion stood by it.
6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face
of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again.
And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him
again, and became as it was before.
7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh
thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
8 And the man of God said unto the king, If 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:
9 for so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor
drink water, nor turn 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 sons came and told him
all the works 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 not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will
I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:
17 for it was said to me by 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 unto him.
19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.
20 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 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 bread and drunk water in the place, of the
which the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase
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 met him by the way, and slew him: and his
carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by
the carcase.
{The Lord love obedience}
25 Some men passed by and saw the body thrown in the road with the lion
standing by the body, and they came and told the story in the city
where the old prophet lived.
26 When the prophet who brought him back from the way heard about it,
he said, "It is the man of God who was disobedient to the word of the Lord,
and thus the Lord has delivered him to the lion, which has torn and slain him,
according to the word of the Lord that He spoke to him."
27 He said to his sons, "Saddle my donkey," and they saddled it.
28 He then went and found his body thrown in the road, and the donkey
and the lion were still standing by the body. The lion had not eaten the body
nor attacked the donkey.
29 The prophet picked up the body of the man of God and laid it on his donkey
and brought it back. The old prophet came to the city to
mourn and to bury him.
30 (Jer 22:18) He laid his body in his own tomb, and they mourned over him,
saying, "Alas, my brother!"
31 And after he had buried him, he said to his sons, "When I am dead, bury me
in the grave in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.
32 (1Ki 13:2; 16:24) For the saying that he cried out by the word of the Lord
against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places
that are in the cities of Samaria shall surely come to pass."
33 (2Ch 11:15; 13:9) After this event Jeroboam did not turn from his evil
ways, but made priests for the high places again from among all the people.
Any who would, he consecrated to be priests of the high places.
34 (1Ki 12:30; 14:10) This matter became sin to the house of Jeroboam,
so as to cut it off and to destroy it from the face of the earth.
25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and
the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city w
here the old prophet dwelt.
26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof,
he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD:
therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him,
and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.
27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.
28 And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion
standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.
29 And the prophet took up the carcase 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.
30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him,
saying, Alas, my brother!
31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons,
saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God
is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:
32 for the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in
Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities
of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again
of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he
consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off,
and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
{The future consequences will be dreadful for the Kingdom of Israel.}
1 Kings 14
Ahijah Prophesies Against Jeroboam
1 At that time, Jeroboam's son Abijah became sick.
2 (1Sa 28:8; 2Sa 14:2) Jeroboam said to his wife, "Please get up
and disguise yourself, so that you will not be recognized
as the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh. There you will find
Ahijah the prophet, who told me that I would be king over this people.
3 (1Sa 9:7-8; 1Ki 13:7) Take ten loaves, cakes, and a jar of honey,
and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to our child."
4 (1Ki 11:29; 1Sa 3:2) Jeroboam's wife did so and arose and went to Shiloh,
to the house of Ahijah.
But Ahijah could not see, for in his old age he had gone blind.
5 The Lord said to Ahijah, "The wife of Jeroboam has come to ask you about
her son, for he is sick. You shall say thus and thus to her,
for when she comes, she will be disguised as another woman."
6 And so when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in the door,
he said, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why do you disguise yourself as another?
I have been sent to you with bad news.
7 (1Ki 16:2; 2Sa 12:7-8) Go tell Jeroboam, 'Thus says the Lord God of Israel:
I raised you up from among the people and made you prince
over My people Israel,
8 (1Ki 15:5) and took the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it you.
Yet you have not been as My servant David, who kept My commandments
and who followed Me with all his heart to do only that which was right
in My eyes,
9 (1Ki 12:28; 2Ch 11:15) but you have sinned more than all who were before you,
for you have gone and made other gods and molded images and provoked Me
to anger and have cast Me behind your back.
10 (Dt 32:36; 1Ki 21:21)" "Therefore I will bring disaster upon the house
of Jeroboam and will cut off from Jeroboam all males, both slave and free
in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam,
as a man takes away refuse until it is all gone.
11 (1Ki 16:4) Descendants of Jeroboam who die in the city will be eaten
by dogs, and those who die in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air,
for the Lord has spoken it.'
Jeroboam's Son
1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
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 told me that I should be king over
this people.
3 And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go
to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.
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 eyes were set by
reason of his age.
5 And 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 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 heavy tidings.
7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted
thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
8 and rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet
thou hast not been as my servant David, who 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 thou hast gone and
made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me 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 from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut
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 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.
{Never be disobedient nor disloyal to the Lord}
12 "Arise therefore and go to your own house. When your feet enter the city,
the child will die.
13 (2Ch 19:3; 12:12) All Israel will mourn for him and bury him, for he alone
from the house of Jeroboam will come to the grave, because in him there
is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel.
14 (1Ki 15:27-29) "Moreover the Lord will raise up a king over Israel who will
destroy the house of Jeroboam this day and from now on.
15 (Jos 23:15-16; 2Ki 15:29) For the Lord will smite Israel, as a reed
is shaken in the water, and He will uproot Israel from this good land,
which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the river,
because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the Lord to anger.
16 (1Ki 12:30; 13:34) He shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam
who sinned and who led Israel to sin."
17 (1Ki 15:33; 15:21) Jeroboam's wife arose and departed and came to Tirzah.
As she arrived at the threshold 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 spoke by the hand
of His servant Ahijah the prophet.
12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and 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 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 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 he
shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers,
and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves,
provoking the LORD to anger.
16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin,
and who 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 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 by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.
Rehoboam, King of Judah
2Ch 12:9-16
21 (2Ch 12:13; 1Ki 11:36; 14:31) Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah.
Rehoboam was 41 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 17 years
in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen
out of all the tribes of Israel
to put His name there. And his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess.
21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty
and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years
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 Ammonitess.
{Yes a pagan wife that lead Solomon astray}
22 (2Ch 12:1; Ps 78:58) Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord,
and the people provoked Him to jealousy with the sins they committed,
even worse than their fathers had done.
22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him
to jealousy with their sins which they had committed,
above all that their fathers had done.
{A godless rebellion indeed}
23 (Dt 12:2; Isa 57:5; 2Ki 17:9-10) For they also built high places and images
and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
24 (Dt 23:17; 1Ki 15:12; 2Ki 23:7) There were also male cult prostitutes
in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the nations
that the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.
23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every
high hill, and under every green tree.
24 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all
the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children
of Israel.
2 Chronicles 12:13-14
The Death of Rehoboam
13 (1Ki 14:21; Dt 12:5) So King Rehoboam was strong and reigned in Jerusalem.
For Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king,
and he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem,
the city that the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel,
to put His name there. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite.
14 (2Ch 19:3) And he acted evil because he did not set his heart
to seek out the Lord
13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned:
for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD
had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there.
And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
2 Chronicles 11:18-23
Rehoboam's Family
18 (1Sa 16:6; 17:13) And Rehoboam took Mahalath for a wife,
the daughter of both Jerimoth the son of David and of Abihail
the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse,
19 and she bore sons to him: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.
20 (2Ch 13:2) Then after her he took Maakah the daughter of Absalom.
And she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 (Dt 17:17) And Rehoboam loved Maakah the daughter of Absalom
more than his other wives and concubines
(for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines), and he had 28 sons
and 60 daughters.
22 (Dt 21:15-17) And Rehoboam set Abijah the son of Maakah as chief
and head over his brothers for he planned to make him king.
23 And he was discerning and spread out all his sons to all the lands
of Judah and Benjamin, even among the fortified cities, and he provided
for them an abundance of provisions and wives.
18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David
to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
19 which bare him children; Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.
20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare
him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives
and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines;
and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among
his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all
the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city:
and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
2 Chronicles 12
Egypt Attacks Jerusalem
1Ki 14:21-31
1 (2Ch 11:17; 12:13) Now when the reign of Rehoboam was established
and strong, he, and all of Israel with him, abandoned the law of the Lord.
2 (1Ki 11:40) And in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt
went up against Jerusalem for they had acted unfaithfully against the Lord,
3 (2Ch 16:8; Na 3:9; Da 11:439 with 1200 chariots and 60000 horses.
The people were without number who came with him from Egypt-Libyans,
Sukkiktes, and Ethiopians.
4 (2Ch 11:5-12) And he captured the fortified cities that were in Judah,
and he came even to Jerusalem.
5 (2Ch 11:2; 15:2) Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam
and the rulers of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem before Shishak,
and he said to them, "So the Lord says: You have abandoned Me,
so I have abandoned you into the hand of Shishak."
6 (Ex 9:27; Da 9:14) Then the king and the rulers of Israel humbled themselves
and said, "The Lord is righteous."
7 (2Ch 34:25) So when the Lord observed that they had humbled themselves,
the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, "They have humbled themselves,
so I will not destroy them. I will let some of them escape,
and My anger will not pour out against Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
8 (Dt 28:47-48; Isa 26:13) For they will be slaves to him so that
they experience My labor and the labor of the kingdoms of other lands."
9 (1Ki 10:16-17; 2Ch 9:15-16) So Shishak king of Egypt went up
against Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord
and of the palace of the king. He took everything, even the gold shields
that Solomon made.
10 And King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place
and entrusted them to the hands of the rulers of the guards,
those who guarded the entrance to the king's palace.
11 And it happened that whenever the king came to the house of the Lord,
the guards came and carried the shields
and then returned them to the guardroom.
12 (2Ch 19:3; 1Ki 14:13) And when he humbled himself, the anger of the Lord
turned away from him so that there was not a complete annihilation.
Moreover, there were some good things in Judah during this time.
1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom,
and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD,
and all Israel with him.
2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king
of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against
the LORD,
3 with twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen:
and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt;
the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah,
and came to Jerusalem.
5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah,
that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto
them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also
left you in the hand of Shishak.
6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves;
and they said, The LORD is righteous.
7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD
came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will
not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath
shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service,
and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away
the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's
house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon
had made.
10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them
to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's
house.
11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came
and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that
he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
1 Kings 14
25 (1Ki 11:40) In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt
came up against Jerusalem.
26 (1Ki 15:18; 2Ch 9:15-16) He took away all the treasures of the house
of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house, even all the shields
of gold which Solomon had made.
27 (1Sa 8:11; 22:17) King Rehoboam replaced them with bronze shields
and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard who guarded
the king's house.
28 And whenever the king entered the house of the Lord,
the guards carried them and brought them back into the guard chamber.
25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak 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.
27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them
unto the hands of the chief of the 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 brought them back into the guard chamber.
2 Chronicles 12:13-16
The Death of Rehoboam
13 (1Ki 14:21; Dt 12:5) So King Rehoboam was strong and reigned in Jerusalem.
For Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king,
and he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem,
the city that the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel,
to put His name there. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite.
14 (2Ch 19:3) And he acted evil because he did not set his heart
to seek out the Lord.
15 (2Ch 9:29; 12:5; 1Ki 12:22) Now, are not the acts of Rehoboam written
from beginning to end in the annals of Shemaiah the prophet
and Iddo the seer, according to genealogy?
And there were battles between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried
in the City of David, and Abijah ruled in his place.
13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned:
for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD
had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there.
And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the
book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies?
And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David:
and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings 14
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 (1Ki 12:21; 12:24) There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam
all their days.
31 (2Ch 12:16; Mt 1:7) 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 Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
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 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 his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings 15
Abijah, King of Judah
2 Ch 13:1-2; 13:22-14:1
1 Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
Abijah became king over Judah.
2 (2Ch 13:2) He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name
was Maakah, the daughter of Abishalom.
3 (1Ki 11:4; Ps 119:80) He walked in all the sins of his father that he had
done before him, and his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord his God
as the heart of his father David had been.
4 (1Ki 11:36; 2Ch 21:7) Nevertheless, for David's sake, the Lord his God gave
him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him
and to establish Jerusalem,
5 (1Ki 14:8; 2Sa 11:15-17) because David did that which was right in the eyes
of the Lord and did not turn aside from anything that He commanded him
all the days of his life, except in the matter involving Uriah the Hittite.
Abijam
1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned
Abijam over Judah.
2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah,
the daughter of Abishalom.
3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him:
and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his
father.
4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp
in Jerusalem, to set up his son 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.
2 Chronicles 13
Abijah, King of Judah
1Ki 15:1-8
1 (2Ch 12:16) In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam,
Abijah became king of Judah.
2 (2Ch 11:20; 1Ki 15:6-7) He reigned for three years in Judah,
and his mother's name was Micaiah, [2Ki 8:26 reads twenty-two years.]
the granddaughter of Uriel of Gibeah.
And there was a war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
3 Abijah set the battle in order with an army of valiant men of war,
400 000 choice men. Jeroboam also drew up battle lines against him
with an army of eight hundred thousand men, mighty men of valor.
4 (Jos 18:22) Then Abijah went up to Mount Zemaraim that is
in the hills of Ephraim, and he said, "Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel!
5 (Lev 2:13; Nu 18:19) Do you all not know that the Lord God of Israel
has perpetually given the kingdom of Israel to David,
even to him and to his sons with a covenant of salt?
6 (1Ki 11:26; 12:20) And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon
son of David, stood up and rebelled against his lord Rehoboam.
7 (Jdg 9:4; 2Ch 12:13) Then vain, worthless men gathered together around him
and defied Rehoboam son of Solomon. And Rehoboam was young
and timid in heart and was not strong before them.
8 (1Ki 12:28; 2Ch 11:15) "And now you think that you can withstand
before the kingdom of the Lord by the hand of the sons of David.
And you all are a great multitude, and with you are the golden calves
that Jeroboam has made for you to be gods.
9 (2Ch 11:14-15; Jer 2:11) Have you all not driven out the priests
of the Lord, even the Levites and sons of Aaron,
and made for yourselves priests from the peoples of other lands?
Whoever comes to be dedicated and has in his hand a young bull
or seven rams becomes a priest to what is not a god.
10 "But for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not abandoned
Him. And our priests serve the Lord and are sons of Aaron,
Levites with their service.
11 (2Ch 2:4; Ex 25:30-39) They sacrifice burnt offerings to the Lord
every morning and evening and put out an incense of spices.
They also set the showbread in place on the ritual table
and set the golden lampstand with its lamps to burn every evening.
For we keep the duty of the Lord our God, but you all have abandoned Him.
12 (Nu 10:8-9; Ac 5:39) God is with us as a leader, and His priests
with their battle trumpets to call for battle against you all.
O sons of Israel, do not fight against the Lord the God of your fathers
because you will not find success."
13 (Jos 8:4; 8:9) So Jeroboam went around them with an ambush
to come from behind them. Those from Israel were in front of Judah,
while the ambush was behind them.
14 (2Ch 14:11) Then Judah turned and saw that the battle was both in front of
and behind them. Then they cried out to the Lord, and the priests sounded
their trumpets.
15 (2Ch 14:12) Then the men from Judah shouted out; and it happened
when Judah shouted out, God struck down Jeroboam
and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
16 (2Ch 16:8) The men of Israel fled before Judah,
and God gave them into their hand.
17 Abijah and his people struck them down with a great slaughter,
and the slain from Israel who fell that day were 500000 choice men.
18 (1Ch 5:20; 2Ch 14:11) So the sons of Israel were subdued at that time,
and the people of Judah were strong for they depended
on the Lord God of their fathers.
19 (Jos 15:9; 2Ch 15:8) And Abijah chased after Jeroboam
and captured cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron
with their surrounding villages.
20 (1Sa 25:38; 1Ki 14:20) And Jeroboam did not again recover
his strength in the days of Abijah, and the Lord struck down Jeroboam,
and he died.
21 So Abijah grew strong and took 14 wives and had 22 sons and 16 daughters.
22 (2Ch 9:29; 12:15) And the remainder of the acts of Abijah, both his ways
and words, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Michaiah the
daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war,
even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array
against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.
4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim,
and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
5 ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over
Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David,
is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial,
and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon,
when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the
sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden
calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the
Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other
lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock
and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.
10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and
the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and
the Levites wait upon their business:
11 and they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt
sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon
the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof,
to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God;
but ye have forsaken him.
12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with
sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye
not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were
before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.
14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and
they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it
came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into
their hand.
17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter:
so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and
the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God
of their fathers.
19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el
with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain
with the towns thereof.
20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah:
and the LORD struck him, and he died.
21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives,
and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
1 Kings 15
6 (1Ki 14:30) The war begun between Rehoboam and Jeroboam
continued all the days of his life.
7 (2Ch 13:2-22) Now the rest of the acts of Abijah 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 Abijah and Jeroboam.
8 (2Ch 14:1) Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him
in the City of David, and Asa his son reigned in his place.
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 Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city
of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
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