37‘So I will take you, and you shall reign over all your heart desires, and you shall be king over Israel.
38‘Then it shall be, if you heed all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as My servant David did, then lI will be with you and mbuild for you an enduring house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.
39‘And I will afflict the descendants of David because of this, but not forever.’ ”
40Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to nShishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
Death of Solomon
(2 Chr. 9:29–31)
41Now othe rest of the acts of Solomon, all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
42pAnd the period that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
43qThen Solomon 8rested with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David his father. And Rehoboam his son reigned in his rplace.
1 Kings 12
The Revolt Against Rehoboam
(2 Chr. 10:1–19; 11:1–4)
1And aRehoboam went to bShechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.
2So it happened, when cJeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (he was still in dEgypt, for he had fled from the presence of King Solomon and had been dwelling in Egypt),
3that they sent and called him. Then Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
4“Your father made our eyoke 1heavy; now therefore, lighten the burdensome service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”
5So he said to them, “Depart for three days, then come back to me.” And the people departed.
6Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, and he said, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”
7And they spoke to him, saying, f“If you will be a servant to these people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”
8But he rejected the advice which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.
9And he said to them, “What advice do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”
10Then the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you should speak to this people who have spoken to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter on us’—thus you shall say to them: ‘My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s waist!
11‘And now, whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with 2scourges!’ ”
12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had directed, saying, “Come back to me the third day.”
13Then the king answered the people 3roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;
14and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with 4scourges!”
15So the king did not listen to the people; for gthe turn of events was from the LORD, that He might fulfill His word, which the LORD had hspoken by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
16Now when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying:
i“What share have we in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.
To your tents, O Israel!
Now, see to your own house, O David!”
So Israel departed to their tents.
17But Rehoboam reigned over jthe children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.
18Then King Rehoboam ksent Adoram, who was in charge of the revenue; but all Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. Therefore King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste to flee to Jerusalem.
19So lIsrael has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.
20Now it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all mIsrael. There was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah nonly.
21And when oRehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of pBenjamin, one hundred and eighty thousand chosen men who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, that he might restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
22But qthe word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
23“Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying,
24‘Thus says the LORD: “You shall not go up nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel. Let every man return to his house, rfor this thing is from Me.” ’ ” Therefore they obeyed the word of the LORD, and turned back, according to the word of the LORD.
Jeroboam’s Gold Calves
25Then Jeroboam sbuilt5 Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and dwelt there. Also he went out from there and built tPenuel.
26And Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom may return to the house of David:
27“If these people ugo up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn back to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me and go back to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
28Therefore the king asked advice, vmade two calves of gold, and said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. wHere are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!”
29And he set up one in xBethel, and the other he put in yDan.
30Now this thing became za sin, for the people went to worship before the one as far as Dan.
31He made 6shrines on the high places, aand made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
32Jeroboam 7ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like bthe feast that was in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. So he did at Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made. cAnd at Bethel he installed the priests of the high places which he had made.
33So he made offerings on the altar which he had made at Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month which he had ddevised in his own heart. And he 8ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and offered sacrifices on the altar and eburned incense.
1 Kings 13
The Message of the Man of God
1And behold, aa man of God went from Judah to Bethel 1by the word of the LORD, band Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
2Then he cried out against the altar 2by the word of the LORD, and said, “O altar, altar! Thus says the LORD: ‘Behold, a child, cJosiah by name, shall be born to the house of David; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men’s bones shall be dburned on you.’ ”
3And he gave ea sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign which the LORD has spoken: Surely the altar shall split apart, and the ashes on it shall be poured out.”
4So it came to pass when King Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, who cried out against the altar in Bethel, that he stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Arrest him!” Then his hand, which he stretched out toward him, withered, so that he could not pull it back to himself.
5The altar also was split apart, 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.
6Then the king answered and said to the man of God, “Please fentreat the favor of the LORD your God, and pray for me, t
hat my hand may be restored to me.” So the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him, and became as before.
7Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and gI will give you a reward.”
8But the man of God said to the king, h“If you were to give me half your house, I would not go in with you; nor would I eat bread nor drink water in this place.
9“For so it was commanded me by the word of the LORD, saying, i‘You shall not eat bread, nor drink water, nor return by the same way you came.’ ”
10So he went another way and did not return by the way he came to Bethel.
Death of the Man of God
11Now an jold prophet dwelt in Bethel, and his 3sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel; they also told their father the words which he had spoken to the king.
12And their father said to them, “Which way did he go?” For his sons 4had seen which way the man of God went who came from Judah.
13Then he said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled the donkey for him; and he rode on it,
14and went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. Then he said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” And he said, “I am.” Resuscitations From the Dead
15Then he said to him, “Come home with me and eat bread.”
16And he said, k“I cannot return with you nor go in with you; neither can I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place.
17“For 5I have been told lby the word of the LORD, ‘You shall not eat bread nor drink water there, nor return by going the way you came.’ ”
18He said to him, “I too am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.’ ” (He was lying to him.)
19So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.
20Now it happened, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back;
21and he cried out to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Because you have disobeyed the word of the LORD, and have not kept the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you,
22‘but you came back, ate bread, and drank water in the mplace of which the LORD said to you, “Eat no bread and drink no water,” your corpse shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.’ ”
23So it was, after he had eaten bread and after he had drunk, that he saddled the donkey for him, the prophet whom he had brought back.
24When he was gone, na lion met him on the road and killed him. And his corpse was thrown on the road, and the donkey stood by it. The lion also stood by the corpse.
25And there, men passed by and saw the corpse thrown on the road, and the lion standing by the corpse. Then they went and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
26Now when the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard it, he said, “It is the man of God who was disobedient to the word of the LORD. Therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke to him.”
27And he spoke to his sons, saying, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled it.
28Then he went and found his corpse thrown on the road, and the donkey and the lion standing by the corpse. The lion had not eaten the corpse nor torn the donkey.
29And the prophet took up the corpse of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back. So the old prophet came to the city to mourn, and to bury him.
30Then he laid the corpse in his own tomb; and they mourned over him, saying, o“Alas, my brother!”
31So it was, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, “When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried; play my bones beside his bones.
32q“For the 6saying which he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the 7shrines on the high places which are in the cities of rSamaria, will surely come to pass.”
33sAfter this event Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but again he made priests from every class of people for the high places; whoever wished, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
34tAnd this thing was the sin of the house of Jeroboam, so as uto exterminate and destroy it from the face of the earth. The Ministries of Elijah and Elisha
1 Kings 14
Judgment on the House of Jeroboam
1At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.
2And Jeroboam said to his wife, “Please arise, and disguise yourself, that they may not recognize you as the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh. Indeed, Ahijah the prophet is there, who told me that aI would be king over this people.
3b“Also take 1with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him; he will tell you what will become of the child.”
4And Jeroboam’s wife did so; she arose cand went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were 2glazed by reason of his age.
5Now the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Here is the wife of Jeroboam, coming to ask you something about her son, for he is sick. Thus and thus you shall say to her; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will pretend to be another woman.”
6And so it was, when Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why do you pretend to be another person? For I have been sent to you with bad news.
7“Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘Thus says the LORD God of Israel: d“Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you ruler over My people Israel,
8“and etore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to you; and yet you have not been as My servant David, fwho kept My commandments and who followed Me with all his heart, to do only what was right in My eyes;
9“but you have done more evil than all who were before you, gfor you have gone and made for yourself other gods and molded images to provoke Me to anger, and hhave cast Me behind your back—
10“therefore behold! iI will bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam, and jwill cut off from Jeroboam every male in Israel, kbond and free; I will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as one takes away refuse until it is all gone.
11“The dogs shall eat lwhoever belongs to Jeroboam and dies in the city, and the birds of the air shall eat whoever dies in the field; for the LORD has spoken!” ’
12“Arise therefore, go to your own house. mWhen your feet enter the city, the child shall die.
13“And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he is the only one of Jeroboam who shall 3come to the grave, because in him nthere is found something good toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
14o“Moreover the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam; 4this is the day. What? Even now!
15“For the LORD will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water. He will puproot Israel from this qgood land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them rbeyond 5the River, sbecause they have made their 6wooden images, provoking the LORD to anger.
16“And He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, twho sinned and who made Israel sin.”
17Then Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to uTirzah. vWhen she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
18And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, waccording to the word of the LORD which He spoke through His servant Ahijah the prophet.
Death of Jeroboam
19Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he xmade war and how he reigned, indeed they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
20The period that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years. So he rested with his fathers. Then yNadab his son reigned in
his place.
Rehoboam Reigns in Judah
(2 Chr. 11:5—12:16)
21And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. zRehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king. He reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city awhich the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there. bHis mother’s name was Naamah, an Ammonitess.
22cNow Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they dprovoked Him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, more than all that their fathers had done.
23For they also built for themselves ehigh7 places, fsacred pillars, and gwooden images on every high hill and hunder every green tree.
24iAnd there were also 8perverted persons in the land. They did according to all the jabominations of the nations which the LORD had cast out before the children of kIsrael.
25lIt happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.
26mAnd he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king’s house; he took away everything. He also took away all the gold shields nwhich Solomon had made.
27Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place, and 9committed them to the hands of the captains of the 10guard, who guarded the doorway of the king’s house.
28And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards carried them, then brought them back into the guardroom.
29oNow 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?
30And there was pwar between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
31qSo Rehoboam 11rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. rHis mother’s name was Naamah, an Ammonitess. Then sAbijam12 his son reigned in his place.
1 Kings 15
Abijam Reigns in Judah
(2 Chr. 13:1—14:1)
1aIn the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.
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