q 2Sa.8.14. 1 Ch. 18. 12, r Nu.24. 19. De.20.13. Ge.25.2,4. Ex.2.15. 10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but het Ge.21.21. kept not that which the LORD com- Ge.41.45. manded. ch.2.10,34. 5 Send me away. Not. His adversares 12 Notwithstanding in thy m da I will not do it, for David thy fath sake: but I will rend it out of hand of thy son. 13 Howbeit n I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, which o I have chosen. 14 And the LORDp stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom. 15 For it came to pass, wheng Da vid was in Edom, and Joab, the captain of the host, was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male r in Edom; main there with all Israel, until he 16 (For six months did Joab rehad cut off every male in Edom:) 17 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child. 18 And they arose out of Midian, s and came to Paran: t and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land. 19 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife u the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. 20 And the sister of Tahpenes bate him Genubath his son, whom Tah penes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household, among the sons of Pha raoh. 21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and v that Joab, the cap tain of the host, was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, 5 Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country. 22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise. 23 T And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer w king of Zobah. 24 And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over band, when a David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damas cus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. 11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is 4 done of thee, and thou hast not kept i my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend k the kingdom from thee, and will give it 2Sa. 10.8,18. rael all the days of Solomon, beside bthy servant. w 2Sam.8.3. 25 And he was an adversary to Is the mischief that Hadad did: and 3 Abejah's prophecy. he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria. I KINGS, XII. y ch.12.2. 25 And Jeroboam y the son of Nebat. an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solonion's servant, (whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow z 2Sa.20.21. woman,) even he lifted upz his hand against the king. 27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, a and 7 repaired the breaches of the city of David his father. 28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the 9 charge of the house of Joseph. a ch.9.21. 8 closed. did work. burden. b ch.14.2. c 1Sa.15.27. d ver. 11-13. e ver.5-7. Jer.2.13. f Ps. 103. 10. 29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah b the Shilonite found him in the g Is.55.3. way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they h Ex.20.5,6. two were alone in the field: 30 And Ahijah caught c the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: i ch.12.17. A ch.15.4. 2Ki.8.19. Ps. 132.17. candle. Jl And he said to Jeroboam, Take 32 (But he shall have one tribe ch.9.4,5. Solomon's death 38 An it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that m I will be with thee, and'n build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee. 39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but o not for ever. 40 Solomon sought p therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. 41 T And g the rest of the 11 acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? 42 And the 12 time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. 43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and 13 Reho boam his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER XII. The Israelites assemble at Shechem to crown Rehoboam. ANDa Rehoboam went to She chem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. 2 And it came to pass, when Je roboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in La.3.31,32. Egypt;) o Ps.$9.30 34. 33 Because e that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the P Pr.19.21. Moabites, and Milcom the god of q2Ch.9.29the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that 11 words, or, which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father. things. 12 days. 31. 13 called Roboam, Mat.1.7. 3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, grievous: now, therefore, make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. 4 Thy father made our yoke c 34 Howbeit f I will not take the statutes; a 2Ch. 10. 1, &c. 35 Buth I will take the kingdom it unto thee, even ten tribes. out of his son's hand, and will give 8 ch.11.26,40. c ch.4.7. 9.15. 1Sa.8.11-18. 36 And unto his son will I give i one tribe, that k David my servant may have a 10 light alway before me m Jerusalem, the city which I have d Job 12.12. chosen me to put my name there. 37 And I will take thee, and thou Mar.10.43, shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king f Pr.15.1. over Israel. 44. 5 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again And the people departed. 6 T And king Rehoboam consulted with the old d men that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise, that I may answer this people? 7 And they spake unto him, say ing. If thou wilt be a servant e unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words f to them, then they will be thy servants for ever. 8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young Ten tribes revolt. 1 KINGS, XII. Ec. 10.12. men that were grown up with him, Pr.13.20. k 2Ch.22.4,5. I ver.24. 31. 11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, Im ch.11.11, will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but n 25a 20.1. I will chastise you with scorpions.g 12¶ So Jeroboam and all the peo-o ch.11.13,36. ple came to Rehoboam the third p ch.4.6. day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day. 13 And the king answered the people 1 roughly, h and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him; 5.14. 2 strength ened him self. 3 or, fell 14 And k spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with Ho.11.12. Scorpions. s 2Ch.11.1, t ver. 15. &c. 15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD u Ju.9.45. spake m by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat. Jeroboam's idolatry. of David, but the tribe of Judah only.r 21 T And & when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. 22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 23 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and un to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying, 24 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; fort this thing is from me. They hear kened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD. 25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem u in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.v 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: 27 If this people go up w to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me,and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. 28 Whereupon the king took coun sel, and made two calves z of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold y thy gods, O Israel, which 2Ki. 10.29. brought thee up out of the land of 17.16. Egypt. v Ju.8.17. 16 So when all Israel saw that wo Deut. 12.5, the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What a portion have we in Da 14. vid neither have we inheritance in 17 But o as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Ju-b dah, Rehoboam reigned over them. a Ju. 18.29. с 18 Then king Rehoboam sent p Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam 2 made speed to d get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. ch.13.34 De.24, 15, Nu.3.10. 29 And he set the one in Beth-el, z and the other put he in Dan.a 30 And this thing became ba sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. 31 And he made an house of high lowest of the people, which were places, and made priests c of the not of the sons of Levi. 32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth Lev.23.33, day of the month, like unto the 34. feast d that is in Judah, and he 4 or, went up offered upon the altar, (so did he in 19 So q Israel 3 rebelled against to the altar. Beth-el,) 5 sacrificing unto the the house of David unto this day. 5 or, to sacri- calves that he had made: and he 20 And it came to pass, when all fice. placed in Beth-el e the priests of Israel heard that Jeroboam was e Am. 13. the high places which he had made come again, that they sent and call33 So he 6 offered upon the alta ed him unto the congregation, and or, went up which he had made in Beth-el, the Diade him king over all Israel: there fifteenth day of the eighth month, as none that followed the house even in the month which he had de 6 to. Jeroboam's hand withereth. vised f of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, 7 and burned g incense. CHAPTER XIII. 1 Jeroboam's hand withereth; 6 and, at the prayer of the prophet, is restored. KINGS, XIII. ƒ No. 15.39. 7 to burn. g ch.13.1. (CHAP. 13.) b 2Ki.23.15 17. 38.7,22. Jno.2.18. A 3 And he gave a sign c the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. 4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, d Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. 5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign e which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. d e g I Cor. 1.22. 2Ch.16.10. 18.25,&c. Jer.20.2-4. 17. ver.3. Nu.21.7. the face of 2Ki.5. 15. h Nu.22.18. 24.13. i 1 Cor.5.11. 3 son. 6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat fnow the face of the LORD thy God, and k ver.8,9. pray for me, that my hand may be 4 a word was, restored me again. And the man of God besought 2 the LORD, and ch.20.35. the king's hand was restored him 1Th.4. 15. again, and became as it was before. m Is.9.15. 7 And the king said unto the man Jer.23.32. of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee ag reward. 8 And the man of God said unto the king, If h thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: n De. 13.1,3,5 18.20. Acts 4.19. The prophet is reproved. that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father. 12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. 13 And he said unto his sons Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon, 14 And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am. 15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. 16 And he said, I may k not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place : 17 For 4 it was said to me by l the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest. 18 He said unto him, I am a pro phet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied m unto him. 19 So n he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. 20 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back: 21 And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch o as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee, 22 But camest back, and hast eaten p bread and drunk water in the place of the which the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcassy shall not come unto the sepulchre 1Sa. 13.13, of thy fathers. • Nu.20.12. 14. 15.23. p ver. 19. 9 For so was it charged me by the camest. 10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el. Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his 3 sons Came and told him all the works! ch.14.13. 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 carcass was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the Je.22.18,19. lion also stood by the carcass. ch.20.36. 25 And, behold, men passed by, Pr.22.13. and saw the carcass cast in the 26.13. way, and the lion standing by the carcass: and they came and told it Jeroboam's obstinacy. 1 KINGS, XIV. In the city where the old prophet | B. C. 975. dweit. t ver.9. 26 And when the prophet thats broken. brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto 6 broken. the word of the LORD: therefore 2Ki.23.1619. the LORD hath delivered him unto u Jer.22.18. the lion, which hath 5 torn him, and slam him, according to the word of the LORD, which he t spake unto him. w ch.16.24. 27 And he spake to his sons, say-x ch.12 31,32, Ing, Saddle me the ass. And they 2 Ch.11.15. saddled him. 13.9. returned and made. 28 And he went, and found his carcass cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcass: the lion had not eaten the carcass, nor 6 torn the ass. 29 And the prophet took up the carcass of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him. 30 And he laid his carcass in his own grave: and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, u my brother! 31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay u my bones beside his bones: y 2Ti.3.13. 8 filled his hand, Ju. 17.12. z ch.14.10. Pr. 13.6. (CHAP. 14.) a ch.11.31. b 1Sa.9.7,8. 1 in thine hand. 2 or, cakes. 3 or, bottle. c ch.11.29. 32 For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against 4 stood for the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, w shall surely come to pass. his hoariness. d Ge.27.1. Ec. 12.3. e Ps. 139. 1-4. 5 hard. 33 After r this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but7 made again y of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: fch.16.2. whosoever would, he 8 consecrated 5 ch.11.31him, and became one of the priests of the high places. 31 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to z cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth. CHAPTER XIV. Jeroboam sendeth his wife to the prophet Ahijah at Shiloh. AT that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. 38. A ch.15.5. i ch. 12. 28. 2 Ch.11.15. & Ps. 106.29. 1 Ne.9.26. Ps.50.17. Eze.23.35. m ch.15.29. n De.32.36. 2Ki. 14.26. 0 ch.16.4. 21.24. 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 theever. 17. to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah 9 Eze. 18. 14, &c. the prophet, which a told me that r 2Ch. 19.3. I should be king over this people. Ahijah forewarned. came to the house of Ahijah. Bul Ahijah could not see; for his eyes 4 were set by reason of his age.d 5 And the LORD said e unto Ahi jah, 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 feigu herself to be another woman. 6 And it was so, when Ahijab heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with 5 heavy tidings. 7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel, 8 And rent g the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who h kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes: 9 But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for i thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke k 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 m from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut n up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone. 11 Him o that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it. 12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.p 13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because q in him there is found Some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jero boam. 3 And b take 1 with thee ten loaves, ch. 15.27-29. who 14 Moreover, the LORD shall raise and 2 cracknels, and a 3 cruise of aoney, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child. 4 And Jeroboam's wife did so, and rose, and went to Shiloh, c' and t De.28.63, 66. Jos.23,15, Ps.52.5. 16. |