Dual Panel1At that <01931> time <06256> Jeroboam’s <03379> son <01121> Abijah <029> became sick <02470>.
2Jeroboam <03379> told <0559> his wife <0802>, “Disguise <08138> <06965> yourself so that <03588> people cannot <03808> recognize <03045> you <0859> are Jeroboam’s <03379> wife <0802>. Then go <01980> to Shiloh <07887>; Ahijah <0281> the prophet <05030>, who told <01696> me I <01931> would rule <04428> <05921> over <05921> this <02088> nation <05971>, lives there <08033>.
3Take <03947> ten <06235> loaves <03027> of bread <03899>, some small cakes <05350>, and a container <01228> of honey <01706> and visit <0935> him. He <01931> will tell <05046> you what <04100> will happen <01961> to the boy <05288>.”
4Jeroboam’s <03379> wife <0802> did <06213> as <03651> she was told <06965>. She went <01980> to Shiloh <07887> and visited <0935> Ahijah <0281>. Now Ahijah <0281> could <03201> not <03808> see <07200>; he had lost <06965> his eyesight <05869> in his old age <07869>.
5But the Lord <03068> had told <0559> Ahijah <0281>, “Look <02009>, Jeroboam’s <03379> wife <0802> is coming <0935> to find out <01875> from you what <01697> will happen to <0413> her son <01121>, for <03588> he <01931> is sick <02470>. Tell <01696> her so-and-so <02088> <02090>. When she comes <0935>, she <01931> will be <01961> in a disguise <05234>.”
6When <01961> Ahijah <0281> heard <08085> the <0853> sound <06963> of her footsteps <07272> as she came <0935> through the door <06607>, he said <0559>, “Come <0935> on in, wife <0802> of Jeroboam <03379>! Why <04100> are you <0859> pretending <05234> to be someone else? I <0595> have been commissioned <07971> to <0413> give you bad <07186> news.
7Go <01980>, tell <0559> Jeroboam <03379>, ‘This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> says <0559>: “I raised <07311> you up <07311> from among <08432> the people <05971> and made <05414> you ruler <05057> over <05921> my people <05971> Israel <03478>.
8I tore <07167> the kingdom <04467> away <07167> from the Davidic <01732> dynasty <01004> and gave <05414> it to you. But you are <01961> not <03808> like my servant <05650> David <01732>, who <0834> kept <08104> my commandments <04687> and followed <0310> <01980> me wholeheartedly <03824> <03605> by doing <06213> only <07535> what I approve <05869> <03477>.
9You have sinned <06213> <07489> more than <0834> all <03605> who came <01961> before <06440> you. You went <01980> and angered <03707> me by making <06213> other <0312> gods <0430>, formed out of metal <04541>; you have completely disregarded <01458> <0310> <07993> me.
10So <03651> I am ready to bring <0935> disaster <07451> on <0413> the dynasty <01004> of Jeroboam <03379>. I will cut off <03772> every last male <07023> <08366> belonging to Jeroboam <03379> in Israel <03478>, including even the weak <06113> and incapacitated <05800>. I will burn up <01197> the dynasty <01004> of Jeroboam <03379>, just as <0834> one burns <01197> manure <01557> until <05704> it is completely <05704> consumed <08552>.
11Dogs <03611> will eat <0398> the members of your family <03379> who die <04191> in the city <05892>, and the birds <05775> of the sky <08064> will eat <0398> the ones who die <04191> in the country <07704>.”’ Indeed <03588>, the Lord <03068> has announced <01696> it!
12“As for you <0859>, get up <06965> and go <01980> home <01004>. When you set <0935> foot <07272> in the city <05892>, the boy <03206> will die <04191>.
13All <03605> Israel <03478> will mourn <05594> him and bury <06912> him. He is the only <0905> one in Jeroboam’s <03379> <03379> family <01004> who will receive <0935> a decent burial <06913>, for <03282> he is the only one in whom the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> found <04672> anything <01697> good <02896>.
14The Lord <03068> will raise up <06965> a king <04428> over <05921> Israel <03478> who <0834> will cut off <03772> Jeroboam’s <03379> dynasty <01004>. It <02088> is ready to happen!
15The Lord <03068> will attack <05221> Israel <03478>, making it like a reed <07070> that <0834> sways <05110> in the water <04325>. He will remove <05428> Israel <03478> from <05921> this <02063> good <02896> land <0127> he gave <05414> to their ancestors <01> and scatter <02219> them beyond <05676> the Euphrates River <05104>, because <0834> <03282> they angered <03707> the Lord <03068> by making <06213> Asherah poles <0842>.
16He will hand <05414> Israel <03478> over <05414> to their enemies because <01558> of the sins <02403> which <0834> Jeroboam <03379> committed <02398> and which <0834> he made Israel <03478> commit <02398>.”
17So Jeroboam’s <03379> wife <0802> got up <06965> and went back <0935> <01980> to Tirzah <08656>. As she crossed <0935> the threshold <05592> of the house <01004>, the boy <05288> died <04191>.
18All <03605> Israel <03478> buried <06912> him and mourned <05594> for him, just as <0834> the Lord <03068> had predicted <01696> through <03027> his servant <05650> the prophet <05030> Ahijah <0281>.
19The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Jeroboam’s <03379> reign, including the details of his battles <03898> and rule <04427>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Israel <03478>.
20Jeroboam <03379> ruled <04427> for twenty-two <08147> <06242> years <08141>; then he passed away <01> <05973> <07901>. His son <01121> Nadab <05070> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.
21Now Rehoboam <07346> son <01121> of Solomon <08010> ruled <04427> in Judah <03063>. He was forty-one <0259> <0705> years <08141> old <01121> when he <07346> became king <04427> and he ruled <04427> for seventeen <06240> <07651> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>, the city <05892> the Lord <03068> chose <0977> from all <03605> the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> to be his home. His mother <0517> was an Ammonite <05985> woman named <08034> Naamah <05279>.
22Judah <03063> did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068>. They made <07065> him more jealous <07065> by their sins <02403> than their ancestors <01> had done <02398>.
23They <01992> even <01571> built <01129> for themselves <01992> high places <01116>, sacred pillars <04676>, and Asherah poles <0842> on <05921> every <03605> high <01364> hill <01389> and under <08478> every <03605> green <07488> tree <06086>.
24There were <01961> also <01571> male cultic prostitutes <06945> in the land <0776>. They committed <06213> the same horrible sins <08441> as the nations <01471> that <0834> the Lord <03068> had driven out <03423> from before <06440> the Israelites <03478> <01121>.
25In King <04428> Rehoboam’s <07346> fifth <02549> year <08141>, King <04428> Shishak <07895> of Egypt <04714> attacked Jerusalem <03389>.
26He took away <03947> the treasures <0214> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and of the royal <04428> palace <01004>; he took <03947> everything <03605>, including all <03605> the golden <02091> shields <04043> that <0834> Solomon <08010> had made <06213>.
27King <04428> Rehoboam <07346> made <06213> bronze <05178> shields <04043> to replace <08478> them and assigned <06485> them to <05921> the officers <08269> of the royal guard <07323> who protected <08104> the entrance <06607> to the royal <04428> palace <01004>.
28Whenever <01767> <01961> the king <04428> visited <0935> the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>, the royal guard <07323> carried <05375> them and then brought <07725> them back <07725> to <0413> the guardroom <07323> <08372>.
29The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Rehoboam’s <07346> reign, including his accomplishments <06213>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Judah <03063>.
30Rehoboam <07346> and <0996> Jeroboam <03379> were <01961> continually <03117> <03605> at war <04421> with each other.
31Rehoboam <07346> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> with <05973> his ancestors <01> in the city <05892> of David <01732>. His mother <0517> was an Ammonite <05985> named <08034> Naamah <05279>. His son <01121> Abijah <038> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.