14:1 At that time 6256 Abijah 29 the son 1121 of Jeroboam 3379 fell sick 2470 8804.

14:2 And Jeroboam 3379 said 559 8799 to his wife 802, Arise 6965 8798, I pray thee, and disguise 8138 8690 thyself, that thou be not known 3045 8799 to be the wife 802 of Jeroboam 3379; and get 1980 8804 thee to Shiloh 7887: behold, there [is] Ahijah 281 the prophet 5030, which told 1696 8765 me that [I should be] king 4428 over this people 5971.

14:3 And take 3947 8804 with thee 3027 ten 6235 loaves 3899, and cracknels 5350, and a cruse 1228 of honey 1706, and go 935 8804 to him: he shall tell 5046 8686 thee what shall become of the child 5288.(with…: Heb. in thine hand)(cracknels: or, cakes)(cruse: or, bottle)

14:4 And Jeroboam's 3379 wife 802 did so 6213 8799, and arose 6965 8799, and went 3212 8799 to Shiloh 7887, and came 935 8799 to the house 1004 of Ahijah 281. But Ahijah 281 could 3201 8804 not see 7200 8800; for his eyes 5869 were set 6965 8804 by reason of his age 7869.(were…: Heb. stood for his hoariness)

14:5 And the LORD 3068 said 559 8804 unto Ahijah 281, Behold, the wife 802 of Jeroboam 3379 cometh 935 8802 to ask 1875 8800 a thing 1697 of thee for her son 1121; for he [is] sick 2470 8802: thus 2090 and thus shalt thou say 1696 8762 unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in 935 8800, that she shall feign herself [to be] another 5234 8693 [woman].

14:6 And it was [so], when Ahijah 281 heard 8085 8800 the sound 6963 of her feet 7272, as she came in 935 8802 at the door 6607, that he said 559 8799, Come in 935 8798, thou wife 802 of Jeroboam 3379; why feignest thou thyself [to be] another 5234 8693? for I [am] sent 7971 8803 to thee [with] heavy 7186 [tidings].(heavy: Heb. hard)

14:7 Go 3212 8798, tell 559 8798 Jeroboam 3379, Thus saith 559 8804 the LORD 3068 God 430 of Israel 3478, Forasmuch as 3282 I exalted 7311 8689 thee from among 8432 the people 5971, and made 5414 8799 thee prince 5057 over my people 5971 Israel 3478,

14:8 And rent 7167 0 the kingdom 4467 away 7167 8799 from the house 1004 of David 1732, and gave 5414 8799 it thee: and [yet] thou hast not been as my servant 5650 David 1732, who kept 8104 8804 my commandments 4687, and who followed 1980 8804 310 me with all his heart 3824, to do 6213 8800 [that] only [which was] right 3477 in mine eyes 5869;

14:9 But hast done 6213 8800 evil 7489 8686 above all that were before 6440 thee: for thou hast gone 3212 8799 and made 6213 8799 thee other 312 gods 430, and molten images 4541, to provoke me to anger 3707 8687, and hast cast 7993 8689 me behind 310 thy back 1458:

14:10 Therefore, behold, I will bring 935 8688 evil 7451 upon the house 1004 of Jeroboam 3379, and will cut off 3772 8689 from Jeroboam 3379 him that pisseth 8366 8688 against the wall 7023, [and] him that is shut up 6113 8803 and left 5800 8803 in Israel 3478, and will take away 1197 8765 the remnant 310 of the house 1004 of Jeroboam 3379, as a man taketh away 1197 8762 dung 1557, till it be all gone 8552 8800.

14:11 Him that dieth 4191 8801 of Jeroboam 3379 in the city 5892 shall the dogs 3611 eat 398 8799; and him that dieth 4191 8801 in the field 7704 shall the fowls 5775 of the air 8064 eat 398 8799: for the LORD 3068 hath spoken 1696 8765 [it].

14:12 Arise 6965 8798 thou therefore, get 3212 8798 thee to thine own house 1004: [and] when thy feet 7272 enter 935 8800 into the city 5892, the child 3206 shall die 4191 8804.

14:13 And all Israel 3478 shall mourn 5594 8804 for him, and bury 6912 8804 him: for he only of Jeroboam 3379 shall come 935 8799 to the grave 6913, because in him there is found 4672 8738 [some] good 2896 thing 1697 toward the LORD 3068 God 430 of Israel 3478 in the house 1004 of Jeroboam 3379.

14:14 Moreover the LORD 3068 shall raise him up 6965 8689 a king 4428 over Israel 3478, who shall cut off 3772 8686 the house 1004 of Jeroboam 3379 that day 3117: but what? even now.

14:15 For the LORD 3068 shall smite 5221 8689 Israel 3478, as a reed 7070 is shaken 5110 8799 in the water 4325, and he shall root up 5428 8804 Israel 3478 out of this good 2896 land 127, which he gave 5414 8804 to their fathers 1, and shall scatter 2219 8765 them beyond 5676 the river 5104, because they have made 6213 8804 their groves 842, provoking the LORD 3068 to anger 3707 8688.

14:16 And he shall give 5414 0 Israel 3478 up 5414 8799 because 1558 of the sins 2403 of Jeroboam 3379, who did sin 2398 8804, and who made Israel 3478 to sin 2398 8689.

14:17 And Jeroboam's 3379 wife 802 arose 6965 8799, and departed 3212 8799, and came 935 8799 to Tirzah 8656: [and] when she came 935 8802 to the threshold 5592 of the door 1004, the child 5288 died 4191 8804;

14:18 And they buried 6912 8799 him; and all Israel 3478 mourned 5594 8799 for him, according to the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, which he spake 1696 8765 by the hand 3027 of his servant 5650 Ahijah 281 the prophet 5030.

14:19 And the rest 3499 of the acts 1697 of Jeroboam 3379, how he warred 3898 8738, and how he reigned 4427 8804, behold, they [are] written 3789 8803 in the book 5612 of the chronicles 1697 3117 of the kings 4428 of Israel 3478.

14:20 And the days 3117 which Jeroboam 3379 reigned 4427 8804 [were] two 8147 and twenty 6242 years 8141: and he slept 7901 8799 with his fathers 1, and Nadab 5070 his son 1121 reigned 4427 8799 in his stead.(slept: Heb. lay down)

14:21 And Rehoboam 7346 the son 1121 of Solomon 8010 reigned 4427 8804 in Judah 3063. Rehoboam 7346 [was] forty 705 and one 259 years 8141 old 1121 when he began to reign 4427 8800, and he reigned 4427 8804 seventeen 7651 6240 years 8141 in Jerusalem 3389, the city 5892 which the LORD 3068 did choose 977 8804 out of all the tribes 7626 of Israel 3478, to put 7760 8800 his name 8034 there. And his mother's 517 name 8034 [was] Naamah 5279 an Ammonitess 5985.

14:22 And Judah 3063 did 6213 8799 evil 7451 in the sight 5869 of the LORD 3068, and they provoked him to jealousy 7065 8762 with their sins 2403 which they had committed 2398 8804, above all that their fathers 1 had done 6213 8804.

14:23 For they also built 1129 8799 them high places 1116, and images 4676, and groves 842, on every high 1364 hill 1389, and under every green 7488 tree 6086.(images: or, standing images, or, statues)

14:24 And there were also sodomites 6945 in the land 776: [and] they did 6213 8804 according to all the abominations 8441 of the nations 1471 which the LORD 3068 cast out 3423 8689 before 6440 the children 1121 of Israel 3478.

14:25 And it came to pass in the fifth 2549 year 8141 of king 4428 Rehoboam 7346, [that] Shishak 7895 king 4428 of Egypt 4714 came up 5927 8804 against Jerusalem 3389:

14:26 And he took away 3947 8799 the treasures 214 of the house 1004 of the LORD 3068, and the treasures 214 of the king's 4428 house 1004; he even took away 3947 8804 all: and he took away 3947 8799 all the shields 4043 of gold 2091 which Solomon 8010 had made 6213 8804.

14:27 And king 4428 Rehoboam 7346 made 6213 8799 in their stead brasen 5178 shields 4043, and committed 6485 8689 [them] unto the hands 3027 of the chief 8269 of the guard 7323 8801, which kept 8104 8802 the door 6607 of the king's 4428 house 1004.(guard: Heb. runners)

14:28 And it was [so], when 1767 the king 4428 went 935 8800 into the house 1004 of the LORD 3068, that the guard 7323 8801 bare 5375 8799 them, and brought them back 7725 8689 into the guard 7323 8801 chamber 8372.

14:29 Now the rest 3499 of the acts 1697 of Rehoboam 7346, and all that he did 6213 8804, [are] they not written 3789 8803 in the book 5612 of the chronicles 1697 3117 of the kings 4428 of Judah 3063?

14:30 And there was war 4421 between Rehoboam 7346 and Jeroboam 3379 all [their] days 3117.

14:31 And Rehoboam 7346 slept 7901 8799 with his fathers 1, and was buried 6912 8735 with his fathers 1 in the city 5892 of David 1732. And his mother's 517 name 8034 [was] Naamah 5279 an Ammonitess 5985. And Abijam 38 his son 1121 reigned 4427 8799 in his stead.

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