At that time{H6256} Abijah{H29} the son{H1121} of Jeroboam{H3379} fell sick.{H2470}

And Jeroboam{H3379} said{H559} to his wife,{H802} Arise,{H6965} I pray thee, and disguise{H8138} thyself, that thou be not known{H3045} to be the wife{H802} of Jeroboam;{H3379} and get{H1980} thee to Shiloh:{H7887} behold, there is Ahijah{H281} the prophet,{H5030} who spake{H1696} concerning me that I should be king{H4428} over this people.{H5971}

And take{H3947} with thee{H3027} ten{H6235} loaves,{H3899} and cakes,{H5350} and a cruse{H1228} of honey,{H1706} and go{H935} to him: he will tell{H5046} thee what shall become of the child.{H5288}

And Jeroboam's{H3379} wife{H802} did so,{H6213} and arose,{H6965} and went{H3212} to Shiloh,{H7887} and came{H935} to the house{H1004} of Ahijah.{H281} Now Ahijah{H281} could{H3201} not see;{H7200} for his eyes{H5869} were set{H6965} by reason of his age.{H7869}

And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Ahijah,{H281} Behold, the wife{H802} of Jeroboam{H3379} cometh{H935} to inquire{H1875} of thee concerning{H1697} her son;{H1121} for he is sick:{H2470} thus{H2090} and thus shalt thou say{H1696} unto her; for it will be, when she cometh in,{H935} that she will feign herself to be another{H5234} woman.

And it was so, when Ahijah{H281} heard{H8085} the sound{H6963} of her feet,{H7272} as she came in{H935} at the door,{H6607} that he said,{H559} Come in,{H935} thou wife{H802} of Jeroboam;{H3379} why feignest thou thyself to be another?{H5234} for I am sent{H7971} to thee with heavy{H7186} tidings.

Go,{H3212} tell{H559} Jeroboam,{H3379} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel:{H3478} Forasmuch as{H3282} I exalted{H7311} thee from among{H8432} the people,{H5971} and made{H5414} thee prince{H5057} over my people{H5971} Israel,{H3478}

and rent{H7167} the kingdom{H4467} away{H7167} from the house{H1004} of David,{H1732} and gave{H5414} it thee; and yet thou hast not been as my servant{H5650} David,{H1732} who kept{H8104} my commandments,{H4687} and who followed{H1980} me with all his heart,{H3824} to do{H6213} that only which was right{H3477} in mine eyes,{H5869}

but hast done{H6213} evil{H7489} above all that were before{H6440} thee, and hast gone{H3212} and made{H6213} thee other{H312} gods,{H430} and molten images,{H4541} to provoke me to anger,{H3707} and hast cast{H7993} me behind{H310} thy back:{H1458}

therefore, behold, I will bring{H935} evil{H7451} upon the house{H1004} of Jeroboam,{H3379} and will cut off{H3772} from Jeroboam{H3379} every man-child,{H8366} {H7023} him that is shut up{H6113} and him that is left{H5800} at large in Israel,{H3478} and will utterly{H310} sweep away{H1197} the house{H1004} of Jeroboam,{H3379} as a man sweepeth away{H1197} dung,{H1557} till it be all gone.{H8552}

Him that dieth{H4191} of Jeroboam{H3379} in the city{H5892} shall the dogs{H3611} eat;{H398} and him that dieth{H4191} in the field{H7704} shall the birds{H5775} of the heavens{H8064} eat:{H398} for Jehovah{H3068} hath spoken{H1696} it.

Arise{H6965} thou therefore, get{H3212} thee to thy house:{H1004} [and] when thy feet{H7272} enter{H935} into the city,{H5892} the child{H3206} shall die.{H4191}

And all Israel{H3478} shall mourn{H5594} for him, and bury{H6912} him; for he only of Jeroboam{H3379} shall come{H935} to the grave,{H6913} because in him there is found{H4672} some good{H2896} thing{H1697} toward Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} in the house{H1004} of Jeroboam.{H3379}

Moreover Jehovah{H3068} will raise him up{H6965} a king{H4428} over Israel,{H3478} who shall cut off{H3772} the house{H1004} of Jeroboam{H3379} that day:{H3117} but what? even now.

For Jehovah{H3068} will smite{H5221} Israel,{H3478} as a reed{H7070} is shaken{H5110} in the water;{H4325} and he will root up{H5428} Israel{H3478} out of this good{H2896} land{H127} which he gave{H5414} to their fathers,{H1} and will scatter{H2219} them beyond{H5676} the River,{H5104} because they have made{H6213} their Asherim,{H842} provoking Jehovah{H3068} to anger.{H3707}

And he will give{H5414} Israel{H3478} up{H5414} because{H1558} of the sins{H2403} of Jeroboam,{H3379} which he hath sinned,{H2398} and wherewith he hath made Israel{H3478} to sin.{H2398}

And Jeroboam's{H3379} wife{H802} arose,{H6965} and departed,{H3212} and came{H935} to Tirzah:{H8656} [and] as she came{H935} to the threshold{H5592} of the house,{H1004} the child{H5288} died.{H4191}

And all Israel{H3478} buried{H6912} him, and mourned{H5594} for him, according to the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} which he spake{H1696} by{H3027} his servant{H5650} Ahijah{H281} the prophet.{H5030}

And the rest{H3499} of the acts{H1697} of Jeroboam,{H3379} how he warred,{H3898} and how he reigned,{H4427} behold, they are written{H3789} in the book{H5612} of the chronicles{H1697} of the kings{H4428} of Israel.{H3478}

And the days{H3117} which Jeroboam{H3379} reigned{H4427} were two{H8147} and twenty{H6242} years:{H8141} and he slept{H7901} with his fathers,{H1} and Nadab{H5070} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427} in his stead.

And Rehoboam{H7346} the son{H1121} of Solomon{H8010} reigned{H4427} in Judah.{H3063} Rehoboam{H7346} was forty{H705} and one{H259} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign,{H4427} and he reigned{H4427} seventeen{H7651} years{H8141} in Jerusalem,{H3389} the city{H5892} which Jehovah{H3068} had chosen{H977} out of all the tribes{H7626} of Israel,{H3478} to put{H7760} his name{H8034} there: and his mother's{H517} name{H8034} was Naamah{H5279} the Ammonitess.{H5985}

And Judah{H3063} did{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} and they provoked him to jealousy{H7065} with their sins{H2403} which they committed,{H2398} above all that their fathers{H1} had done.{H6213}

For they also built{H1129} them high places,{H1116} and pillars,{H4676} and Asherim,{H842} on every high{H1364} hill,{H1389} and under every green{H7488} tree;{H6086}

and there were also sodomites{H6945} in the land:{H776} they did{H6213} according to all the abominations{H8441} of the nations{H1471} which Jehovah{H3068} drove out{H3423} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}

And it came to pass in the fifth{H2549} year{H8141} of king{H4428} Rehoboam,{H7346} that Shishak{H7895} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} came up{H5927} against Jerusalem;{H3389}

and he took away{H3947} the treasures{H214} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} and the treasures{H214} of the king's{H4428} house;{H1004} he even took away{H3947} all: and he took away{H3947} all the shields{H4043} of gold{H2091} which Solomon{H8010} had made.{H6213}

And king{H4428} Rehoboam{H7346} made{H6213} in their stead shields{H4043} of brass,{H5178} and committed{H6485} them to the hands{H3027} of the captains{H8269} of the guard,{H7323} who kept{H8104} the door{H6607} of the king's{H4428} house.{H1004}

And it was so, that, as oft{H1767} as the king{H4428} went{H935} into the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} the guard{H7323} bare{H5375} them, and brought them back{H7725} into the guard -{H7323} chamber.{H8372}

Now the rest{H3499} of the acts{H1697} of Rehoboam,{H7346} and all that he did,{H6213} are they not written{H3789} in the book{H5612} of the chronicles{H1697} of the kings{H4428} of Judah?{H3063}

And there was war{H4421} between Rehoboam{H7346} and Jeroboam{H3379} continually.{H3117}

And Rehoboam{H7346} slept{H7901} with his fathers,{H1} and was buried{H6912} with his fathers{H1} in the city{H5892} of David:{H1732} and his mother's{H517} name{H8034} was Naamah{H5279} the Ammonitess.{H5985} And Abijam{H38} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427} in his stead.