Ahijah’s Prophecy against Jeroboam 1 ULT At that time Abijah, the son of Jeroboam, became sick. BSB BSB: At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,
2 ULT And Jeroboam said to his wife,“Arise, please, and change yourself, so they will not know that you{ are} the wife of Jeroboam. And you shall go{ to} Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet{ is} there. He, he spoke about me as king over this people. BSB BSB: and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now get up, disguise yourself so they will not recognize you as my wife, and go to Shiloh. For Ahijah the prophet is there; it was he who spoke about my kingship over this people.
3 ULT And you shall take in your hand ten{ loaves of} bread and cakes and a jar of honey, and you shall go to him. He, he will declare to you what will happen to the boy.” BSB BSB: Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the boy.”
4 ULT And the wife of Jeroboam did thus. And she arose and went{ to} Shiloh, and she entered the house of Ahijah.(Now Ahijah was not able to see, for his eyes had set because of his age.) BSB BSB: Jeroboam’s wife did as instructed; she arose and went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.
5 ULT And Yahweh said to Ahijah,“Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to seek a word from you about her son, for he is sick. Like this and like this you shall speak to her. And it will happen when she comes that she will be disguising herself.” BSB BSB: But the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised.”
6 ULT And it happened, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet coming into the entrance, that he said,“Enter, wife of Jeroboam. Why is this, you are disguising yourself? Now I have been sent to you harshly. BSB BSB: So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet entering the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you disguised? For I have been sent to you with bad news.
7 ULT Go, say to Jeroboam,‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel,“Because I raised you up from the midst of the people and made you a leader over my people Israel, BSB BSB: Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over My people Israel.
8 ULT and I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and I gave it to you, but you are not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and who walked after me with all of his heart, to do only the right in my eyes, BSB BSB: I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.
9 ULT and you have been evil to do more than all who were to your face, and you have gone and made for yourself other gods and molded images to anger me, and you have thrown me behind your back, BSB BSB: You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.
10 ULT therefore, behold me, bringing harm to the house of Jeroboam, and I will cut off from Jeroboam one pissing against a wall, one restrained and one set free in Israel. And I will burn after the house of Jeroboam, just as dung burns until the finishing of it. BSB BSB: Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!
11 ULT The one to Jeroboam dying in the city, dogs will eat, and the one dying in the field, birds of the sky will eat.” For Yahweh has spoken.’ BSB BSB: Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’ For the LORD has spoken.
12 ULT Now you, arise, go to your house. When your feet enter the city, then the child will die. BSB BSB: As for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die.
13 ULT And all of Israel will mourn for him, and they will bury him. For this{ one} alone from Jeroboam will enter into a grave, because a good thing was found in him for Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam. BSB BSB: All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.
14 ULT And Yahweh by himself will raise up a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam this day. But what, even now! BSB BSB: Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day—yes, even today!
15 ULT And Yahweh will strike Israel, just as a reed sways in the waters, and he will uproot Israel from upon this good ground that he gave to their fathers. And he will scatter them beyond the River because they made their Asherahs, provoking Yahweh. BSB BSB: For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.
16 ULT And he will give Israel up on account of the sins of Jeroboam that he sinned and that he caused Israel to sin.” BSB BSB: So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
17 ULT And the wife of Jeroboam arose and went, and she came to Tirzah. She was entering at the threshold of the house, and the boy died. BSB BSB: Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
18 ULT And they buried him, and all of Israel mourned for him, according to the word of Yahweh that he had spoken by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet. BSB BSB: And they buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the prophet.
Nadab Succeeds Jeroboam 19 ULT Now the rest of the matters of Jeroboam, how he fought and how he reigned, behold them, written in the book of the matters of the days of the kings of Israel. BSB BSB: As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he waged war and how he reigned, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
20 ULT And the days that Jeroboam reigned were 22 years. And he lay down with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place. BSB BSB: And the length of Jeroboam’s reign was twenty-two years, and he rested with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.
Rehoboam Reigns in Judah (2 Chronicles 12:13–14)
21 ULT Now Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, reigned in Judah. Rehoboam{ was} a son of 41 years when he reigned. And he reigned 17 years in Jerusalem, the city where Yahweh had chosen to put his name there from all of the tribes of Israel. And the name of his mother was Naamah the Ammonitess. BSB BSB: Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
22 ULT And Judah did evil in the eyes of Yahweh. And they made him jealous more than all that their fathers had done by their sins that they sinned. BSB BSB: And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.
23 ULT And they built for themselves, they also, high places and pillars and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree. BSB BSB: They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
24 ULT And also a cultic prostitute was in the land. They did according to all of the abominations of the nations that Yahweh had dispossessed from the face of the sons of Israel. BSB BSB: There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
Shishak Raids Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 12:1–12)
26 ULT And he took the treasures of the house of Yahweh and the treasures of the house of the king. And he took everything. And he took all of the shields of gold that Solomon had made. BSB BSB: He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.
27 ULT And King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and he committed them to the hand of the commanders of the runners, the ones keeping the entrance of the house of the king. BSB BSB: Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
28 ULT And it happened that whenever the king entered the house of Yahweh, the runners bore them, and they brought them back to the chamber of the runners. BSB BSB: And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would bear the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.
29 ULT Now the rest of the matters of Rehoboam and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the matters of the days of the kings of Judah? BSB BSB: As for the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, along with all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
30 ULT And war was between Rehoboam and between Jeroboam all of the days. BSB BSB: There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.
31 ULT And Rehoboam lay down with his fathers, and he was buried with his fathers in the City of David. And the name of his mother was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his place. BSB BSB: And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.
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