and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. 41 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the 42 book of the acts of Solomon? And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty 13 years. And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. 121 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem 2) to make him king. And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, (for he was yet in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, and 3) Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt, and they sent and called him;) that Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, 4 saying, Thy father made our yoke 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 5 thee. And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people de6 parted. And king Rehoboam took father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will 12 chastise you with scorpions. So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king badel, saying, Come to me again the 13) third day. And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they (14 had given him; and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 15 So the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was a thing brought about of the LORD, that he might Jestablish his 'word', which the LORD spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite Ito Jeroboam the son of 16 Nebat. And when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed 17 unto their tents. But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned 18 over them. Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the levy'; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. And king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to 19 his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. So Israel rebelled against the house of 20 David, unto this day. And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned', that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only. 21 counsel with the old men, that 'had' stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this 1 people? And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will 8 be thy servants for ever. But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and 'took. counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, 'that stood 9 before him. And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon 10 us lighter? And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto word of God came unto Shemaiah us; thus shalt thou 'speak unto them, 23 the man of God, saying, Speak unto My little finger is thicker than my Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king (11 father's loins. And now whereas my of Judah, and unto all the house of 1 See 2 Chr. ix. 29, &c. 2 Or, words Or, Imatters! 3 See 2 Chr. x. 1, &c. 4 See 2 Chr. xi. 1, &c. VERSION OF 1611. -41 And. XII. 2 who for.. was; 6 consulted.. and said, How do you advise that I may: 8 consulted.. and which; 9 which; 10 speak.. say.. shall be; 11 (hath); 12 had appointed; 13 men's.. that.. gave; 14 and.. (also); 15 Wherefore.. the cause.. from.. perform.. saying..unto; 16 So; 18 tribute.. Therefore; 20 come again; 21 with. = [43] And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, 'and' 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 Reho22 boam the son of Solomon. But the Judah and Benjamin, and to the "rest! 24 of the people, saying, "Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they hearkened 'unto' the word of the LORD, and returned land went their way', according to the word of the LORD." 25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and he went out from 26 thence, and built Penuel. And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: 27 if this people go up to offer sacrifices 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 Ireturn to Rehoboam king of Judah. 28 °Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and The said unto them, 2It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 29 And he set the one in Beth-el, and 30 the other put he in Dan. And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even 31 unto Dan. And he made 'houses' of high places, and made priests 'from among all the people, which were not 32 of the sons of Levi. And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he went up unto the altar; so did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made. 33 And he went up unto the altar which he had made in Beth-el 'on' the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart: and The ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and went up unto the altar, to burn incense. 131 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam Iwas standing by the altar to burn 2 incense. And he cried against the altar by the word of the LORD, and 1 See ver. 17. 2 Or, Ye have gone up\long enough| 3 Or, leach of them said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD: Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he 'sacrifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall they burn upon thee. 3 °And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are 4 upon it shall be poured out. And it came to pass, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which The cried against the altar in Beth-el, that Jeroboam' put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not 'draw it 'back' again to 5 him. The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the 6 LORD. And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the 'favour of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God intreated the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, 7 and became as it was before. And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward. 8 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink (9 water in this place: °for so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Thou shalt eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return' by the 10 way that thou camest. So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el. 11) Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them also they 12 told unto their father. And their father said unto them, What way went he? Now! his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which 13 came from Judah. And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they VERSION OF 1611.-23 remnant; 24 from.. therefore to.. to depart; 25 mount; 27 do sacrifice go again; 31 a house. . of the lowest of; 32 offered upon; 33 So.. offered upon.. of..unto..he offered upon. . and burnt. -XIII. 1 stood; 2 in.. offer.. be burnt; 4 Jeroboam.. had. . he.. pull .. in; 6 face.. besought; 9 nor turn again.. (same); 11 son. . to; 12 For. = [48] saddled him the ass: and he rode 14 thereon. And he went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an 1oak: 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 16 with me, and eat bread. And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in 17 this place: °for it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that 18) thou camest. And he said unto him, I also am a prophet 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. 19 But he lied unto him. So he went back with him, and did eat bread in 20 his house, and drank water. 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 as thou hast 2been disobedient unto the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God 22 commanded thee, but camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place of the which he said to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. 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 24 brought back. And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it; the lion also stood by the carcase. 25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. 26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who 3was disobedient unto the mouth' of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, accord 1 Or, Iterebinth 2 Or, Irebelled against the \word] ing to the word of the LORD, which 27 he spake unto him. And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the 28 ass. And they saddled it. And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the 29) ass. And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and he came to the city of the old prophet, to mourn, and to bury him. 30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, 31 saying, Alas, my brother! 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 my bones beside 32 his bones. For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass. 33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again 'from among all the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, 'that there might 34 be priests of the high places. And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth. 141 At that time Abijah the son of 2 Jeroboam fell sick. 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 thee to Shiloh; behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which spake concerning me that I should be king 3 over this people. And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child. 4°And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now! Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set 5 by reason of his age. And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to 'inquire of thee Iconcerning 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 feign herself to be VERSION OF 1611.-21 disobeyed; 22 the LORD did say; 26 word; 27 him; 33 of the lowest of.. and he became one of the. - XIV. 2 told; 4 But; 5 ask a thing..for. =[23] 6 another woman. And it was so, when Ahijah 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 7 heavy tidings. Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel, 8 and rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was 9 right in mine eyes; but hast done evil above all that were before thee, 'and' hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy 10 back therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam levery man child', him that is shut up and 'him that is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man 'sweepeth away dung, till it be all gone. 11 Him 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 (12 it. Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall 13 die. And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave: because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD, 'the' God of Israel, in the house of Jero14 boam. Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam 15 that day: 2but what? even now. For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the River; because they have made their 'Asherim', provoking the LORD to anger. 16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he hath sinned', and 'wherewith he hath 17 made Israel to sin. And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah and as she came to the threshold of the 'house', the child (18) died. And all Israel buried him, and mourned for him; according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the 19 prophet. And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the 20 kings of Israel. And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead. 21 4And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there and his mother's name (22 was Naamah 'the' Ammonitess. And Judah did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their 23 fathers had done. For they also built them high places, and pillars', and 'Asherim, on every high hill, and (24 under every green tree; and there were also sodomites in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD 'drave out before the children of 25 Israel. 07And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up 26 against Jerusalem: and he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold 27 which Solomon had made. And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields lof brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the 8guard, which kept the door of the 28) king's house. And it was so, that las oft as the king went into the house of the LORD, the guard bare them, and brought them back into the 29 guard chamber. 09 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of VERSION OF 1611.-9 for thou; 10 him that pisseth against the wall, and .. take remnant chief; of the.. taketh; 12 (own); 15 groves; 16 who did sin who; 17 when.. door; 18 (they); 21 did choose.. an; 22 (had); 23 images .. groves; 24 (and) .. cast; 27 brasen.. unto .. 28 when. = [35] 30 Judah? And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continu31 ally. And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and his mother's name was Naamah 'the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead. 151 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign' over Judah. 2 °Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was "Maacah 3 the daughter of Abishalom. And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David 4 his father. Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: 5 because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of 'Uriah' 6 the Hittite. Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam 1 all the days of his life. And the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war be8 tween Abijam and Jeroboam. 9 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began! Asa 'to 10 reign over Judah. And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the 11 daughter of Abishalom. And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. 12 And he 'put' away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols (13 that his fathers had made. And also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah'; and Asa 'cut down' her 'image', and burnt it at the brook Kidron. 14 But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asal was perfect with the LORD all 1 In 2 Chr. xii. 16, Abijah. 2 See 2 Chr. xiii. 1, &c. 3 In 2 Chr. xiii. 2, Micaiah the daughter of Uriel. In 2 Chr. xi. 20, 21, Absalom. (15) his days. And he brought into the house of the LORD the things 'that' his father had dedicated, and the things that himself had dedicated, 16 silver, and gold, and vessels. And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 17 010 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or 18 come in to Asa king of Judah. Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants : and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimmon', the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at (19 Damascus, saying, 611 There is a league between me and thee, between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; go', break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may 20 depart from me. Andi Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and smote ljon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maacah, and all Chinneroth', with all the land of 21 Naphtali. And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tir22 zah. Then king Asa made a proclamation unto all Judah; none was exempted and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built therewith Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. 23 012 Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 'But' in the time of his old age he was dis24 eased in his feet. And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead. 25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years. 26 And he did that which was evil in XV. 1 reigned; 5 Urijah; 6 And; 7 Now; destroyed.. idol by; 14 removed.. Asa's; come and; 20 So.. the hosts which he had .. VERSION OF 1611.-30 all their days; 31 an.— 9 reigned; 12 took; 13 (even her). idol in a grove 15 (in) which which; 18 Tabrimon; 19 (and) Cinneroth; 22 throughout..took.. with them; 23 Nevertheless. = [40] |