1 Kings 14

At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.

In that period, Jeroboam's son, Abijah, was stricken with illness.

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 told me that I should be king over this people.

Jeroboam pleaded with his wife, "Please, my love, disguise yourself so no one recognizes you as my wife. Go to Shiloh, where Ahijah, the prophet who predicted my kingship, resides."

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.

Bring along ten loaves of bread, some biscuits, and a jar of honey, and visit him. He will reveal the child's future to you.

And Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.

Jeroboam's wife did as told, journeying to Shiloh, to Ahijah's home. But Ahijah, blinded by the weight of his years, could not see her.

And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for 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 another woman.

God whispered to Ahijah, "Jeroboam's wife is coming to seek your help for her sick son. She'll disguise herself, but here's what you should tell her when she arrives."

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 heavy tidings.

When Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps at the door, he called out, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why pretend to be someone else? I bear grave news for you."

Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,

Go, inform Jeroboam, this is what the Lord God of Israel says: I lifted you up from the crowd, and crowned you as the leader of my people, Israel.

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 right in mine eyes;

You were given a kingdom, taken from David's lineage. Yet, you haven't been as faithful as David. He obeyed my commands and followed me wholeheartedly, always striving to do what I deemed right.

But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

You've done worse than anyone before you. You've created false gods and idols, angering me deeply, and pushed me aside.

Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.

So, watch out, I'm going to bring disaster on Jeroboam's family. I'll eliminate every male, free or slave, in Israel from his line, wiping out his house completely, just as one removes trash until it's all gone.

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 it.

Anyone of Jeroboam's family who dies in the city will be devoured by dogs, and anyone who dies in the fields will be eaten by birds. This is God's decree.

Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

Stand up and go home. As soon as you step into the city, your child will sadly pass away.

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 God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

Every heart in Israel will grieve for him and lay him to rest. He is the only one in Jeroboam's family who will have a proper burial, for he alone showed some goodness towards the Lord God of Israel.

Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.

The LORD will appoint a king over Israel, who will wipe out Jeroboam's whole family. This isn't a future event, it's happening 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 groves, provoking the LORD to anger.

For the Lord will strike Israel until it shakes like a reed in the water. He will uproot them from the blessed land given to their ancestors and scatter them far across the river, because they made their Asherah poles and so ignited His wrath.

And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.

Because of Jeroboam's wrongdoings, which led Israel astray, God will abandon Israel.

And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;

Jeroboam's wife, heart heavy, left for Tirzah. As she crossed the doorway, their child tragically breathed his last.

And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.

They laid him to rest, and the whole of Israel wept for him, just as the Lord had foretold through his prophet Ahijah.

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 kings of Israel.

Jeroboam's remaining deeds, his battles, and his rule, are all detailed in Israel's royal chronicles.

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.

Jeroboam ruled for twenty-two years, then he peacefully passed away. His son, Nadab, took over his throne.

And 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 did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

Rehoboam, Solomon's son, took the throne in Judah at the age of forty-one. He ruled Jerusalem, the city chosen by God from all of Israel's tribes, for seventeen years. His mother, Naamah, was of Ammonite descent.

And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.

Judah did evil in the Lord's eyes, stirring His jealousy with their sins, which were even worse than those of their ancestors.

For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

They too built hilltop shrines, idols, and Asherah poles on every towering hill and beneath every lush tree.

And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

In the land there were even male shrine prostitutes, and the people followed the detestable practices of the nations that God had driven out to make way for the children of Israel.

And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:

In the fifth year of King Rehoboam's reign, Shishak, the Egyptian King, launched an attack on 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 which Solomon had made.

He stripped the Lord's house of its treasures, even the king's wealth was not spared. Every golden shield crafted by Solomon was taken. His actions left nothing but emptiness.

And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s house.

King Rehoboam replaced their golden shields with bronze ones, entrusting them to the head of his guards, who protected the entrance to his palace.

And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.

Whenever the king went into God's house, the guards carried the shields, and afterwards they brought them back to the guardroom.

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 Judah?

Isn't everything else about Rehoboam's life and deeds recorded in the history book of Judah's kings?

And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

Rehoboam and Jeroboam were constantly at odds, their lives filled with unending conflict.

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

Rehoboam joined his ancestors in eternal rest, laid to sleep in the city of David, just like his forefathers. His mother, Naamah, was of Ammonite descent. After his passing, his son Abijam ascended to the throne, continuing his legacy.