And Jeroboamsaid to his wife, Arise, I praythee, and disguisethyself, thatthou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, whichtold me that I should be kingoverthispeople.
And Jeroboam’swife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijahcould not see; for his eyeswere set by reason of his age.
And the LORDsaiduntoAhijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboamcometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thusshaltthou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shallfeignherself to be anotherwoman.
And it was so, whenAhijahheard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thouwife of Jeroboam; why feignestthouthyself to be another? for I am sent to theewithheavytidings.
And rent the kingdomawayfrom the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thouhast not been as my servantDavid, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do thatonlywhich was right in mineeyes;
But hastdoneevilabove all thatwerebeforethee: for thouhastgone and madetheeothergods, and moltenimages, to provoke me to anger, and hastcast me behind thy back:
Therefore, behold, I willbringevilupon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off fromJeroboam him thatpissethagainst the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and willtakeaway the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man takethawaydung, till it be all gone.
And all Israelshallmourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboamshallcome to the grave, because in him there is foundsomegoodthingtoward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
For the LORDshallsmiteIsrael, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shallroot up Israel out of thisgoodland, which he gave to theirfathers, and shallscatterthembeyond the river, becausetheyhavemadetheirgroves, provoking the LORD to anger.
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.
And Rehoboam the son of Solomonreigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reignedseventeenyears in Jerusalem, the citywhich the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his namethere. And his mother’sname was Naamah an Ammonitess.
And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and theyprovoked him to jealousywiththeirsinswhichthey had committed, above all thattheirfathers had done.
And therewerealsosodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nationswhich the LORDcast out before the children of Israel.
And he tookaway the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’shouse; he eventookaway all: and he tookaway all the shields of goldwhichSolomon had made.
And Rehoboamsleptwith his fathers, and was buriedwith his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’sname was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.