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1. At that time Abijah, son of Jeroboam, took sick.
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1. At that H1931 time H6256 Abijah H29 the son H1121 of Jeroboam H3379 fell sick H2470 .
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2. So Jeroboam said to his wife, "Get ready and disguise yourself so that none will recognize you as Jeroboam's wife. Then go to Shiloh, where you will find the prophet Ahijah. It was he who predicted my reign over this people.
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2. And Jeroboam H3379 said H559 to his wife H802 , Arise H6965 , I pray thee H4994 , and disguise thyself H8138 , that H3588 thou H859 be not H3808 known H3045 to be the wife H802 of Jeroboam H3379 ; and get H1980 thee to Shiloh H7887 : behold H2009 , there H8033 is Ahijah H281 the prophet H5030 , which H1931 told H1696 H5921 me that I should be king H4428 over H5921 this H2088 people H5971 .
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3. Take along ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of preserves, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the child."
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3. And take H3947 with H3027 thee ten H6235 loaves H3899 , and cracknels H5350 , and a cruse H1228 of honey H1706 , and go H935 to H413 him: he H1931 shall tell H5046 thee what H4100 shall become H1961 of the child H5288 .
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4. The wife of Jeroboam obeyed. She made the journey to Shiloh and entered the house of Ahijah who could not see because age had dimmed his sight.
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4. And Jeroboam H3379 's wife H802 did H6213 so H3651 , and arose H6965 , and went H1980 to Shiloh H7887 , and came H935 to the house H1004 of Ahijah H281 . But Ahijah H281 could H3201 not H3808 see H7200 ; for H3588 his eyes H5869 were set H6965 by reason of his age H4480 H7869 .
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5. The LORD had said to Ahijah: "Jeroboam's wife is coming to consult you about her son, for he is sick. This is what you must tell her. When she comes, she will be in disguise."
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5. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Ahijah H281 , Behold H2009 , the wife H802 of Jeroboam H3379 cometh H935 to ask H1875 a thing H1697 of H4480 H5973 thee for H413 her son H1121 ; for H3588 he H1931 is sick H2470 : thus H2090 and thus H2088 shalt thou say H1696 unto H413 her : for it shall be H1961 , when she cometh in H935 , that she H1931 shall feign herself to be another woman H5234 .
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6. So Ahijah, hearing the sound of her footsteps as she entered the door, said, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why are you in disguise? I have been commissioned to give you bitter news.
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6. And it was H1961 so , when Ahijah H281 heard H8085 H853 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 H4100 H2088 feignest thou thyself to be another H5234 H859 ? for I H595 am sent H7971 to H413 thee with heavy H7186 tidings .
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7. Go, tell Jeroboam, 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I exalted you from among the people and made you ruler of my people Israel.
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7. Go H1980 , tell H559 Jeroboam H3379 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , Forasmuch H3282 H834 as I exalted H7311 thee from among H4480 H8432 the people H5971 , and made H5414 thee prince H5057 over H5921 my people H5971 Israel H3478 ,
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8. I deprived the house of David of the kingdom and gave it to you. Yet you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me with his whole heart, doing only what pleased me.
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8. And rent H7167 H853 the kingdom H4467 away from the house H4480 H1004 of David H1732 , and gave H5414 it thee : and yet thou hast not H3808 been H1961 as my servant H5650 David H1732 , who H834 kept H8104 my commandments H4687 , and who H834 followed H1980 H310 me with all H3605 his heart H3824 , to do H6213 that only H7535 which was right H3477 in mine eyes H5869 ;
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9. You have done worse than all who preceded you: you have gone and made for yourself strange gods and molten images to provoke me; but me you have cast behind your back.
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9. But hast done H6213 evil H7489 above all H4480 H3605 that H834 were H1961 before H6440 thee : for thou hast gone H1980 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 :
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10. Therefore, I am bringing evil upon the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off every male in Jeroboam's line, whether slave or freeman in Israel, and will burn up the house of Jeroboam completely, as though dung were being burned.
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10. Therefore H3651 behold H2009 , I will bring H935 evil H7451 upon H413 the house H1004 of Jeroboam H3379 , and will cut off H3772 from Jeroboam H3379 him that pisseth H8366 against the wall H7023 , and him that is shut up H6113 and left H5800 in Israel H3478 , and will take away H1197 the remnant H310 of the house H1004 of Jeroboam H3379 , as H834 a man taketh away H1197 dung H1557 , till H5704 it be all gone H8552 .
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11. When one of Jeroboam's line dies in the city, dogs will devour him; when one of them dies in the field, he will be devoured by the birds of the sky. For the LORD has spoken!'
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11. 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 fowls H5775 of the air H8064 eat H398 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 it .
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12. So leave; go home! As you step inside the city, the child will die,
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12. Arise H6965 thou H859 therefore, get H1980 thee to thine own house H1004 : and when thy feet H7272 enter H935 into the city H5892 , the child H3206 shall die H4191 .
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13. and all Israel will mourn him and bury him, for he alone of Jeroboam's line will be laid in the grave, since in him alone of Jeroboam's house has something pleasing to the LORD, the God of Israel, been found.
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13. And all H3605 Israel H3478 shall mourn H5594 for him , and bury H6912 him: for H3588 H2088 he only H905 of Jeroboam H3379 shall come H935 to H413 the grave H6913 , because H3282 in him there is found H4672 some good H2896 thing H1697 toward H413 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 in the house H1004 of Jeroboam H3379 .
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14. Today, at this very moment, the LORD will raise up for himself a king of Israel who will destroy the house of Jeroboam.
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14. Moreover the LORD H3068 shall raise him up H6965 a king H4428 over H5921 Israel H3478 , who H834 shall cut off H3772 H853 the house H1004 of Jeroboam H3379 that H2088 day H3117 : but what H4100 ? even H1571 now H6258 .
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15. The LORD will strike Israel like a reed tossed about in the water and will pluck out Israel from this good land which he gave their fathers, scattering them beyond the River, because they made sacred poles for themselves and thus provoked the LORD.
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15. For the LORD H3068 shall smite H5221 H853 Israel H3478 , as H834 a reed H7070 is shaken H5110 in the water H4325 , and he shall root up H5428 H853 Israel H3478 out of H4480 H5921 this H2063 good H2896 land H127 , which H834 he gave H5414 to their fathers H1 , and shall scatter H2219 them beyond H4480 H5676 the river H5104 , because H3282 H834 they have made H6213 H853 their groves H842 , provoking the LORD to anger H3707 H853 H3068 .
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16. He will give up Israel because of the sins Jeroboam has committed and caused Israel to commit."
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16. And he shall give Israel up H5414 H853 H3478 because H1558 of the sins H2403 of Jeroboam H3379 , who H834 did sin H2398 , and who H834 made Israel to sin H2398 H853 H3478 .
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17. So Jeroboam's wife started back; when she reached Tirzah and crossed the threshold of her house, the child died.
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17. And Jeroboam H3379 's wife H802 arose H6965 , and departed H1980 , and came H935 to Tirzah H8656 : and when she H1931 came H935 to the threshold H5592 of the door H1004 , the child H5288 died H4191 ;
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18. He was buried with all Israel mourning him, as the LORD had prophesied through his servant the prophet Ahijah.
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18. And they buried H6912 him ; and all H3605 Israel H3478 mourned H5594 for him , according to the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 , which H834 he spoke H1696 by the hand H3027 of his servant H5650 Ahijah H281 the prophet H5030 .
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19. The rest of the acts of Jeroboam, with his warfare and his reign, are recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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19. And the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Jeroboam H3379 , how H834 he warred H3898 , and how H834 he reigned H4427 , behold H2009 , they are written H3789 in H5921 the book H5612 of the chronicles H1697 H3117 of the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 .
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20. The length of Jeroboam's reign was twenty-two years. He rested with his ancestors, and his son Nadab succeeded him as king.
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20. And the days H3117 which H834 Jeroboam H3379 reigned H4427 were two H8147 and twenty H6242 years H8141 : and he slept H7901 with H5973 his fathers H1 , and Nadab H5070 his son H1121 reigned H4427 in his stead H8478 .
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21. 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 in which, out of all the tribes of Israel, the LORD chose to be honored. His mother was the Ammonite named Naamah.
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21. 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 H6240 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389 , the city H5892 which H834 the LORD H3068 did choose H977 out of all H4480 H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 , to put H7760 H853 his name H8034 there H8033 . And his mother H517 's name H8034 was Naamah H5279 an Ammonitess H5984 .
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22. Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by their sins angered him even more than their fathers had done.
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22. And Judah H3063 did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 , and they provoked him to jealousy H7065 H853 with their sins H2403 which H834 they had committed H2398 , above all H4480 H3605 that H834 their fathers H1 had done H6213 .
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23. They, too, built for themselves high places, pillars, and sacred poles, upon every high hill and under every green tree.
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23. For they H1992 also H1571 built H1129 them high places H1116 , and images H4676 , and groves H842 , on H5921 every H3605 high H1364 hill H1389 , and under H8478 every H3605 green H7488 tree H6086 .
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24. There were also cult prostitutes in the land. Judah imitated all the abominable practices of the nations whom the LORD had cleared out of the Israelites' way.
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24. And there were H1961 also H1571 sodomites H6945 in the land H776 : and they did H6213 according to all H3605 the abominations H8441 of the nations H1471 which H834 the LORD H3068 cast out H3423 before H4480 H6440 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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25. In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, attacked Jerusalem.
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25. And it came to pass H1961 in the fifth H2549 year H8141 of king H4428 Rehoboam H7346 , that Shishak H7895 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 came up H5927 against H5921 Jerusalem H3389 :
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26. He took everything, including the treasures of the temple of the LORD and those of the royal palace, as well as all the gold shields made under Solomon.
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26. And he took away H3947 H853 the treasures H214 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and the treasures H214 of the king H4428 's house H1004 ; he even took away H3947 all H3605 : and he took away H3947 H853 all H3605 the shields H4043 of gold H2091 which H834 Solomon H8010 had made H6213 .
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27. To replace them, King Rehoboam had bronze shields made, which he entrusted to the officers of the guard on duty at the entrance of the royal palace.
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27. And king H4428 Rehoboam H7346 made H6213 in their stead H8478 brazen H5178 shields H4043 , and committed H6485 them unto H5921 the hands H3027 of the chief H8269 of the guard H7323 , which kept H8104 the door H6607 of the king H4428 's house H1004 .
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28. Whenever the king visited the temple of the LORD, those on duty would carry the shields, and then return them to the guardroom.
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28. And it was H1961 so , when H4480 H1767 the king H4428 went H935 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , that the guard H7323 bore H5375 them , and brought them back H7725 into H413 the guard H7323 chamber H8372 .
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29. The rest of the acts of Rehoboam, with all that he did, are recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.
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29. Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Rehoboam H7346 , and all H3605 that H834 he did H6213 , are they H1992 not H3808 written H3789 in H5921 the book H5612 of the chronicles H1697 H3117 of the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 ?
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30. There was constant warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.
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30. And there was H1961 war H4421 between H996 Rehoboam H7346 and Jeroboam H3379 all H3605 their days H3117 .
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31. Rehoboam rested with his ancestors; he was buried with them in the City of David. His mother was the Ammonite named Naamah. His son Abijam succeeded him as king.
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31. And Rehoboam H7346 slept H7901 with H5973 his fathers H1 , and was buried H6912 with H5973 his fathers H1 in the city H5892 of David H1732 . And his mother H517 's name H8034 was Naamah H5279 an Ammonitess H5984 . And Abijam H38 his son H1121 reigned H4427 in his stead H8478 .
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