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Ang Pagkamatay ng Anak ni Jeroboam

14 Nang panahong iyon, nagkasakit si Abias na anak ni Jeroboam. Kaya't sinabi ni Jeroboam sa kanyang asawa, “Magbalatkayo ka para walang makakilala sa iyo na asawa ka ng hari. Puntahan mo sa Shilo si Ahias, ang propetang nagsabi sa akin na maghahari ako sa bayang Israel. Magdala ka ng sampung tinapay, ilang bibingka, at isang garapong pulot. Sasabihin niya sa iyo kung ano ang mangyayari sa anak natin.”

Ganoon nga ang ginawa ng babae. Pinuntahan niya sa Shilo si Ahias. Matandang-matanda na noon si Ahias at bulag na. Sinabi sa kanya ni Yahweh, “Pupunta rito ang asawa ni Jeroboam at itatanong niya sa iyo kung ano ang mangyayari sa kanyang anak na may sakit.” Sinabi rin ni Yahweh kay Ahias kung ano ang sasabihin niya sa babae.

Nang dumating ang asawa ni Jeroboam, siya'y nagkunwaring ibang babae. Subalit nang marinig ni Ahias na nasa may pintuan na ang babae, sinabi niya, “Tuloy kayo, asawa ni Jeroboam. Bakit pa kayo nagkukunwari? Mayroon akong masamang balita para sa inyo. Bumalik kayo kay Jeroboam at sabihin ninyo, ‘Ito ang ipinapasabi ni Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel: Pinili kita mula sa mga sambayanan at ginawang pinuno ng aking bayang Israel. Inalis ko sa sambahayan ni David ang malaking bahagi ng kaharian at ibinigay sa iyo. Ngunit hindi ka tumulad kay David na aking lingkod. Tinupad niya ang lahat kong iniutos, sinunod niya ako nang buong-puso, at wala siyang ginawa kundi ang kalugud-lugod sa aking paningin. Higit ang ginawa mong kasamaan kaysa ginawa ng lahat ng mga nauna sa iyo. Tinalikuran mo ako at ginalit nang magpagawa ka ng sarili mong mga diyos, mga imaheng yari sa tinunaw na metal. 10 Dahil(A) dito paparusahan ko ang iyong angkan. Lilipulin ko silang lahat, matanda at bata. Wawalisin kong parang dumi ang buong angkan mo mula sa Israel. 11 Sinumang kamag-anak mo na mamatay sa loob ng lunsod ay kakainin ng mga aso; ang mamatay naman sa bukid ay kakainin ng mga buwitre.’ Ito ang sabi ni Yahweh.

12 “Ngayon, umuwi na kayo. Pagpasok na pagpasok ninyo sa bayan ay mamamatay ang inyong anak. 13 Ipagluluksa siya ng buong Israel at ihahatid sa kanyang libingan. Siya lamang sa buong angkan ni Jeroboam ang maihahatid sa libingan sapagkat siya lamang ang kinalugdan ni Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel. 14 Ang Israel ay bibigyan ng Diyos ng ibang hari na siyang magwawakas sa paghahari ng angkan ni Jeroboam. 15 Paparusahan ni Yahweh ang bayang Israel hanggang sa ito'y manginig na parang tambo sa tubig na pinapaspas ng hangin. Parang punong bubunutin niya ang bayang Israel mula sa masaganang lupaing ito na ibinigay niya sa kanilang mga ninuno. Magkakawatak-watak sila sa mga lupaing nasa kabila ng ilog sapagkat ginalit nila si Yahweh nang gumawa sila ng mga imahen ng diyus-diyosang si Ashera. 16 Pababayaan ni Yahweh ang Israel dahil sa mga kasalanang ginawa ni Jeroboam at sa mga kasalanang ipinagawa nito sa bayang Israel.”

17 Nagmamadaling umalis ang asawa ni Jeroboam at nagbalik sa Tirza. Pagdating niya sa pintuan ng kanilang bahay, namatay ang bata. 18 Siya'y ipinagluksa at inilibing ng buong bayang Israel, tulad ng sinabi ni Yahweh sa pamamagitan ni propeta Ahias.

Ang Pagkamatay ni Jeroboam

19 Ang iba pang mga ginawa ni Jeroboam—ang kanyang mga pakikidigma at kung paano siya naghari ay nakasulat sa Kasaysayan ng mga Hari ng Israel. 20 Naghari siya sa loob ng dalawampu't dalawang taon. Namatay siya at inilibing, at si Nadab na kanyang anak ang humalili sa kanya bilang hari.

Ang Paghahari ni Rehoboam(B)

21 Naghari naman sa Juda si Rehoboam na anak ni Solomon. Apatnapu't isang taóng gulang siya nang nagsimulang maghari. Labimpitong taon siyang naghari sa Jerusalem, sa lunsod na pinili ni Yahweh mula sa lahat ng mga lipi ng Israel upang doo'y sambahin siya. Ang pangalan ng kanyang ina ay Naama, isang taga-Ammon.

22 Gumawa ng kasamaan laban kay Yahweh ang sambayanan ng Juda at higit na masama ang kanilang ginawa kaysa kanilang mga ninuno. Dahil dito'y nagalit sa kanila si Yahweh. 23 Nagtayo(C) sila ng mga sambahan, mga haliging bato, at mga larawan ni Ashera sa ibabaw ng bawat burol at sa lilim ng bawat mayabong na punongkahoy. 24 Ang(D) pinakamasama pa nito, may mga lalaki at babaing nagbebenta ng panandaliang-aliw sa templo bilang pagsamba. Ginawa ng mga taga-Juda ang mga kasuklam-suklam na gawain ng mga bansang pinalayas ni Yahweh mula sa lupain noong pumasok doon ang mga Israelita.

25 Nang(E) ikalimang taon ng paghahari ni Rehoboam, sinalakay ni Shishak na hari ng Egipto ang Lunsod ng Jerusalem. 26 Kinuha(F) niya ang mga kayamanan sa Templo ni Yahweh at sa palasyo ng hari. Sinamsam niyang lahat, pati ang mga gintong kalasag na ipinagawa ni Solomon. 27 Pinalitan ni Rehoboam ang mga iyon ng mga kalasag na tanso, at inilagay sa pag-iingat ng mga pinuno ng bantay sa hari na nagbabantay sa pintuan ng palasyo. 28 Tuwing pupunta ang hari sa Templo ni Yahweh, dala ng mga bantay ang mga kalasag na iyon. Pagkatapos, ibinabalik ang mga kalasag sa himpilan ng mga bantay.

Ang Pagkamatay ni Rehoboam

29 Ang ibang mga ginawa ni Rehoboam ay nakasulat sa Kasaysayan ng mga Hari ng Juda. 30 Patuloy ang labanan ni Rehoboam at ni Jeroboam sa panahon ng kanilang paghahari. 31 Namatay si Rehoboam at inilibing sa libingan ng kanyang mga ninuno sa Lunsod ni David. Ang ina niya'y isang Ammonita na ang pangala'y Naama. Humalili sa kanya si Abiam na kanyang anak.

Disaster on the House of Jeroboam

14 At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became sick.(A) Jeroboam said to his wife, “Go disguise yourself,(B) so they won’t know that you’re Jeroboam’s wife, and go to Shiloh.(C) Ahijah the prophet is there; it was he who told about me becoming king over this people.(D) Take with you 10 loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey,(E) and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.”

Jeroboam’s wife did that: she went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Ahijah could not see; his gaze was fixed[a] due to his age.(F) But the Lord had said to Ahijah, “Jeroboam’s wife is coming soon to ask you about her son, for he is sick. You are to say such and such to her. When she arrives, she will be disguised.”(G)

When Ahijah heard the sound of her feet entering the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you disguised?(H) I have bad news for you. Go tell Jeroboam, ‘This is what the Lord God of Israel says: I raised you up from among the people, appointed you ruler over My people Israel, tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to you.(I) But you were not like My servant David, who kept My commands and followed Me with all of his heart, doing only what is right in My eyes. You behaved more wickedly than all who were before you.(J) In order to provoke Me, you have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and cast images,(K) but you have flung Me behind your back.(L) 10 Because of all this, I am about to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam:

I will eliminate all of Jeroboam’s males,[b]
both slave and free,[c] in Israel;
I will sweep away the house of Jeroboam
as one sweeps away dung until it is all gone!(M)
11 Anyone who belongs to Jeroboam and dies in the city,
the dogs will eat,
and anyone who dies in the field,
the birds of the sky will eat,(N)
for the Lord has said it!’

12 “As for you, get up and go to your house. When your feet enter the city, the boy will die.(O) 13 All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He alone out of Jeroboam’s house will be put in the family tomb, because out of the house of Jeroboam the Lord God of Israel found something good only in him.(P) 14 The Lord will raise up for Himself a king over Israel, who will eliminate the house of Jeroboam.(Q) This is the day, yes,[d] even today! 15 For the Lord will strike Israel and the people will shake as a reed shakes in water. He will uproot Israel from this good soil that He gave to their ancestors.(R) He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates(S) because they made their Asherah poles, provoking the Lord.(T) 16 He will give up Israel because of Jeroboam’s sins that he committed and caused Israel to commit.”(U)

17 Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and left and went to Tirzah.(V) As she was crossing the threshold of the house, the boy died. 18 He was buried, and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the Lord He had spoken through His servant Ahijah the prophet.(W)

19 As for the rest of the events of Jeroboam’s reign, how he waged war(X) and how he reigned, note that they are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings. 20 The length of Jeroboam’s reign was 22 years. He rested with his fathers, and his son Nadab became king in his place.(Y)

Judah’s King Rehoboam

21 Now Rehoboam, Solomon’s son, reigned in Judah.(Z) Rehoboam was 41 years old when he became king; he reigned 17 years in Jerusalem, the city where Yahweh had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His name.(AA) Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.(AB)

22 Judah did what was evil in the Lord’s eyes.(AC) They provoked Him to jealous anger(AD) more than all that their ancestors had done with the sins they committed. 23 They also built for themselves high places,(AE) sacred pillars,(AF) and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree; 24 there were even male cult prostitutes in the land.(AG) They imitated all the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.(AH)

25 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt(AI) went to war against Jerusalem.(AJ) 26 He seized the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace. He took everything. He took all the gold shields that Solomon had made.(AK) 27 King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them into the care of the captains of the royal escorts[e](AL) who guarded the entrance to the king’s palace. 28 Whenever the king entered the Lord’s temple, the royal escorts would carry the shields, then they would take them back to the royal escorts’ armory.(AM)

29 The rest of the events of Rehoboam’s reign,(AN) along with all his accomplishments, are written about in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings. 30 There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their reigns.(AO) 31 Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.(AP) His son Abijam[f](AQ) became king in his place.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 14:4 Lit see, for his eyes stood; 1Sm 4:15
  2. 1 Kings 14:10 Lit eliminate Jeroboam’s one who urinates against the wall
  3. 1 Kings 14:10 Hb obscure
  4. 1 Kings 14:14 Hb obscure
  5. 1 Kings 14:27 Lit the runners
  6. 1 Kings 14:31 = Abijah in 2Ch 13

Ahijah’s Prophecy Against Jeroboam

14 At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill, and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Go, disguise yourself, so you won’t be recognized as the wife of Jeroboam. Then go to Shiloh. Ahijah(A) the prophet is there—the one who told me I would be king over this people. Take ten loaves of bread(B) with you, some cakes and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.” So Jeroboam’s wife did what he said and went to Ahijah’s house in Shiloh.

Now Ahijah could not see; his sight was gone because of his age. But the Lord had told Ahijah, “Jeroboam’s wife is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill, and you are to give her such and such an answer. When she arrives, she will pretend to be someone else.”

So when Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps at the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why this pretense?(C) I have been sent to you with bad news. Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says:(D) ‘I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler(E) over my people Israel. I tore(F) 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 commands and followed me with all his heart, doing only what was right(G) in my eyes. You have done more evil(H) than all who lived before you.(I) You have made for yourself other gods, idols(J) made of metal; you have aroused(K) my anger and turned your back on me.(L)

10 “‘Because of this, I am going to bring disaster(M) on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off from Jeroboam every last male in Israel—slave or free.[a](N) I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is all gone.(O) 11 Dogs(P) will eat those belonging to Jeroboam who die in the city, and the birds(Q) will feed on those who die in the country. The Lord has spoken!’

12 “As for you, go back home. When you set foot in your city, the boy will die. 13 All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will be buried, because he is the only one in the house of Jeroboam in whom the Lord, the God of Israel, has found anything good.(R)

14 “The Lord will raise up for himself a king over Israel who will cut off the family of Jeroboam. Even now this is beginning to happen.[b] 15 And the Lord will strike Israel, so that it will be like a reed swaying in the water. He will uproot(S) Israel from this good land that he gave to their ancestors and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they aroused(T) the Lord’s anger by making Asherah(U) poles.[c] 16 And he will give Israel up because of the sins(V) Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”

17 Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and left and went to Tirzah.(W) As soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died. 18 They buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, as the Lord had said through his servant the prophet Ahijah.

19 The other events of Jeroboam’s reign, his wars and how he ruled, are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel. 20 He reigned for twenty-two years and then rested with his ancestors. And Nadab his son succeeded him as king.

Rehoboam King of Judah(X)

21 Rehoboam son of Solomon was king 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 out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name. His mother’s name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite.(Y)

22 Judah(Z) did evil in the eyes of the Lord. By the sins they committed they stirred up his jealous anger(AA) more than those who were before them had done. 23 They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones(AB) and Asherah poles(AC) on every high hill and under every spreading tree.(AD) 24 There were even male shrine prostitutes(AE) in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable(AF) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

25 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt attacked(AG) Jerusalem. 26 He carried off the treasures of the temple(AH) of the Lord and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields(AI) Solomon had made. 27 So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned these to the commanders of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.(AJ) 28 Whenever the king went to the Lord’s temple, the guards bore the shields, and afterward they returned them to the guardroom.

29 As for the other events of Rehoboam’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 30 There was continual warfare(AK) between Rehoboam and Jeroboam. 31 And Rehoboam rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. His mother’s name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite.(AL) And Abijah[d] his son succeeded him as king.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 14:10 Or Israel—every ruler or leader
  2. 1 Kings 14:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
  3. 1 Kings 14:15 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in 1 Kings
  4. 1 Kings 14:31 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 2 Chron. 12:16); most Hebrew manuscripts Abijam