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Ahija udtaler Guds dom over Jeroboam og Nordriget

1 Så skete det, at Jeroboams søn Abija blev alvorligt syg. 2 Jeroboam sagde derfor til sin kone: „Forklæd dig godt, så ingen kan se, at du er min kone, og gå hen til profeten Ahija i Shilo—ham, som forudsagde, at jeg ville blive konge. 3 Tag en gave med til ham—ti brød, nogle figenkager og en krukke honning—så han kan fortælle dig, hvad der vil ske med drengen.” 4 Så forklædte hun sig og tog af sted til Ahijas hus i Shilo. Profeten var meget gammel, og han havde mistet synet på grund af alderdom. 5 Men Herren sagde til ham: „Jeroboams kone kommer for at søge råd om sin søn, der er syg. Hun er forklædt.” Og Herren gav ham besked om, hvad han skulle sige til hende, når hun kom. 6 Så da Ahija hørte fodtrin uden for døren, råbte han: „Kom ind, Jeroboams kone! Hvorfor har du forklædt dig?” Så tilføjede han: „Jeg har dårligt nyt til dig. 7 Herren, Israels Gud, siger til din mand: ‚Jeg gjorde dig til konge over Nordriget, selv om du ikke var af kongeslægt. 8 Jeg tog herredømmet ud af hænderne på Davids slægt og gav det til dig. Men du har ikke adlydt mig, sådan som min tjener David gjorde, for han adlød mig af hele sit hjerte og ønskede at gøre min vilje. 9 Du, derimod, har gjort mere ondt end dine forgængere! Du har lavet afguder og støbt guldkalve! Du har krænket og forkastet mig. 10 Derfor vil jeg straffe dig. Hver eneste mand og dreng i din slægt vil jeg udrydde. Ja, jeg vil snart udrydde din slægt, som man brænder affald og intet bliver tilbage. 11 Dem fra din slægt, der bliver dræbt i byen, skal hundene æde, og dem, som bliver dræbt på landet, skal fuglene æde.’ 12 Gå du nu hjem, Jeroboams kone! Så snart du kommer tilbage til byen, vil din søn dø, 13 og hele Nordriget vil sørge over ham. Men den søn bliver den eneste i din familie, som får en ordentlig begravelse, for han er den eneste af jer, som Herren, Israels Gud, ser noget godt i. 14 Efter Jeroboams død vil Herren lade en anden mand komme til magten i Nordriget, som vil udrydde resten af Jeroboams slægt. 15 Siden hen vil Herren straffe hele Nordriget. Som et siv, der rykkes op og rives med af en kraftig vandstrøm, sådan vil Israels folk blive rykket op fra det frugtbare land, deres forfædre fik i eje, og de vil ende ovre på den anden side af Eufratfloden, for de har vakt Herrens vrede ved at dyrke afguder og opstille Asherapæle. 16 Ja, han vil lade Israel sejle sin egen sø, fordi Jeroboam syndede og fik hele folket til at følge sit dårlige eksempel.” 17 Efter at have fået dette budskab vendte Jeroboams kone tilbage til Tirtza, som var Nordrigets hovedstad, og i samme øjeblik hun trådte over dørtærsklen, døde drengen. 18 Der blev straks udråbt landesorg, sådan som Herren havde forudsagt gennem profeten Ahija. 19 Hvad Jeroboam ellers foretog sig—hans krigsbedrifter og øvrige politiske virke—er nedskrevet i Israels kongers krønikebog.^[1] 20 Han regerede i 22 år, og da han døde, overtog hans søn Nadab tronen.

Judas folk begynder også at dyrke afguder

21 I mellemtiden regerede Rehabeam, Salomons søn, i Juda. Han var 41 år gammel, da han overtog tronen, og han regerede i Jerusalem, Herrens udvalgte by, i 17 år. Hans mor hed Na’ama og var ammonit. 22 Men under kong Rehabeam opførte Judas folk sig ikke bedre end Nordrigets folk under Jeroboam. De var tilsvarende ulydige imod Herren og provokerede ham med deres synd—ja, de syndede endnu værre end deres forfædre. 23 De byggede afgudsaltre, rejste frugtbarhedssymboler og Asherapæle på alle høje bakker og under de store, skyggefulde træer. 24 Den religiøse prostitution blomstrede på disse afgudshøje, og både mænd og kvinder var prostituerede. Judæerne blev efterhånden lige så perverse, som de folkeslag, Herren i sin tid havde jaget ud af landet for at skaffe plads til sit folk.

Egypterkongen plyndrer templets og paladsets guldskatte

25 I Rehabeams femte regeringsår angreb kong Shishak af Egypten Jerusalem og erobrede byen. 26 Egypterkongen plyndrede både Herrens hus og kongens palads og ribbede byen for kostbarheder, blandt andet de guldskjolde, som Salomon havde ladet fremstille. 27 Bagefter fik Rehabeam lavet nogle efterligninger i bronze, som paladsgarden så brugte, 28 hver gang de eskorterede kongen til templet. Derefter blev de hængt tilbage i depotet, hvor de blev opbevaret.

Rehabeam dør og efterfølges på tronen af sin søn

29 Hvad der ellers skete under kong Rehabeams regeringstid er nedskrevet i Judas kongers krønikebog. 30 Der var til stadighed fjendtligheder mellem Rehabeam og Jeroboam. 31 Da Rehabeam døde, blev han begravet i familiegravstedet i Davidsbyen. Hans mor var fra Ammon og hed Na’ama, og hans søn Abija blev konge efter ham.

King James Version

1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. 2 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. 3 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' 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. 5 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 . 6 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 . 7 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, 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 right in mine eyes; 9 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: 10 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. 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 it . 12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. 13 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. 14 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. 15 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. 16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin. 17 And Jeroboam' wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died; 18 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. 19 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. 20 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 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' name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 22 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. 23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. 24 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. 25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: 26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king' house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. 27 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' house. 28 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. 29 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? 30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days. 31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother' name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.