1At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.2And Jeroboam said to his wife, “Arise, and disguise yourself, that it not be known that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who said of me that I should be king over this people. (Jos 18:1; 1Ki 11:29)3Take with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what shall happen to the child.” (1Sa 9:7; 1Sa 9:8)4Jeroboam’s wife did so. She arose and went to Shiloh and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age. (1Ki 2:1; 1Ki 11:29)5And the LORD said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to inquire of you concerning her son, for he is sick. Thus and thus shall you say to her.” When she came, she pretended to be another woman. (1Ki 4:1)6But when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why do you pretend to be another? For I am charged with unbearable news for you. (1Ki 4:1)7Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: “Because I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over my people Israel (2Sa 12:7; 2Sa 12:8; 1Ki 16:2)8and tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, and yet you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me with all his heart, doing only that which was right in my eyes, (1Ki 9:4; 1Ki 11:31; 1Ki 11:33; 1Ki 11:38; 1Ki 15:5)9but you have done evil above all who were before you and have gone and made for yourself other gods and metal images, provoking me to anger, and have cast me behind your back, (Ex 34:17; 1Ki 12:28; 2Ch 11:15; Ne 9:26; Ps 50:17; Eze 23:35)10therefore behold, I will bring harm upon the house of Jeroboam and will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both bond and free in Israel, and will burn up the house of Jeroboam, as a man burns up dung until it is all gone. (De 32:36; 1Ki 16:3; 1Ki 21:21; 2Ki 9:8; 2Ki 14:26)11Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone who dies in the open country the birds of the heavens shall eat, for the LORD has spoken it.”’ (1Ki 16:4; 1Ki 21:24)12Arise therefore, go to your house. When your feet enter the city, the child shall die. (1Ki 14:17)13And 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 something pleasing to the LORD, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam. (2Ch 12:12; 2Ch 19:3)14Moreover, the LORD will raise up for himself a king over Israel who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam today. And henceforth, (1Ki 15:27)15the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water, and root up Israel out of this good land that he gave to their fathers and scatter them beyond the Euphrates,[1] because they have made their Asherim, provoking the LORD to anger. (Ex 34:13; De 12:3; De 29:28; Jos 23:15; Jos 23:16; 2Ki 15:29; Ps 52:5; Pr 2:22)16And he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he sinned and made Israel to sin.”17Then Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed and came to Tirzah. And as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died. (1Ki 14:12; 1Ki 15:21; 1Ki 15:33; 1Ki 16:6; 1Ki 16:8; 1Ki 16:15; 1Ki 16:23)18And all Israel buried him and mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the prophet. (1Ki 14:13)
The Death of Jeroboam
19Now 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. (2Ch 13:2)20And the time that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years. And he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.
Rehoboam Reigns in Judah
21Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. (1Ki 11:32; 1Ki 11:36; 2Ch 12:13)22And Judah did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins that they committed, more than all that their fathers had done. (Nu 25:11; 2Ch 12:1; 2Ch 12:14)23For they also built for themselves high places and pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree, (Ex 23:24; De 12:2; 1Ki 14:15; 2Ki 16:4; Isa 57:5; Jer 2:20)24and there were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations that the LORD drove out before the people of Israel. (De 23:17)25In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem. (2Ch 12:2; 2Ch 12:9)26He took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king’s house. He took away everything. He also took away all the shields of gold that Solomon had made, (1Ki 10:17; 1Ki 15:18)27and King Rehoboam made in their place shields of bronze, and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.28And as often as the king went into the house of the LORD, the guard carried them and brought them back to the guardroom.29Now 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? (2Ch 12:15; 2Ch 12:16)30And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. (1Ki 12:21; 1Ki 15:6)31And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And Abijam his son reigned in his place. (2Ch 12:13; Mt 1:7)
1 Kings 14
King James Version
1At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.2And 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.3And 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.4And 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.5And 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 .6And 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 .7Go, 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,8And 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;9But 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:10Therefore, 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.11Him 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 .12Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.13And 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.14Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.15For 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.16And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.17And Jeroboam' wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;18And 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.19And 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.20And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.21And 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.22And 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.23For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.24And 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.25And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:26And 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.27And 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.28And 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.29Now 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?30And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.31And 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.
1 Kings 14
Nuova Riveduta 2006
from Società Biblica di Ginevra
Aiia predice la rovina della casa di Geroboamo
1In quel tempo Abiia, figlio di Geroboamo, si ammalò.2Geroboamo disse a sua moglie: «Àlzati, ti prego, e travestiti, affinché non si sappia che tu sei moglie di Geroboamo, e va’ a Silo. Là c’è il profeta Aiia, il quale predisse che sarei stato re di questo popolo.3Prendi con te dieci pani, delle focacce, un vaso di miele, e va’ da lui; egli ti dirà quello che avverrà di questo ragazzo».4La moglie di Geroboamo fece così; partì, andò a Silo e giunse a casa di Aiia. Aiia non poteva vedere, poiché gli si era indebolita la vista per la vecchiaia.5Il Signore aveva detto ad Aiia: «La moglie di Geroboamo sta per venire a consultarti riguardo a suo figlio, che è ammalato. Tu parlale così e così. Quando entrerà, fingerà di essere un’altra».6Quando Aiia udì il rumore dei passi di lei che entrava per la porta, disse: «Entra pure, moglie di Geroboamo; perché fingi d’essere un’altra? Io sono incaricato di dirti delle cose dure.7Va’ e di’ a Geroboamo: “Così parla il Signore, Dio d’Israele: ‘Io ti ho innalzato in mezzo al popolo, ti ho fatto principe del mio popolo Israele,8ho strappato il regno dalle mani della casa di Davide e l’ho dato a te; ma tu non sei stato come il mio servo Davide, il quale osservò i miei comandamenti e mi seguì con tutto il suo cuore, facendo soltanto ciò che è giusto ai miei occhi.9Tu hai fatto peggio di tutti quelli che ti hanno preceduto, e sei andato a farti degli altri dèi e delle immagini fuse per provocarmi a ira e hai gettato me dietro alle tue spalle.10Per questo io faccio piombare la sventura sulla casa di Geroboamo; sterminerò la casa di Geroboamo fino all’ultimo uomo, tanto chi è schiavo come chi è libero in Israele, e spazzerò la casa di Geroboamo, come si spazza lo sterco finché sia tutto sparito.11Quelli di Geroboamo che moriranno in città saranno divorati dai cani, e quelli che moriranno nei campi saranno divorati dagli uccelli del cielo; poiché il Signore ha parlato.12Quanto a te, àlzati, va’ a casa tua; non appena avrai messo piede in città, il bambino morrà.13Tutto Israele lo piangerà e gli darà sepoltura. Egli è infatti il solo della casa di Geroboamo che sarà messo in una tomba, perché è il solo nella casa di Geroboamo in cui si sia trovato qualcosa di buono rispetto al Signore, Dio d’Israele.14Il Signore stabilirà sopra Israele un re, che in quel giorno sterminerà la casa di Geroboamo. E che dico? Non è forse quello che già succede?15Il Signore colpirà Israele, che sarà come una canna agitata nell’acqua; sradicherà Israele da questa buona terra che aveva data ai loro padri e li disperderà oltre il fiume, perché si sono fatti degli idoli di Astarte provocando l’ira del Signore.16Egli abbandonerà Israele a causa dei peccati che Geroboamo ha commesso e fatto commettere a Israele’”».17La moglie di Geroboamo si alzò, partì e giunse a Tirsa; e come metteva il piede sulla soglia di casa, il ragazzo morì.18Lo seppellirono, e tutto Israele lo pianse, secondo la parola che il Signore aveva pronunciata per bocca del profeta Aiia, suo servo.19Il resto delle azioni di Geroboamo, le sue guerre e il modo come regnò, sono scritte nel libro delle Cronache dei re d’Israele.20La durata del regno di Geroboamo fu di ventidue anni; poi si addormentò con i suoi padri, e Nadab, suo figlio, regnò al suo posto.
Apostasia e giudizio sul regno di Giuda sotto Roboamo
21Roboamo, figlio di Salomone, regnò in Giuda. Aveva quarantun anni quando cominciò a regnare, e regnò diciassette anni a Gerusalemme, nella città che il Signore si era scelta fra tutte le tribù d’Israele per mettervi il suo nome. Sua madre si chiamava Naama, l’Ammonita.22Gli abitanti di Giuda fecero ciò che è male agli occhi del Signore, e con i peccati che commisero provocarono la gelosia del Signore più di quanto avessero fatto i loro padri.23Costruirono anch’essi degli alti luoghi con statue e idoli di Astarte su tutte le alte colline e sotto ogni albero verdeggiante.24C’erano anche, nel paese, degli uomini che si prostituivano[1]. Essi praticarono tutti gli atti abominevoli delle nazioni che il Signore aveva cacciate davanti ai figli d’Israele.25Il quinto anno del regno di Roboamo, Sisac, re d’Egitto, salì contro Gerusalemme,26e portò via i tesori della casa del Signore e i tesori del palazzo del re; portò via ogni cosa; prese pure tutti gli scudi d’oro che Salomone aveva fatti;27al loro posto Roboamo fece fare degli scudi di bronzo, e li affidò ai capitani della guardia che custodiva la porta del palazzo del re.28Ogni volta che il re entrava nella casa del Signore, quelli che erano di guardia li portavano; poi li riportavano nella sala della guardia.29Il resto delle azioni di Roboamo e quanto egli fece è scritto nel libro delle Cronache dei re di Giuda.30Ci fu guerra continua tra Roboamo e Geroboamo.31Poi Roboamo si addormentò con i suoi padri, e con essi fu sepolto nella città di Davide. Sua madre si chiamava Naama, l’Ammonita. E Abiiam, suo figlio, regnò al suo posto.
1Eines Tages wurde Jerobeams Sohn Abija schwer krank.2Da sagte Jerobeam zu seiner Frau: »Verkleide dich, damit niemand dich als Königin erkennt, und dann geh nach Silo! Dort wohnt der Prophet Ahija, der mir damals vorausgesagt hat, dass ich König über unser Volk werde.3Bring ihm zehn Brote, etwas Gebäck und einen Krug Honig mit! Dieser Mann kann dir bestimmt sagen, ob unser Sohn wieder gesund wird.«4Jerobeams Frau folgte dem Rat ihres Mannes. Sie ging nach Silo und fand Ahijas Haus. Der war inzwischen sehr alt geworden und hatte sein Augenlicht verloren.5Aber der HERR hatte ihn auf den Besuch von Jerobeams Frau vorbereitet. »Sie will wissen, ob ihr kranker Sohn wieder gesund wird. Doch sie will unerkannt bleiben und hat sich deshalb verkleidet«, hatte er zu dem Propheten gesagt und ihm anschließend aufgetragen, was er der Königin antworten sollte.6Als Ahija ihre Schritte hörte und sie an der Tür stand, rief er ihr zu: »Komm nur herein, Jerobeams Frau! Du brauchst dich gar nicht erst zu verstellen! Ich muss dir eine schlechte Nachricht überbringen.7Geh heim und berichte Jerobeam, was der HERR, der Gott Israels, ihm sagen lässt: ›Ich habe dich aus dem Volk heraus erwählt und als König über Israel eingesetzt.8Dem Haus David habe ich die Krone genommen und sie dir gegeben. Doch trotz allem lebst du nicht so wie mein Diener David. Er befolgte meine Gebote und wollte vor allem mir gehorchen und tun, was mir gefällt.9Du aber hast es schlimmer getrieben als jeder andere vor dir. Du hast dir Figuren gegossen, die nun deine Götter sein sollen. Von mir aber wolltest du nichts mehr wissen. Und so hast du meinen Zorn herausgefordert.10Darum werde ich deine Familie ins Unglück stürzen. In ganz Israel werde ich alle männlichen Nachkommen von Jerobeam ausrotten, ob jung oder alt. Auch die letzte Erinnerung an diese Familie werde ich auslöschen, so wie man einen Haufen Mist aus dem Stall hinausfegt, bis keine Spur mehr übrig bleibt.11Wer von euch in der Stadt stirbt, wird von Hunden zerrissen, und wer auf freiem Feld stirbt, über den werden die Raubvögel herfallen.‹ Dies alles wird so eintreffen, denn der HERR hat es angekündigt!«12Dann sagte Ahija zu Jerobeams Frau: »Geh nun wieder nach Hause! Doch sobald du in deiner Heimatstadt eintriffst, wird dein Sohn sterben.13Überall in Israel wird man um ihn trauern, und viele werden zu seiner Beerdigung kommen. Er wird als Einziger aus Jerobeams Familie in ein Grab gelegt, denn er war auch der Einzige in der Familie, an dem der HERR, der Gott Israels, noch etwas Gutes fand.14Der HERR wird einen neuen König für Israel erwählen. Dieser wird das Geschlecht Jerobeams ausrotten. Es beginnt sich schon heute zu erfüllen!15Später wird der HERR ganz Israel bestrafen, denn sie verehren Holzpfähle, die sie für heilig halten. Sie fordern den Zorn des HERRN heraus, darum wird er sie schlagen, dass sie schwanken wie ein Schilfrohr im Wasser. Er wird sie aus diesem fruchtbaren Land, das er ihren Vorfahren gegeben hat, herausreißen und sie weit wegschleudern in ein Land jenseits des Euphrat.16Ihren Feinden wird er sie ausliefern, weil Jerobeam gesündigt und ganz Israel zum Götzendienst verführt hat.«17Jerobeams Frau kehrte in ihr Haus nach Tirza zurück. Gerade als sie zur Tür hereinkam, starb ihr Sohn.18Er wurde beerdigt, und in ganz Israel trauerte man um ihn. Es traf alles so ein, wie der HERR es durch seinen Diener, den Propheten Ahija, vorausgesagt hatte.
Jerobeams Tod
19Alles Weitere über Jerobeams Leben steht in der Chronik der Könige von Israel. Dort kann man nachlesen, wie er regiert und welche Kriege er geführt hat.20Jerobeam war 22 Jahre lang König. Als er starb, wurde sein Sohn Nadab sein Nachfolger.
König Rehabeam von Juda
21In Juda regierte Salomos Sohn Rehabeam; seine Mutter war die Ammoniterin Naama. Mit 41 Jahren wurde er König und herrschte 17 Jahre in Jerusalem, der Stadt, die der HERR aus allen Stämmen Israels erwählt hat, um dort selbst zu wohnen[1]. (1Ki 9:3; 2Ch 12:1)22Doch auch die Menschen in Juda taten, was dem HERRN missfiel. Mit ihrem Götzendienst forderten sie seinen Zorn heraus. Sie trieben es schlimmer als jede Generation vor ihnen.23Denn wie die Bewohner Israels bauten auch sie sich Götzenopferstätten, sie stellten auf allen höheren Hügeln und unter allen dicht belaubten Bäumen heilige Steine oder Holzpfähle auf, die ihren Göttern geweiht waren.24In den Tempeln gab es sogar geweihte Männer, die dort der Prostitution nachgingen. Sie übernahmen alle abscheulichen Bräuche der Völker, die der HERR für sein Volk Israel aus dem Land vertrieben hatte.25Im 5. Regierungsjahr Rehabeams marschierte König Schischak von Ägypten mit seinem Heer in Jerusalem ein.26Er raubte alle Schätze aus dem Tempel und dem Königspalast, auch sämtliche goldenen Schilde, die König Salomo seinerzeit hatte anfertigen lassen.27Rehabeam ließ an ihrer Stelle Schilde aus Bronze herstellen und übergab sie dem Befehlshaber der Wache, die am Eingang zum königlichen Palast stand.28Immer wenn der König in den Tempel des HERRN ging, mussten die Wächter diese Schilde tragen. Danach brachte man sie wieder zurück in das Waffenlager der Leibwache.29Mehr darüber, wie Rehabeam lebte und regierte, steht in der Chronik der Könige von Juda.30Zwischen Rehabeam und Jerobeam herrschte Krieg, solange sie lebten.31Als Rehabeam starb, wurde er in der »Stadt Davids«, einem Stadtteil von Jerusalem, im Grab der Königsfamilie beigesetzt. Seine Mutter, eine Ammoniterin, hatte Naama geheißen. Sein Sohn Abija wurde sein Nachfolger.