1At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,2and Jeroboam said to his wife, ‘Go, disguise yourself, so that you won’t be recognised as the wife of Jeroboam. Then go to Shiloh. Ahijah the prophet is there – the one who told me I would be king over this people.3Take ten loaves of bread with you, some cakes and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.’4So 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.5But 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.’6So when Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps at the door, he said, ‘Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why this pretence? I have been sent to you with bad news.7Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: “I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over my people Israel.8I tore 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 in my eyes.9You have done more evil than all who lived before you. You have made for yourself other gods, idols made of metal; you have aroused my anger and turned your back on me.10‘ “Because of this, I am going to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off from Jeroboam every last male in Israel – slave or free.[1] I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is all gone.11Dogs will eat those belonging to Jeroboam who die in the city, and the birds 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.13All 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.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.[2]15And the Lord will strike Israel, so that it will be like a reed swaying in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that he gave to their ancestors and scatter them beyond the River Euphrates, because they aroused the Lord’s anger by making Asherah poles.[3]16And he will give Israel up because of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.’17Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and left and went to Tirzah. As soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.18They buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, as the Lord had said through his servant the prophet Ahijah.19The 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.20He reigned for twenty-two years and then rested with his ancestors. And Nadab his son succeeded him as king.
Rehoboam king of Judah
21Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for 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.22Judah did evil in the eyes of the Lord. By the sins they committed they stirred up his jealous anger more than those who were before them had done.23They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree.24There were even male shrine-prostitutes in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.25In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.26He carried off the treasures of the temple of the Lord and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made.27So 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.28Whenever the king went to the Lord’s temple, the guards bore the shields, and afterwards they returned them to the guardroom.29As 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?30There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.31And 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. And Abijah[4] his son succeeded him as king. (2Ch 12:16)
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.
Gerichtsandrohung Ahijas gegen Jerobeam und dessen Ende
1In dieser Zeit erkrankte Abija, der Sohn Jerobeams.2Und Jerobeam sagte zu seiner Frau: Mach dich doch auf und verstell dich, damit man nicht erkennt, dass du die Frau Jerobeams bist, und geh nach Silo! Siehe, dort ist der Prophet Ahija; er ist es, der über mich geredet hat, dass ich König über dieses Volk sein sollte[1]. (1Ki 11:29)3Und nimm zehn Brote mit dir[2] und Gebäck und einen Krug Honig und geh zu ihm! Er wird dir mitteilen, was dem Jungen geschehen wird. (1Sa 9:7; 2Ki 4:42; 2Ki 8:8)4Die Frau Jerobeams machte es so: Sie machte sich auf und ging nach Silo und kam in Ahijas Haus. Ahija aber konnte nicht ⟨mehr⟩ sehen, denn seine Augen waren wegen seines Alters starr geworden. (Ge 27:1)5Der HERR aber hatte zu Ahija gesagt: Siehe, die Frau Jerobeams kommt herein, um ein Wort von dir zu erfragen wegen ihres Sohnes, denn er ist krank. So und so sollst du zu ihr reden. Es wird aber geschehen, wenn sie hereinkommt, wird sie sich unkenntlich gemacht haben.6Und es geschah, als Ahija das Geräusch ihrer Füße hörte, als sie zum Eingang hereinkam, da sagte er: Komm herein, Frau Jerobeams! Wozu eigentlich hast du dich unkenntlich gemacht? Ich bin mit einer harten ⟨Botschaft⟩ zu dir gesandt. (1Sa 15:16; Pr 21:30)7Geh hin, sage zu Jerobeam: So spricht der HERR, der Gott Israels: Weil ich dich mitten aus dem Volk heraus erhoben und dich zum Fürsten über mein Volk Israel gemacht habe (1Ki 11:37; 1Ki 16:2)8und das Königtum vom Haus David weggerissen und es dir gegeben habe, du aber nicht gewesen bist wie mein Knecht David, der meine Gebote bewahrt hat und mir nachgefolgt ist mit seinem ganzen Herzen, dass er nur tat, was recht ist in meinen Augen, (1Ki 3:3)9und ⟨weil⟩ du es ⟨noch⟩ schlimmer getrieben hast als alle, die vor dir gewesen sind, und hingegangen bist und dir andere Götter und gegossene Bilder gemacht hast, um mich zum Zorn zu reizen, und mich hinter deinen Rücken geworfen hast, (Le 19:4; De 32:16; 1Ki 15:30; 1Ki 16:25; Ne 9:26; Ps 50:17; Jer 7:26)10darum, siehe, ich werde Unglück über das Haus Jerobeam bringen, und ich werde von Jerobeam ausrotten ⟨alles⟩, was männlich ist[3], den Unmündigen und den Mündigen[4] in Israel. Und ich werde hinter dem Haus Jerobeam her ausfegen, so, wie man Kot ausfegt, bis es ganz mit ihm aus ist. (De 32:36; 1Ki 21:21; 2Ki 9:8)11Wer von Jerobeam in der Stadt stirbt, den werden die Hunde fressen, und wer auf dem Feld stirbt, den werden die Vögel des Himmels fressen; denn der HERR hat es geredet. (Nu 23:19; 1Ki 13:34; 1Ki 15:29; 1Ki 16:3; 1Ki 21:24; Isa 40:5; Joe 4:8)12Und du, mach dich auf, geh in dein Haus! Wenn deine Füße die Stadt betreten, wird das Kind sterben.13Und ganz Israel wird ihm die Totenklage halten und ihn begraben; denn dieser allein vom ⟨Haus⟩ Jerobeam wird in ein Grab kommen, weil sich im Haus Jerobeam an ihm etwas Gutes in ⟨seinem⟩ Verhältnis zum HERRN, dem Gott Israels, gefunden hat. (2Ch 12:12)14Und der HERR wird für sich einen König über Israel erstehen lassen, der das Haus Jerobeam ausrotten wird[5] an jenem Tag. Doch wie steht es schon jetzt[6]? (1Ki 15:27; Pr 2:22)15Und der HERR wird Israel schlagen, ⟨dass es schwankt,⟩ wie das Rohr im Wasser schwankt. Und er wird Israel ausreißen aus diesem guten Land, das er ihren Vätern gegeben hat, und wird sie zerstreuen jenseits des Stromes[7], weil sie ihre Ascherim gemacht haben ⟨und⟩ damit den HERRN zum Zorn reizen. (De 29:27; Jos 23:15; 2Ki 17:11; Jer 24:10; Am 5:27)16Und er wird Israel dahingeben um der Sünden Jerobeams willen, die er begangen und mit denen er Israel zur Sünde verführt hat. (De 32:30; 1Ki 12:30; 1Ki 15:26; 1Ki 16:2; 1Ki 21:22; 1Ki 22:53; 2Ki 3:3; 2Ki 10:31; 2Ki 17:23; 2Ch 28:19; Ho 9:17)17Und die Frau Jerobeams machte sich auf, ging ⟨fort⟩ und kam nach Tirza. Als sie die Schwelle des Hauses betrat, starb der Junge. (Jos 12:24; 1Ki 15:21; 1Ki 16:6; 2Ki 15:14; So 6:4)18Und ganz Israel begrub ihn und hielt ihm die Totenklage nach dem Wort des HERRN, das er durch seinen Knecht, den Propheten Ahija, geredet hatte.19Und die übrige Geschichte[8] Jerobeams, wie er Krieg geführt und wie er regiert hat, siehe, das ist aufgeschrieben im Buch der Geschichte[9] der Könige von Israel. (1Ki 15:31; 1Ki 16:5; 1Ki 22:39; 2Ki 1:18; 1Ch 9:1; 2Ch 13:2; 2Ch 20:34; 2Ch 33:18)20Und die Tage, die Jerobeam regierte, ⟨betrugen⟩ 22 Jahre; und er legte sich zu seinen Vätern. Und sein Sohn Nadab wurde an seiner Stelle König. (1Ki 15:25; 2Ch 12:1; 2Ch 13:2)
Rehabeam von Juda
21Und Rehabeam, der Sohn Salomos, war König in Juda. 41 Jahre war Rehabeam alt, als er König wurde, und er regierte siebzehn Jahre in Jerusalem, der Stadt, die der HERR aus allen Stämmen Israels erwählt hatte, um seinen Namen dort niederzulegen. Und der Name seiner Mutter war Naama, die Ammoniterin. (1Ki 8:29; 1Ki 11:1; 1Ki 11:43; 1Ki 12:17)22Und Juda tat, was böse war in den Augen des HERRN. Und sie reizten ihn zur Eifersucht durch ihre Sünden, die sie begingen[10], mehr als alles, was ihre Väter getan hatten. (De 32:16; 2Ki 17:19; Jer 7:26)23Und auch sie bauten sich Höhen und Gedenksteine[11] und Ascherim auf jedem hohen Hügel und unter jedem grünen Baum. (De 12:2; 1Ki 3:3; 1Ki 12:31; 1Ki 15:12; 2Ki 16:4; 2Ki 17:10; 2Ch 24:18; 2Ch 28:4; Jer 2:20; Eze 6:3; Eze 6:13; Eze 16:24)24Und es waren auch Tempelhurer[12] im Land. Sie taten nach allen Gräueln der Nationen, die der HERR vor den Söhnen Israel vertrieben hatte. (Le 18:26; De 23:18; 1Ki 15:12; 2Ki 23:7)25Und es geschah im fünften Jahr des Königs Rehabeam, da zog Schischak, der König von Ägypten, gegen Jerusalem herauf. (1Ki 11:40)26Und er nahm die Schätze des Hauses des HERRN weg und die Schätze des Hauses des Königs, das alles nahm er weg; und er nahm alle goldenen Schilde weg, die Salomo gemacht hatte. (1Ki 10:16; 2Ki 14:14)27Und der König Rehabeam machte an ihrer Stelle bronzene Schilde, und er vertraute ⟨sie⟩ der Hand der Obersten der Leibwächter an, die den Eingang des Hauses des Königs bewachten. (2Ki 11:4)28Und es geschah: sooft der König in das Haus des HERRN hineinging, trugen die Leibwächter die Schilde[13] und brachten sie dann wieder in das Wachzimmer der Leibwächter zurück.29Und die übrige Geschichte[14] Rehabeams und alles, was er getan hat, ist das nicht geschrieben in dem Buch der Geschichte[15] der Könige von Juda? (1Ki 15:7; 1Ki 22:46; 2Ki 8:23; 2Ki 15:36; 2Ch 25:26)30Und es war Krieg zwischen Rehabeam und Jerobeam alle ⟨ihre⟩ Tage. (1Ki 12:24; 1Ki 15:6)31Und Rehabeam legte sich zu seinen Vätern, und er wurde begraben bei seinen Vätern in der Stadt Davids. Und der Name seiner Mutter war Naama, die Ammoniterin. Und sein Sohn Abija wurde an seiner Stelle König. (1Ki 2:10; 1Ki 11:1; 1Ki 15:1; 1Ch 3:10; 2Ch 13:1; Mt 1:7)