1Kings:14:1-20

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* At that time Ahijah the son of Jeroboam was sick . * And Jeroboam said to his wife , Please rise up and disguise yourself , that you may not be known to be the wife of Jeroboam . And you shall go to Shiloh . Behold , Ahijah the prophet is there . He spoke to me of being king over this people . * And you shall take ten loaves in your hand , and biscuits , and a flask of honey , and come to him . He will tell you what shall become of the boy . * And Jeroboam 's wife did so , and rose up and went to Shiloh and entered the house of Ahijah . And Ahijah was not able to see , for his eyes were set because of his age . * And Jehovah said to Ahijah , Behold , the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask a thing of you for her son , for he is sick . You shall say this and this to her , and it shall be when she comes in , she will act as a foreigner . * And it happened when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in the door , he said , Come in , wife of Jeroboam . Why are you acting as a foreigner ? And I am sent to you with a hard thing . * Go , say to Jeroboam , So says Jehovah , God of Israel , Because I have exalted you from among the people , and have appointed you leader over My people Israel ; * and have torn the kingdom from the house of David , and have given it to you , and you have not been as My servant David who kept My commandments , and who walked after Me with all his heart , to do only that which is right in My eyes ; * and you did evil above all who have been before you , and went and made for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me to anger ; and you have cast Me behind your back * therefore , behold , I am bringing evil to the house of Jeroboam , and will cut off from Jeroboam him who urinates against the wall , bound and free in Israel ; and will sweep away the rest of the house of Jeroboam as a man sweeps away the dung , until it is all gone . * The dogs shall eat those of Jeroboam who die in the city . And the birds of the heavens shall eat those who die in a field ; for Jehovah has spoken . * And you , rise up , go to your house . When your feet enter the city , the boy shall die . * And all Israel shall mourn for him , and bury him , for only this one of Jeroboam shall come to the grave because there has been found in him a good thing toward Jehovah , God of Israel , in the house of Jeroboam . * And Jehovah shall raise up a king over Israel for Himself , who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam this day . And what ? Even now ! * And Jehovah shall strike Israel as the reed waves in the water , and shall pluck up Israel from off this good land that He gave to their fathers . And He shall scatter them beyond the River , because they have made their Asherahs , provoking Jehovah to anger . * And He shall give up Israel because of the sins of Jeroboam that he sinned , and that he caused Israel to sin . * And Jeroboam 's wife rose up and left , and came to Tirzah . She came in to the threshold of the house , and the boy died . * And they buried him , and all Israel mourned for him , according to the word of Jehovah that He spoke by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet . * And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam , how he fought , and how he reigned , behold , they are written in the Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Israel . * And the days that Jeroboam reigned were twenty two years . And he lay with his fathers , and his son Nadab reigned in his place .

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