Solomon's adversaries, CHRIST eir. 984. 1 KINGS. Before CHRIST Hadad, Rezon, and Jeroboam. Before thee, and thou hast not kept my cove- | bat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Ze- cir. 984nant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the ruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up b 2 Sam. 20 ch. 12. 15, 16. kingdom from thee, and will give it to his hand against the king. thy servant. over 31. 2 Sam. 7. 15. Ps. 89-33. q ca. 12. 20. 21. 27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solo- ch. 9. 24. mon built Millo, and repaired the closed. breaches of the city of David his father. 12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. 13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and r Deut. 12. for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen. 14 ¶ And the LORD 'stirred up an ad-† versary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom. 11. $ 1 Chron. 5. 26. 12 Sam. 8.14. Chron. 18. 12, 13. 15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the Numb. 24. host was gone up to bury the slain, "after he had smitten every male in Edom; 19. Deut. 20. 13. x 1 Kings 2. 20, 34 16 (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:) 17 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child. + Heb. 28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was indus- Heb. did trious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph. d scork. + Heb. burden. cir. 980. 29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite & ch. 14.2. found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field: 30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in See 1 Sam twelve pieces: 15. 27. & 24. 31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take 18 And they arose out of Midian, and 19 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. 20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's houshold among the sons of Pharaoh. 21 *And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, +Heb. Send Hadad said to Pharaoh, +Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country. 33 Because that they have forsaken ver.5,6% me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father. 34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes: 17. 35 But I will take the kingdom outch 1. of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes. 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a flight alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there. 37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel. 38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commis-mandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and 'build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will 26 And Jeroboam the son of Ne- give Israel unto thee. 25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the chief that Hadad did: and he abhorred ch. 12. Israel, and reigned over Syria. 2 Chron. 13. 6. 1 Kings 4 2hingt 17 Heb. lemp or, cum Josh 1. 7 1 2 Sam-7 Solomon's death. Before CHRIST cir. 980. cir, g8o. m Chron. 9.23. CHAP. XII. Ten tribes revolt from Jeroboam. CHRIST 975 39 And I will for this afflict the seed of | ple, who have spoken to me, saying, Make Before David, but not for ever. the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter? of Solomon. 40 Solomon sought therefore to kill 41 ¶ And the rest of the || acts of SoOr, words, lomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? er, things. n ? Chron. 9.30 42 "And the time that Solomon Heb. days. reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. • 2 Chron. 8.31. cir. 975. P Matt. 1.7, called R.bour. 975 • 2 Chron. 10. 1, &c. b ch. 11.6. 45 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and "Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XII. 1 The Israelites, assembled at Shechem to crown Rehoboam, by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation unto him. 6 Rehoboam, refusing the old men's counsel, by the advice of young men, answereth them roughly. 16 Ten tribes revolting, kill Adoram, and make Rehoboam to flee. 21 Rehoboam, raising an army, is forbidden by Shemaiah. 25 Jeroboam strengtheneth himself by cities, 26 and by the idolatry of the two calves. AND to ND Rehoboam went to Shechem: to make him king. 2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam ch. 11. 48, the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) 3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, 4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. 5 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed. 6¶ And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people? 7 And they spake unto him, saying, e 2 Chron. If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever. 8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him: 9 And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this peo 11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 12 ¶ So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day. 13 And the king answered the people troughly, and forsook the old men's coun- † Heb. sel that they gave him; sel of the young men, saying, My father 14 And spake to them after the counmade your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. hardly. Judg. 14. 4. 31. 15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for 'the cause was from fver. 24. the LORD, that he might perform his say- 2 Chron. 10. ing, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the 25: 2022 7.8 Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat. ch. 11. 11, 16 So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, "What h 2 Sam. 20. portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents. Jeroboam's idolatry. Before CHRIST 975. o 2 Chron. 11. 2. p ver. 15. q See Judges 9.45. 1 KINGS. 22 But the word of God came unto 23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying, 24 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD. 25 ¶ Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built r Judg. 8. 17. Penuel. s Deut. 12. 5,6. 29. & 17. 16. 26¶ And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: 27 If this people 'go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. 28 Whereupon the king took counsel, Kings 10, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go Exod. 32. up to Jerusalem: "behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 4,8. x Gen. 23. 13. Hos. 4. 15 29 And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in "Dan. 30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. 31 And he made an house of high b Numb. 3. places, and made priests of the lowest 2 Kings 17 of the people, which were not of the sons 32. 2Chron. of Levi. 10. ch. 13.33. 11. 14, 15Ezek. 44-7, 8. Lev. 23.33, 29. 12. ch. 8. 34 Numb. 2,51 Or, went up to the altar, &c. Or, to sacrifice. d Amos 7. 13. ¡ Or, went up to the altar, &c. 32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he || offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, || sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made. 33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month e Numb. 15. which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, tand burnt incense. And he gave a sign the same day, John 2 18 saying, This is the sign which the LORD 1 Cor. 1.22 hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. 4¶ And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. 5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. & 9.28. & 19. 6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face Exod & & of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, 17s. that my hand may be restored me again. 24 James 5. And the man of God besought the LORD,+Heb. the and the king's hand was restored him face of the again, and became as it was before. 7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward. 16. LORD. f1 Sam.9.7 @ Kings 5.15. 22.18 & 24 8 And the man of God said unto the king, "If thou wilt give me half thine & So Namb house, I will not go in with thee, neither 13will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: 9 For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, "Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest. io So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el. h 1 Cer. 5 11. 11 ¶ Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his sons came and told + Heb. him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father. 12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. The prophet slain by a lion. Before CHRIST 975 i ver. 8, 9. + Heb. a ward was. CHAP. XIV. 13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon, 14 And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am. 15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. 16 And he said, 'I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place: 17 Fort it was said to me by the word kch. 20. 35 of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest. 1 Thess. 4 18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him. 19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. 20 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back: 21 And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee, 22 But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, 1of the which the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. 23¶ And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back. 24 And when he was gone, ma lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase. 25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. 26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him. | Jeroboam's obstinacy. Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him. 28 And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass. 29 And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him. 30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, "Alas, my brother! Before CHRIST 975 + Heb. broken. n Jer. 22. 18. 17, 18. 31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones: 2 Kings 23. 32 For the saying which he cried by per.. the word of the LORD against the altar in 16, 19 Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass. 2 Kings 23. q See ch. 16 24. cir. 974r ch. 12. 31, 9. 33 'After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests 11.15. & 13 of the high places: whosoever would, he + Heb. reconsecrated him, and he became one of made. the priests of the high places. turned and + Heb. fille his hand. 34 And this thing became sin unto Judg. 17. 12 the house of Jeroboam, even to cut its ch. 12. 30. t ch. 14. 10. off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth. 4 And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to ech. 11. 20. the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason +Heh. rond 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 27 And he spake to his sons, saying, | woman. for kis hoar ness. in ch. 16. 4. & 21.24. n ver. 17. • 2 Chron. 12. 12. & 19. 3. p ch. 15. 27, 18, 29. 6. Ps. 52. 5 k 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. m 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 P 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 92 Kings 17. shall root up Israel out of this 'good Josh. 23. land, which he gave to their fathers, and 15, 16. shall scatter them "beyond the river, 99. Kings 15. t because they have made their groves, 13. De provoking the LORD to anger. t Exod. 34. 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's wife arose, and x ch. 16.6,8, departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died; 6. 4. y ver. 12. z ver. 13. 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. Before CHRIST God's judgments against Jeroboam. 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. 956. a 2 Chron. 13.2, &c. 20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his Heb. lay son reigned in his stead. b down. 964 b 2 Chron. 12. 13975 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 c ch. 11. 36. did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's & ver. 31name was Naamah an Ammonitess. e c 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. 25 ¶1And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king 1 ch. 11.40 of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: 2 Chron. 12. 2. m 2 Chron. 26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the trea- 129, 10, 11. sures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold "which Solomon had made. n ch. 10. 17. |