<vn='1'>At <sn="1931">that</s><sn="6256">time</s><sn="29">Abijah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> fell <sn="2470">sick</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s><sn="559">said</s> to his <sn="802">wife</s>, <sn="6965">Arise</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, and disguise <sn="8138">thyself</s>, <sn="3588">that</s><sn="859">thou</s> be <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3045">known</s> to be the <sn="802">wife</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s>; and <sn="1980">get</s> thee to <sn="7887">Shiloh</s>: <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="8033">there</s> is <sn="281">Ahijah</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s>, <sn="1931">which</s><sn="1696 5921">told</s> me that I should be <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="3947">take</s><sn="3027">with</s> thee <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="3899">loaves</s>, and <sn="5350">cracknels</s>, and a <sn="1228">cruse</s> of <sn="1706">honey</s>, and <sn="935">go</s><sn="413">to</s> him: <sn="1931">he</s> shall <sn="5046">tell</s> thee <sn="4100">what</s> shall <sn="1961">become</s> of the <sn="5288">child</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> 's <sn="802">wife</s><sn="6213">did</s><sn="3651">so</s>, and <sn="6965">arose</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="7887">Shiloh</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> to the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="281">Ahijah</s>. But <sn="281">Ahijah</s><sn="3201">could</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="7200">see</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> his <sn="5869">eyes</s> were <sn="6965">set</s> by reason of his <sn="4480 7869">age</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="281">Ahijah</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, the <sn="802">wife</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s><sn="935">cometh</s> to <sn="1875">ask</s> a <sn="1697">thing</s><sn="4480 5973">of</s> thee <sn="413">for</s> her <sn="1121">son</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">he</s> is <sn="2470">sick</s>: <sn="2090">thus</s> and <sn="2088">thus</s> shalt thou <sn="1696">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> her: for it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, when she cometh <sn="935">in</s>, that <sn="1931">she</s> shall feign herself to be another <sn="5234">woman</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And it <sn="1961">was</s> so, when <sn="281">Ahijah</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6963">sound</s> of her <sn="7272">feet</s>, as she came <sn="935">in</s> at the <sn="6607">door</s>, that he <sn="559">said</s>, Come <sn="935">in</s>, thou <sn="802">wife</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s>; <sn="4100 2088">why</s> feignest thou thyself to be <sn="5234 859">another</s>? for <sn="595">I</s> am <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">to</s> thee with <sn="7186">heavy</s> tidings. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1980">Go</s>, <sn="559">tell</s><sn="3379">Jeroboam</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="3282 834">Forasmuch</s> as I <sn="7311">exalted</s> thee from <sn="4480 8432">among</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="5414">made</s> thee <sn="5057">prince</s><sn="5921">over</s> my <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="7167">rent</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4467">kingdom</s> away from the <sn="4480 1004">house</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="5414">gave</s> it thee: and yet thou hast <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1961">been</s> as my <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="834">who</s><sn="8104">kept</s> my <sn="4687">commandments</s>, and <sn="834">who</s><sn="1980 310">followed</s> me with <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="3824">heart</s>, to <sn="6213">do</s> that <sn="7535">only</s> which was <sn="3477">right</s> in mine <sn="5869">eyes</s>; </v>
<vn='9'>But hast <sn="6213">done</s><sn="7489">evil</s> above <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1961">were</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee: for thou hast <sn="1980">gone</s> and <sn="6213">made</s> thee <sn="312">other</s><sn="430">gods</s>, and molten <sn="4541">images</s>, to provoke me to <sn="3707">anger</s>, and hast <sn="7993">cast</s> me <sn="310">behind</s> thy <sn="1458">back</s>: </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="2009">behold</s>, I will <sn="935">bring</s><sn="7451">evil</s><sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s>, and will cut <sn="3772">off</s> from <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> him that <sn="8366">pisseth</s> against the <sn="7023">wall</s>, and him that is shut <sn="6113">up</s> and <sn="5800">left</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and will take <sn="1197">away</s> the <sn="310">remnant</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s>, <sn="834">as</s> a man taketh <sn="1197">away</s><sn="1557">dung</s>, <sn="5704">till</s> it be all <sn="8552">gone</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Him that <sn="4191">dieth</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> in the <sn="5892">city</s> shall the <sn="3611">dogs</s><sn="398">eat</s>; and him that <sn="4191">dieth</s> in the <sn="7704">field</s> shall the <sn="5775">fowls</s> of the <sn="8064">air</s><sn="398">eat</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="1696">spoken</s> it. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="6965">Arise</s><sn="859">thou</s> therefore, <sn="1980">get</s> thee to thine own <sn="1004">house</s>: and when thy <sn="7272">feet</s><sn="935">enter</s> into the <sn="5892">city</s>, the <sn="3206">child</s> shall <sn="4191">die</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> shall <sn="5594">mourn</s> for him, and <sn="6912">bury</s> him: <sn="3588 2088">for</s> he <sn="905">only</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> shall <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="6913">grave</s>, <sn="3282">because</s> in him there is <sn="4672">found</s> some <sn="2896">good</s><sn="1697">thing</s><sn="413">toward</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Moreover the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall raise him <sn="6965">up</s> a <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="834">who</s> shall cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s><sn="2088">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>: but <sn="4100">what</s>? <sn="1571">even</s><sn="6258">now</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>For the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall <sn="5221">smite</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="834">as</s> a <sn="7070">reed</s> is <sn="5110">shaken</s> in the <sn="4325">water</s>, and he shall root <sn="5428">up</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> out <sn="4480 5921">of</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="2896">good</s><sn="127">land</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="5414">gave</s> to their <sn="1">fathers</s>, and shall <sn="2219">scatter</s> them <sn="4480 5676">beyond</s> the <sn="5104">river</s>, <sn="3282 834">because</s> they have <sn="6213">made</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="842">groves</s>, provoking the LORD to <sn="3707 *853 3068">anger</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And he shall give Israel <sn="5414 *853 3478">up</s><sn="1558">because</s> of the <sn="2403">sins</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s>, <sn="834">who</s> did <sn="2398">sin</s>, and <sn="834">who</s> made Israel to <sn="2398 *853 3478">sin</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> 's <sn="802">wife</s><sn="6965">arose</s>, and <sn="1980">departed</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="8656">Tirzah</s>: and when <sn="1931">she</s><sn="935">came</s> to the <sn="5592">threshold</s> of the <sn="1004">door</s>, the <sn="5288">child</s><sn="4191">died</s>; </v>
<vn='18'>And they <sn="6912">buried</s> him; and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5594">mourned</s> for him, according to the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="1696">spoke</s> by the <sn="3027">hand</s> of his <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="281">Ahijah</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="1697">acts</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s>, <sn="834">how</s> he <sn="3898">warred</s>, and <sn="834">how</s> he <sn="4427">reigned</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, they are <sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="1697 3117">chronicles</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And the <sn="3117">days</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="3379">Jeroboam</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> were <sn="8147">two</s> and <sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="8141">years</s>: and he <sn="7901">slept</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s>, and <sn="5070">Nadab</s> his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="7346">Rehoboam</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in <sn="3063">Judah</s>. <sn="7346">Rehoboam</s> was <sn="705">forty</s> and <sn="259">one</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s> when he began to <sn="4427">reign</s>, and he <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="7651 6240">seventeen</s><sn="8141">years</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, the <sn="5892">city</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> did <sn="977">choose</s> out of <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="7626">tribes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, to <sn="7760">put</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="8034">name</s><sn="8033">there</s>. And his <sn="517">mother</s> 's <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="5279">Naamah</s> an <sn="5984">Ammonitess</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="6213">did</s><sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and they provoked him to <sn="7065 *853">jealousy</s> with their <sn="2403">sins</s><sn="834">which</s> they had <sn="2398">committed</s>, above <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> their <sn="1">fathers</s> had <sn="6213">done</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>For <sn="1992">they</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="1129">built</s> them high <sn="1116">places</s>, and <sn="4676">images</s>, and <sn="842">groves</s>, <sn="5921">on</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="1364">high</s><sn="1389">hill</s>, and <sn="8478">under</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="7488">green</s><sn="6086">tree</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And there <sn="1961">were</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="6945">sodomites</s> in the <sn="776">land</s>: and they <sn="6213">did</s> according to <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="8441">abominations</s> of the <sn="1471">nations</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> cast <sn="3423">out</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> in the <sn="2549">fifth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7346">Rehoboam</s>, that <sn="7895">Shishak</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s> came <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>: </v>
<vn='26'>And he took <sn="3947">away</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="214">treasures</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and the <sn="214">treasures</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>; he even took <sn="3947">away</s><sn="3605">all</s>: and he took <sn="3947">away</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4043">shields</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s> had <sn="6213">made</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7346">Rehoboam</s><sn="6213">made</s> in their <sn="8478">stead</s><sn="5178">brazen</s><sn="4043">shields</s>, and <sn="6485">committed</s> them <sn="5921">unto</s> the <sn="3027">hands</s> of the <sn="8269">chief</s> of the <sn="7323">guard</s>, which <sn="8104">kept</s> the <sn="6607">door</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>And it <sn="1961">was</s> so, <sn="4480 1767">when</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="935">went</s> into the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, that the <sn="7323">guard</s><sn="5375">bore</s> them, and brought them <sn="7725">back</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="7323">guard</s><sn="8372">chamber</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>Now the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="1697">acts</s> of <sn="7346">Rehoboam</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> he <sn="6213">did</s>, are <sn="1992">they</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="1697 3117">chronicles</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>? </v>
<vn='30'>And there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="4421">war</s><sn="996">between</s><sn="7346">Rehoboam</s> and <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s><sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="3117">days</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>And <sn="7346">Rehoboam</s><sn="7901">slept</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s>, and was <sn="6912">buried</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s> in the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>. And his <sn="517">mother</s> 's <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="5279">Naamah</s> an <sn="5984">Ammonitess</s>. And <sn="38">Abijam</s> his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>