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1 Kings 14 – New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Ahijah Prophesies against the King

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:1 -

At that time H6256 Abijah H29 the son H1121 of Jeroboam H3379 became H2470 sick H2470.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:2 - And Jeroboam H3379 said H559 to his wife H802, “Now H4994 arise H6965 and disguise H8132 yourself so that they will not know H3045 that you are the wife H802 of Jeroboam H3379, and go H1980 to Shiloh H7887. Behold H2009, Ahijah H281 the prophet H5030 is there H8033, who H1931 said H1696 regarding H5921 me that I would be king H4428 over H5921 this H2088 people H5971.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:3 - “Take H3947 ten H6235 loaves H3899 with you, some pastries H5350, and a jar H1228 of honey H1706, and go H935 to him. He will tell H5046 you what H4100 will happen H1961 to the boy H5288.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:4 -

And Jeroboam’s H3379 wife H802 did H6213 so H3651, and set H6965 out H6965 and went H1980 to Shiloh H7887, and came H935 to the house H1004 of Ahijah H281. Now Ahijah H281 could H3201 not see H7200 because H3588 his eyes H5869 were H6965 [fn]glossy H6965 from his old H7869 age H7869.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:5 - Now the LORD H3068 had said H559 to Ahijah H281, “Behold H2009, the wife H802 of Jeroboam H3379 is coming H935 to [fn]inquire H1875 of you about H413 her son H1121, because H3588 he is H2470 sick H2470. You shall say H1696 such H2090 and such H2088 to her, for it will be when she arrives H935, that she is going to make H5234 herself unrecognizable H5234.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:6 -

So when Ahijah H281 heard H8085 the sound H6963 of her feet H7272 coming H935 in the doorway H6607, he said H559, “Come H935 in H935, wife H802 of Jeroboam H3379; why H4100 do you make H5234 yourself unrecognizable H5234? Nevertheless, I am sent H7971 to you with a harsh H7186 message.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:7 - “Go H1980, say H559 to Jeroboam H3379, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H559: “Because H3282 H834 I exalted H7311 you from among H8432 the people H5971 and made H5414 you leader H5057 over H5921 My people H5971 Israel H3478,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:8 - and tore H7167 the kingdom H4467 away H7167 from the house H1004 of David H1732 and gave H5414 it to you—yet you have not been H1961 like My servant H5650 David H1732, who H834 kept H8104 My commandments H4687 and followed H1980 H310 Me with all H3605 his heart H3824, to do H6213 only H7534 that which H3477 was right H3477 in My sight H5869;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:9 - you also have done H6213 more H4480 evil H7489 than H4480 all H3605 who H834 were before H6440 you, and you have gone H1980 and made H6213 for yourself other H312 gods H430 and cast H4541 metal H4541 images H4541 to provoke H3707 Me to H3707 anger H3707, and have thrown H7993 Me behind H310 your back H1458
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:10 - therefore H3651 behold H2009, I am bringing H935 disaster H7451 on the house H1004 of Jeroboam H3379, and I will eliminate H3772 from Jeroboam H3379 [fn]every H8366 male H8366 H7023 person, both [fn]bond H6113 and free H5800 in Israel H3478, and I will make H1197 a clean H310 sweep H1197 of the house H1004 of Jeroboam H3379, just H834 as H834 one sweeps H1197 away H1197 dung H1557 until H5704 it is H8552 all H8552 gone H8552.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:11 - “Anyone belonging to Jeroboam H3379 who dies H4191 in the city H5892, the dogs H3611 will eat H398. And anyone who dies H4191 in the field H7704, the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 will eat H398; for the LORD H3068 has spoken H1696 it.”’
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:12 - “Now you, arise H6965, go H1980 to your house H1004. When your feet H7272 enter H935 the city H5892 the child H3206 will die H4191.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:13 - “Then all H3605 Israel H3478 will mourn H5594 for him and bury H6912 him, for [fn]he alone H905 of Jeroboam’s H3379 family will come H935 to the grave H6913, because H3282 in him something H1697 good H2896 was found H4672 toward H413 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 in the house H1004 of Jeroboam H3379.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:14 - “Moreover, the LORD H3068 will raise H6965 up H6965 for Himself a king H4428 over H5921 Israel H3478 who H834 will eliminate H3772 the house H1004 of Jeroboam H3379 this H2088 day H3117 [fn]and from now H6258 on.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:15 -

“For the LORD H3068 will strike H5221 Israel H3478, just H834 as H834 a reed H7070 sways H5110 in the water H4325; and He will uproot H5428 Israel H3478 from this H2088 good H2896 land H127 which H834 He gave H5414 to their fathers H1, and will scatter H2219 them beyond H4480 H5676 the Euphrates River H5104, because H3282 H834 they have made H6213 their [fn]Asherim H842, provoking H3707 the LORD H3068 to H3707 anger H3707.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:16 - “He will give H5414 up H5414 Israel H3478 because H1558 of the sins H2403 of Jeroboam H3379, which H834 he [fn]committed H2398 and with which H834 he misled H2398 Israel H3478 into H2398 sin H2398.”
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Then Jeroboam’s H3379 wife H802 arose H6965 and departed H1980, and came H935 to Tirzah H8656. As she was entering H935 the threshold H5592 of the house H1004, the child H5288 died H4191.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:18 - Then all H3605 Israel H3478 buried H6912 him and mourned H5594 for him, in accordance with the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 He had spoken H1696 through H3027 His servant H5650 Ahijah H281 the prophet H5030.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:19 -

Now as for the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Jeroboam H3379, how H834 he made H3898 war H3898 and how H834 he reigned H4427, behold H2009, they are written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 of the Kings H4428 of Israel H3478.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:20 - And the time H3117 that Jeroboam H3379 reigned H4427 was twenty-two H6242 H8147 years H8141; and he [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers H1, and his son H1121 Nadab H5070 reigned H4427 in H8478 his place H8478.

Rehoboam Misleads Judah

(2Ch 11:5—12:16 )
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Now Rehoboam H7346 the son H1121 of Solomon H8010 reigned H4427 in Judah H3063. Rehoboam H7346 was forty-one H705 H259 years H8141 old H1121 when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 for seventeen H7651 H6240 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389, the city H5892 which H834 the LORD H3068 had chosen H977 from all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 to put H7760 His name H8034 there H8033. And his mother’s H517 name H8034 was Naamah H5279 the Ammonitess H5985.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:22 - And the people of Judah H3063 did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068, and they provoked H7065 Him to H7065 jealousy H7065 with their sins H2403 which H834 they [fn]committed H2398, more H4480 than H4480 all H3605 that their fathers H1 had done H6213.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:23 - For they, too H1571, built H1129 for themselves high H1116 places H1116, memorial H4676 stones H4676, and [fn]Asherim H842 on every H3605 high H1364 hill H1389 and under H8478 every H3605 luxuriant H7488 tree H6086.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:24 - There were also H1571 male H6945 cult H6945 prostitutes H6945 in the land H776. They committed H6213 [fn]all H3605 the same abominations H8441 of the nations H1471 which H834 the LORD H3068 dispossessed H3423 before H6440 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:25 -

Now it happened H1961 in the fifth H2549 year H8141 of King H4428 Rehoboam H7346, that Shishak H7895 the king H4428 of Egypt H4714 marched H5927 against H5921 Jerusalem H3389.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:26 - And he took H3947 away the treasures H214 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 and the treasures H214 of the king’s H4428 house H1004, and he took H3947 everything H3605; he even took H3947 all H3605 the shields H4043 of gold H2091 which H834 Solomon H8010 had made H6213.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:27 - So King H4428 Rehoboam H7346 made H6213 shields H4043 of bronze H5178 in H8478 their place H8478, and entrusted H6485 them to the [fn]care H3027 of the commanders H8269 of the [fn]guard H7323 who guarded H8104 the doorway H6607 of the king’s H4428 house H1004.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:28 - And it happened H1961 as often H1767 as the king H4428 entered H935 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, that the [fn]guards H7323 would carry H5375 them and would bring H7725 them back H7725 into the [fn]guards’ H7323 room H8372.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:29 -

Now as for the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Rehoboam H7346 and all H3605 that he did H6213, are they not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 of the Kings H4428 of Judah H3063?

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:30 - And there was war H4421 between H996 Rehoboam H7346 and Jeroboam H3379 continually H3605 H3117.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:31 - And Rehoboam H7346 [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers H1 and was buried H6912 with his fathers H1 in the city H5892 of David H1732; and his mother’s H517 name H8034 was Naamah H5279 the Ammonitess H5985. And his son H1121 Abijam H38 became H4427 king H4427 in H8478 his place H8478.
NASB20 Footnotes
Lit set
Lit seek a word from
Lit him who urinates against the wall
Or children and adults in
Lit this one
Lit and what even now?
I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)
Lit sinned
I.e., died
Lit sinned
I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)
Lit according to all
Lit hand
Lit runners
Lit runners
Lit runners
I.e., died
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