1 Naquele tempo, adoeceu Abias, filho de Jeroboão. 2 Disse este a sua mulher: Dispõe-te, agora, e disfarça-te, para que não conheçam que és mulher de Jeroboão; e vai a Siló. Eis que lá está o profeta Aías, o qual a meu respeito disse que eu seria rei sobre este povo. 3 Leva contigo dez pães, bolos e uma botija de mel e vai ter com ele; ele te dirá o que há de suceder a este menino.

4 A mulher de Jeroboão assim o fez; levantou-se, foi a Siló e entrou na casa de Aías; Aías já não podia ver, porque os seus olhos já se tinham escurecido, por causa da sua velhice. 5 Porém o Senhor disse a Aías: Eis que a mulher de Jeroboão vem consultar-te sobre seu filho, que está doente. Assim e assim lhe falarás, porque, ao entrar, fingirá ser outra.

6 Ouvindo Aías o ruído de seus pés, quando ela entrava pela porta, disse: Entra, mulher de Jeroboão; por que finges assim? Pois estou encarregado de te dizer duras novas. 7 Vai e dize a Jeroboão: Assim diz o Senhor, Deus de Israel: Porquanto te levantei do meio do povo, e te fiz príncipe sobre o meu povo de Israel, 8 e tirei o reino da casa de Davi, e to entreguei, e tu não foste como Davi, meu servo, que guardou os meus mandamentos e andou após mim de todo o seu coração, para fazer somente o que parecia reto aos meus olhos; 9 antes, fizeste o mal, pior do que todos os que foram antes de ti, e fizeste outros deuses e imagens de fundição, para provocar-me à ira, e me viraste as costas; 10 portanto, eis que trarei o mal sobre a casa de Jeroboão, e eliminarei de Jeroboão todo e qualquer do sexo masculino, tanto o escravo como o livre, e lançarei fora os descendentes da casa de Jeroboão, como se lança fora o esterco, até que, de todo, ela se acabe. 11 Quem morrer a Jeroboão na cidade, os cães o comerão, e o que morrer no campo aberto, as aves do céu o comerão, porque o Senhor o disse. 12 Tu, pois, dispõe-te e vai para tua casa; quando puseres os pés na cidade, o menino morrerá. 13 Todo o Israel o pranteará e o sepultará; porque de Jeroboão só este dará entrada em sepultura, porquanto se achou nele coisa boa para com o Senhor, Deus de Israel, em casa de Jeroboão. 14 O Senhor, porém, suscitará para si um rei sobre Israel, que eliminará, no seu dia, a casa de Jeroboão. Que digo eu? Há de ser já. 15 Também o Senhor ferirá a Israel para que se agite como a cana se agita nas águas; arrancará a Israel desta boa terra que dera a seus pais e o espalhará para além do Eufrates, porquanto fez os seus postes-ídolos, provocando o Senhor à ira. 16 Abandonará a Israel por causa dos pecados que Jeroboão cometeu e pelos que fez Israel cometer.

17 Então, a mulher de Jeroboão se levantou, foi e chegou a Tirza; chegando ela ao limiar da casa, morreu o menino. 18 Sepultaram-no, e todo o Israel o pranteou, segundo a palavra do Senhor, por intermédio do profeta Aías, seu servo. 19 Quanto aos mais atos de Jeroboão, como guerreou e como reinou, eis que estão escritos no Livro da História dos Reis de Israel. 20 Foi de vinte e dois anos o tempo que reinou Jeroboão; e descansou com seus pais; e Nadabe, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.

21 Roboão, filho de Salomão, reinou em Judá; de quarenta e um anos de idade era Roboão quando começou a reinar e reinou dezessete anos em Jerusalém, na cidade que o Senhor escolhera de todas as tribos de Israel, para estabelecer ali o seu nome. Naamá era o nome de sua mãe, amonita. 22 Fez Judá o que era mau perante o Senhor; e, com os pecados que cometeu, o provocou a zelo, mais do que fizeram os seus pais. 23 Porque também os de Judá edificaram altos, estátuas, colunas e postes-ídolos no alto de todos os elevados outeiros e debaixo de todas as árvores verdes. 24 Havia também na terra prostitutos cultuais; fizeram segundo todas as coisas abomináveis das nações que o Senhor expulsara de diante dos filhos de Israel. 25 No quinto ano do rei Roboão, Sisaque, rei do Egito, subiu contra Jerusalém 26 e tomou os tesouros da Casa do Senhor e os tesouros da casa do rei; tomou tudo. Também levou todos os escudos de ouro que Salomão tinha feito. 27 Em lugar destes, fez o rei Roboão escudos de bronze e os entregou nas mãos dos capitães da guarda, que guardavam a porta da casa do rei. 28 Toda vez que o rei entrava na Casa do Senhor, os da guarda usavam os escudos e tornavam a trazê-los para a câmara da guarda. 29 Quanto aos mais dos atos de Roboão e a tudo quanto fez, porventura, não estão escritos no Livro da História dos Reis de Judá? 30 Houve guerra entre Roboão e Jeroboão todos os seus dias. 31 Roboão descansou com seus pais e com eles foi sepultado na Cidade de Davi. Naamá era o nome de sua mãe, amonita; e Abias, filho de Roboão, reinou em seu lugar.

1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. 2 And 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, who spake concerning me that I should be king over this people. 3 And take with thee ten loaves, and cakes, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he will tell thee what shall become of the child. 4 And Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age. 5 And Jehovah said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to inquire of thee concerning her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her; for it will be, when she cometh in, that she will feign herself to be another woman.

6 And 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. 7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel, 8 and 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, 9 but hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back: 10 therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every man-child, him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweepeth away dung, till it be all gone. 11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat: for Jehovah hath spoken it. 12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thy 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 Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam. 14 Moreover Jehovah will raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. 15 For Jehovah will smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and he will root up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking Jehovah to anger. 16 And he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he hath sinned, and wherewith he hath made Israel to sin.

17 And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died. 18 And all Israel buried him, and mourned for him, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the prophet.

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. 20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.

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 Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. 22 And Judah did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done. 23 For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree; 24 and there were also sodomites in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Jehovah drove out before the children of Israel.

25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem; 26 and he took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. 27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house. 28 And it was so, that, as oft as the king went into the house of Jehovah, the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber.

29 Now 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? 30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. 31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

1 At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,

2 and Jeroboam said to his wife, "Go, disguise yourself, so you won't be recognized 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.

3 Take 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."

4 So 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.

5 But 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."

6 So when Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps at the door, he said, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why this pretense? I have been sent to you with bad news.

7 Go, 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.

8 I 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.

9 You 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. "I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is all gone.

11 Dogs 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.

13 All 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]

15 And 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 Euphrates River, because they aroused the LORD's anger by making Asherah poles. [^3]

16 And he will give Israel up because of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit."

17 Then 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.

18 They buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, as the LORD had said through his servant the prophet Ahijah.

19 The 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.

20 He reigned for twenty-two years and then rested with his ancestors. And Nadab his son succeeded him as king.

21 Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned 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.

22 Judah 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.

23 They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree.

24 There 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.

25 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.

26 He 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.

27 So 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.

28 Whenever the king went to the LORD's temple, the guards bore the shields, and afterward they returned them to the guardroom.

29 As 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?

30 There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.

31 And 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 "his son succeeded him as king.