1 Ieroboám ſendeth his wife diſguiſed to Ahiiah the Prophet, who declareth vnto him the deſtruction of his houſe. 22 Iudáh is puniſhed by Shiſhák.

1.AT that time Abiiáh the ſonne of Ieroboám fel ſicke.

2.And Ieroboám ſaid vnto his wife, Vp, I pray thee, ^a& diſguiſe thy ſelfe, that they knowe not that thou art the wife of Ieroboám, and go to Shilóh: for there is Ahiiáh the Prophet, which tolde me ^*that I ſhulde be King ouer this people,

3.And take ^"with ^bthee ten loaues and craknels, and a bottel of hony, and go to him: he ſhal tel thee what ſhal become of the yong man.

4.And Ieroboams wife did ſo, and aroſe, & went to Shilóh, and came to the houſe of Ahiiáh: but Ahiiáh colde not ſe, for his ^"ſight was decayed for his age.

5.The Lord ſaid vnto Ahiiáh, Beholde, the wife of Ieroboám commeth to aſke a thing of thee for her ſonne, for he is ſicke: thus and thus ſhalt thou ſay vnto her: for when ſhe commeth in, ſhe ſhal feine her ſelfe to be ^canother.

6.Therefore when Ahiiáh heard the ſound of her fete as ſhe came in at the dore, he ſaid, Come in, thou ^dwife of Ieroboám: why feineſt y^u thus thy ſelfe to be another? I am ſent to thee with heauy tidings.

7.Go, Go, tel Ieroboám, Thus ſaith the Lord God of Iſraél, Foraſmuche as I haue exalted ^ethee from among the people, and haue made thee prince ouer my people Iſraél,

8.And haue rent the kingdome away from the houſe of Dauid, and haue giuẽ it thee, and thou haſt not bene as my ſeruant Dauid, which kept my commandements, and followed me with all his heart, and did onely that which was right in mines eyes,

9.But haſt done euil aboue all that were before thee (for thou haſt gone and made thee other gods, and ^fmolten images, to prouoke me, and haſt caſt me behinde thy backe)

10.Therefore beholde, I wil bring euil vpõ the houſe of Ieroboám, and wil cut of frõ Ieroboám him that ^* ^gpiſſeth againſt the wall, aſwel him that ^his ſhut vp, as him that is left in Iſraél, & wil ſwepe away the remnant of the houſe of Ieroboám, as a man ſwepeth away doung, til it be all gone.

11.The dogs ſhal eat him of Ieroboams ſtocke that dyeth in the citie, and the foules of the aire ſhal eat him that dyeth in the field: ⁱfor the Lord hathe ſaid it.

12.Vp therefore & get thee to thine houſe: for whẽ thy feete entre into the citie, the childe ſhal dye.

13.And all Iſraél ſhal mourne for him, and bury him: for he onely of Ieroboám ſhal come to the graue, becauſe in him there is founde ^kſome goodnes towarde y^e Lord God of Iſraél in the houſe of Ieroboám.

14.Moreouer, the Lord ſhal ſtir him vp a King ouer Iſraél, which ſhal deſtroy the houſe of Ieroboám in that day: ^lwhat? yea, euen now.

15.For the Lord ſhal ſmite Iſraél, as when a rede is ſhaken in the water, and he ſhal wede Iſraél out of this good land, which he gaue to their fathers, and ſhal ſcatre them beyonde the ^mRiuer, becauſe they haue made them groues, prouoking the Lord to angre.

16.And he ſhal giue Iſraél vp, becauſe of the ſinnes of Ieroboám, who did ſinne, and ⁿmade Iſraél to ſinne.

17.¶ And Ieroboams wife aroſe, and departed, and came to Tirzáh, and when ſhe came to the threſholde of the houſe, the yõg man dyed,

18.And they buryed him, and all Iſraél lamented him, according to the worde of the Lord, which he ſpake by the hand of his ſeruant Ahiiáh the Prophet.

19.And the reſt of Ieroboams actes, how he warred, & how he reigned, beholde, they are writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iſraél.

20.And the dayes which Ieroboám reigned, were two and twentie yere: and he ^* ^oſlept with his fathers, & Nadáb his ſonne reigned in his ſteade.

21.¶ Alſo Rehoboám the ſonne of Salomón reigned in Iudáh. Rehoboám was one and fourtie yere olde, when he begã to reigne, and reigned ſeuentene ^pyere in Ieruſalém the citie, which the Lord did chuſe out of all the tribes of Iſraél, to put his Name there: and his mothers name was Naamáh an Ammonite.

22.And Iudáh wroght wickednes in the ſight of the Lord: & they prouoked him more w^t their ſinnes, which thei had committed, ^"then all that which their fathers had done.

23.For they alſo made them hie places, and images, and groues on euery hye hil, and vnder euerie grene tre.

24.There were alſo Sodomites ^qin y^e land, they did according to all the abominacions of the nacions, which the Lord had caſt out before the children of Iſraél.

25.¶ And in the fift yere of King Rehoboám, Shiſhák King of Egypt came vp againſt Ieruſalém,

26.And toke the treaſures of the houſe of y^e Lord, & the treaſures of the Kings houſe, and toke away all: alſo he caried away all the ſhields of golde ^*which Salomón had made.

27.And King Rehoboám made for them braſen ſhields, and committed them vnto the hands of the chief of the garde, which waited at the dore of the Kings houſe.

28.And when the King went into the houſe of the Lord, the garde bare them, and broght them againe into the garde chamber.

29.And the reſt of y^e actes of Rehoboám, & all that he did, are they not writen in the ^rboke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudáh?

30.And there was warre betwene Rehoboám and Ieroboám ^scontinually.

31.And Rehoboám ſlept with his fathers, & was buryed with his fathers in the citie of Dauid: his mothers name was Naamáh an ^tAmmonite. And Abiiám his ſonne reigned in his ſteade.

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