Ahijah’s Prophecy Against Jeroboam
1At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill, 2and 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. 3Take 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.” 4So 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. 5But 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.”
6So 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. 7Go, 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. 8I 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. 9You 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.14:10 Or Israel—every ruler or leader I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is all gone. 11Dogs 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. 13All 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.14:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain. 15And 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.14:15 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in 1 Kings 16And he will give Israel up because of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
17Then 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. 18They buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, as the Lord had said through his servant the prophet Ahijah.
19The 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. 20He reigned for twenty-two years and then rested with his ancestors. And Nadab his son succeeded him as king.
Rehoboam King of Judah
21Rehoboam 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.
22Judah 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. 23They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree. 24There 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.
25In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. 26He 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. 27So 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. 28Whenever the king went to the Lord’s temple, the guards bore the shields, and afterward they returned them to the guardroom.
29As 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? 30There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam. 31And 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 Abijah14:31 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 2 Chron. 12:16); most Hebrew manuscripts Abijam his son succeeded him as king.
亚希雅对耶罗波安的预言
1那时，耶罗波安的儿子亚比雅病了， 2耶罗波安就吩咐妻子：“你乔装改扮使人认不出你是我妻子，然后去示罗找那位预言我做王的先知亚希雅。 3你要带十个饼、一些薄饼和一瓶蜂蜜去，他将告诉你孩子的病情会怎样。”
4耶罗波安的妻子就照他的话做，前往示罗，来到亚希雅家。那时亚希雅因年纪老迈，眼睛已失明。 5耶和华预先告诉亚希雅说：“耶罗波安的妻子会乔装成别的妇人，前来问你有关她儿子的病情，你要如此如此回答她。”
6她刚进门，亚希雅听见她的脚步声就说：“耶罗波安的妻子啊，你进来吧，为什么乔装改扮呢？我奉命告诉你一个噩耗。 7你回去告诉耶罗波安，‘以色列的上帝耶和华说，我从百姓中提升你，立你做我以色列子民的王。 8我把国从大卫家撕开赐给你，你却没有像我仆人大卫那样遵守我的诫命，全心听从我，做我视为正的事， 9反而比前人行恶更甚，为自己设立其他神明，铸造神像，惹我发怒，把我抛在脑后。 10所以，我要降祸给耶罗波安家，从以色列铲除耶罗波安家所有的男子，不论是奴隶还是自由人。我要像清除粪便一样，把耶罗波安家焚烧净尽。 11耶罗波安家人中，死在城中的必被狗吃，死在田野的必被鸟吃。这是耶和华说的。’
12“现在你回家去吧，你一进城，孩子就会死。 13全以色列会为他哀悼，把他埋葬。耶罗波安家人中只有他将得到安葬，因为以色列的上帝耶和华只在他身上看见了良善。 14耶和华必为自己立一位君王统治以色列，他必铲除耶罗波安家。现在就是时候了。 15耶和华将击打以色列人，使他们像水中的芦苇一样颤抖不已。耶和华将把以色列人从祂赐给他们祖先的佳美之地连根拔起，抛散到幼发拉底河的彼岸，这都是因为他们制造亚舍拉神像，惹耶和华发怒。 16因为耶罗波安犯罪作孽，使以色列人陷入罪中，耶和华必抛弃以色列。”
17耶罗波安的妻子动身回到得撒，刚迈过家门槛，孩子就死了。 18以色列人埋葬了他，为他哀悼，正应验了耶和华借祂仆人亚希雅先知说的话。
19耶罗波安其他的事，不论文治武功，都记在《以色列列王史》上。 20他做王二十二年，然后与祖先同眠。他儿子拿答继位。
罗波安做犹大王
21所罗门的儿子罗波安做犹大王。他四十一岁登基，在耶和华从以色列各支派中选来立祂名的耶路撒冷城执政十七年。罗波安的母亲是亚扪人拿玛。 22犹大人做耶和华视为恶的事，他们的罪行比他们祖先所做的更惹耶和华发义怒。 23他们在各高岗上和绿树下为自己建造丘坛，竖立神柱和亚舍拉神像， 24国中甚至男庙妓充斥。犹大人仿效耶和华在以色列人面前赶走的外族人，行各种可憎之事。
25罗波安王执政第五年，埃及王示撒上来攻打耶路撒冷， 26把耶和华殿里和王宫里的财宝掳掠一空，包括所罗门制造的所有金盾牌。 27罗波安王就造了铜盾牌代替那些金盾牌，交给看守宫门的护卫长看管。 28每次王进耶和华的殿，护卫就带上盾牌，用完后放回护卫房。
29罗波安其他的事及一切所为都记在《犹大列王史》上。 30罗波安和耶罗波安之间常有争战。 31罗波安与祖先同眠后，葬在大卫城的祖坟里。他母亲是亚扪人拿玛。他儿子亚比央继位。
