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.
亞希雅對耶羅波安的預言
1那時，耶羅波安的兒子亞比雅病了， 2耶羅波安就吩咐妻子：「你喬裝改扮使人認不出你是我妻子，然後去示羅找那位預言我做王的先知亞希雅。 3你要帶十個餅、一些薄餅和一瓶蜂蜜去，他將告訴你孩子的病情會怎樣。」
4耶羅波安的妻子就照他的話做，前往示羅，來到亞希雅家。那時亞希雅因年紀老邁，眼睛已失明。 5耶和華預先告訴亞希雅說：「耶羅波安的妻子會喬裝成別的婦人，前來問你有關她兒子的病情，你要如此如此回答她。」
6她剛進門，亞希雅聽見她的腳步聲就說：「耶羅波安的妻子啊，你進來吧，為什麼喬裝改扮呢？我奉命告訴你一個噩耗。 7你回去告訴耶羅波安，『以色列的上帝耶和華說，我從百姓中提升你，立你做我以色列子民的王。 8我把國從大衛家撕開賜給你，你卻沒有像我僕人大衛那樣遵守我的誡命，全心聽從我，做我視為正的事， 9反而比前人行惡更甚，為自己設立其他神明，鑄造神像，惹我發怒，把我拋在腦後。 10所以，我要降禍給耶羅波安家，從以色列剷除耶羅波安家所有的男子，不論是奴隸還是自由人。我要像清除糞便一樣，把耶羅波安家焚燒淨盡。 11耶羅波安家人中，死在城中的必被狗吃，死在田野的必被鳥吃。這是耶和華說的。』
12「現在你回家去吧，你一進城，孩子就會死。 13全以色列會為他哀悼，把他埋葬。耶羅波安家人中只有他將得到安葬，因為以色列的上帝耶和華只在他身上看見了良善。 14耶和華必為自己立一位君王統治以色列，他必剷除耶羅波安家。現在就是時候了。 15耶和華將擊打以色列人，使他們像水中的蘆葦一樣顫抖不已。耶和華將把以色列人從祂賜給他們祖先的佳美之地連根拔起，拋散到幼發拉底河的彼岸，這都是因為他們製造亞舍拉神像，惹耶和華發怒。 16因為耶羅波安犯罪作孽，使以色列人陷入罪中，耶和華必拋棄以色列。」
17耶羅波安的妻子動身回到得撒，剛邁過家門檻，孩子就死了。 18以色列人埋葬了他，為他哀悼，正應驗了耶和華藉祂僕人亞希雅先知說的話。
19耶羅波安其他的事，不論文治武功，都記在《以色列列王史》上。 20他做王二十二年，然後與祖先同眠。他兒子拿答繼位。
羅波安做猶大王
21所羅門的兒子羅波安做猶大王。他四十一歲登基，在耶和華從以色列各支派中選來立祂名的耶路撒冷城執政十七年。羅波安的母親是亞捫人拿瑪。 22猶大人做耶和華視為惡的事，他們的罪行比他們祖先所做的更惹耶和華發義怒。 23他們在各高崗上和綠樹下為自己建造邱壇，豎立神柱和亞舍拉神像， 24國中甚至男廟妓充斥。猶大人仿效耶和華在以色列人面前趕走的外族人，行各種可憎之事。
25羅波安王執政第五年，埃及王示撒上來攻打耶路撒冷， 26把耶和華殿裡和王宮裡的財寶擄掠一空，包括所羅門製造的所有金盾牌。 27羅波安王就造了銅盾牌代替那些金盾牌，交給看守宮門的護衛長看管。 28每次王進耶和華的殿，護衛就帶上盾牌，用完後放回護衛房。
29羅波安其他的事及一切所為都記在《猶大列王史》上。 30羅波安和耶羅波安之間常有爭戰。 31羅波安與祖先同眠後，葬在大衛城的祖墳裡。他母親是亞捫人拿瑪。他兒子亞比央繼位。
