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, which told me that I should be king over this people. 3 And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall 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. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
5 ¶ And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall 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 the LORD 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: for thou 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 him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh 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 fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it . 12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own 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 the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. 14 Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. 15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger. 16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
17 ¶ And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died; 18 And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of 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 the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done. 23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. 24 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast 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 the LORD, 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 brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s house. 28 And it was so , when the king went into the house of the LORD, that 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 all their days. 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 an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
Dieva vēstījums par Jārobāma namu
1 Tajā laikā saslima Jārobāma dēls Abija, 2 un Jārobāms sacīja savai sievai: “Celies, pārģērbies, lai neviens nezina, ka tu esi Jārobāma sieva, un ej uz Šīlo – tur ir pravietis Ahija, kurš man teica, ka es būšu ķēniņš šai tautai. 3 Ņem desmit maizes, cepumus un medus trauku un ej pie viņa – viņš tev pateiks, kas būs ar puisēnu.” 4 Un Jārobāma sieva tā darīja – viņa cēlās, gāja uz Šīlo un iegāja Ahijas namā, bet Ahija bija neredzīgs – viņa acis bija satumsušas vecuma dēļ.
5 Un Kungs sacīja Ahijam: “Redzi, Jārobāma sieva nāk tev jautāt par savu saslimušo dēlu, tev ar viņu jārunā tā un tā. Un, kad viņa ienāks, tā izliksies par svešinieci.” 6 Ahija dzirdēja viņas soļus, un, kad tā ienāca pa durvīm, viņš sacīja: “Ienāc, Jārobāma sieva, kādēļ tu izliecies par citu? Man tev jāsaka skarbi vārdi. 7 Ej, saki Jārobāmam: tā saka Kungs, Israēla Dievs: tādēļ ka es tevi paaugstināju no tautas vidus un iecēlu par valdnieku savai Israēla tautai, 8 un atrāvu valsti Dāvida namam, un devu tev, bet tu neesi kā mans kalps Dāvids, kurš turēja manus baušļus un sekoja man, darīdams tikai to, kas taisns manās acīs, 9 bet tu esi darījis ļaunāk par visiem, kas bijuši pirms tevis, – tu esi gājis un darinājis sev citus dievus un tēlus, lai mani sadusmotu, un mani tu esi atmetis – 10 redzi, tāpēc ļaunums nāks pār Jārobāma namu! Es iznīdēšu Jārobāmam ikvienu, kas pret mūri mīž – gan saistīto, gan brīvo Israēlā! Es izdedzināšu Jārobāma namu, kā dedzina mēslus, – pavisam! 11 Kas Jārobāmam mirs pilsētā, to suņi rīs! Kas mirs uz lauka, to debesu putni knābās! Tā saka Kungs! 12 Tu dodies uz mājām, bet, tiklīdz tu ieiesi pilsētā, tavs bērns mirs! 13 Viss Israēls viņu apraudās un apbedīs. Viņš Jārobāmam būs vienīgais, kurš nonāks kapā, jo Jārobāma namā tikai viņš ir kaut mazliet tīkams Kungam, Israēla Dievam. 14 Un Kungs iecels sev ķēniņu pār Israēlu, un tas iznīdēs Jārobāma namu. Šī ir tā diena – un kas vēl nāks!? 15 Kungs sitīs Israēlu un locīs to kā niedri ūdenī, un izraus Israēlu no šīs labās zemes, kuru devis viņu tēviem, un izkaisīs viņus aiz upes, jo tie darinājuši sev ašēras un sadusmojuši Kungu. 16 Viņš atmetīs Israēlu Jārobāma grēku dēļ, jo tas grēkojis un licis grēkot Israēlam.” 17 Tad Jārobāma sieva cēlās un atgriezās Tircā. Kad viņa pārkāpa nama slieksni, puisēns nomira. 18 Viņu apbedīja un apraudāja viss Israēls, kā Kungs bija sacījis caur savu kalpu pravieti Ahiju.
Jārobāma nāve
19 Un pārējie Jārobāma darbi – kā viņš karoja, kā viņš valdīja, redzi, tie ir uzrakstīti Israēla ķēniņu Laiku grāmatā. 20 Jārobāms valdīja divdesmit divus gadus, tad viņš apgūlās pie tēviem, un viņa dēls Nādābs valdīja pēc viņa.
Rehabeāms valda pār Jūdu
(2L 11:5–12:16)21 Bet Jūdā valdīja Sālamana dēls Rehabeāms. Kad Rehabeāms sāka valdīt, viņam bija četrdesmit viens gads, un viņš valdīja septiņpadsmit gadus Jeruzālemē – pilsētā, kuru Kungs bija izvēlējies no visām Israēla ciltīm, lai tur mājotu viņa vārds. Viņa mātes vārds bija Naama, amoniete. 22 Jūdas ļaudis darīja to, kas ļauns Kunga acīs, tie aizvainoja viņu vēl vairāk nekā to tēvi ar saviem grēku darbiem. 23 Viņi cēla arī tempļus augstienēs un elku stabus un ašēras uz katra augstāka pakalna un zem katra zaļojoša koka, 24 un viņu zemē bija arī tempļa prostitūtas . Ļaudis darīja preteklības tāpat kā tautas, ko Kungs izdzina Israēla dēlu priekšā.
25 Ķēniņa Rehabeāma piektajā gadā Ēģiptes ķēniņš Šīšaks nāca pret Jeruzālemi. 26 Viņš ņēma Kunga nama dārgumus un ķēniņa nama dārgumus, paņēma visu – viņš paņēma arī visus zelta vairogus, ko bija darinājis Sālamans. 27 Taču ķēniņš Rehabeāms to vietā darināja vara vairogus un deva tos sardzes virsniekiem, kas apsargāja ķēniņa nama durvis. 28 Katru reizi, kad ķēniņš gāja Kunga namā, sardze tos ņēma un pēc tam nesa atpakaļ uz sardzes istabu.
29 Un citi Rehabeāma darbi, viss, ko viņš darīja, – vai tad par to nav rakstīts Jūdas ķēniņu Laiku grāmatā? 30 Starp Rehabeāmu un Jārobāmu visu laiku bija karš. 31 Rehabeāms apgūlās pie tēviem, un viņu apbedīja pie tēviem Dāvida pilsētā. Viņa mātes vārds bija Naama, amoniete, un viņa dēls Abījāms sāka valdīt pēc viņa.
