I Kings 14

ba'et hahi khalah aviyyah ven-yarovam

At that time, Abijah, a son of Jeroboam, fell sick.

vayyomer yarovam le'ishto qumi na vehishtannit velo yede'u ki-[at] (ty) eshet yarovam vehalakht shiloh hinneh-sham akhiyyah hannavi hu-dibber alay lemelekh al-ha'am hazzeh

Jeroboam said to his wife, “Go and disguise yourself, so that you will not be recognized as Jeroboam’s wife, and go to Shiloh. The prophet Ahijah lives there, the one who predicted that I would be king over this people.

velaqakhat beyadekh asarah lekhem veniqqudim uvaqbuq devash uvat elayw hu yaggid lakh mah-yyihyeh lanna'ar

Take with you ten loaves, some wafers, and a jug of honey, and go to him; he will tell you what will happen to the boy.”

vatta'as ken eshet yarovam vattaqom vattelekh shiloh vattavo bet akhiyyah va'akhiyyahu lo-yakhol lirot ki qamu enayw missevo

Jeroboam’s wife did so; she left and went to Shiloh and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes had become sightless with age;

va-Adonai amar el-akhiyyahu hinneh eshet yarovam ba'ah lidrosh davar me'immekha el-benah ki-kholeh hu kazoh vekhazeh tedabber eleha vihi khevo'ah vehi mitnakkerah

but GOD had said to Ahijah, “Jeroboam’s wife is coming to inquire of you concerning her son, who is sick. Speak to her thus and thus. When she arrives, she will be in disguise.”

vayehi khishmoa akhiyyahu et-qol ragleha ba'ah vappetakh vayyomer bo'i eshet yarovam lammah zeh at mitnakkerah ve'anokhi shaluakh elayikh qashah

Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came through the door, and he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why are you disguised? I have a harsh message for you.

lekhi imri leyarovam koh-amar Adonai elohe yisra'el ya'an asher harimotikha mittokh ha'am va'ettenkha nagid al ammi yisra'el

Go tell Jeroboam: Thus said the ETERNAL, the God of Israel: I raised you up from among the people and made you a ruler over My people Israel;

va'eqra et-hammamlakhah mibbet david va'etteneha lakh velo-hayita ke'avdi david asher shamar mitsvotay va'asher-halakh akharay bekhol-levavo la'asot raq hayyashar be'enay

I tore away the kingdom from the House of David and gave it to you. But you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My sight.

vattara la'asot mikkol asher-hayu lefanekha vattelekh vatta'aseh-llekha elohim akherim umassekhot lehakhiseni ve'oti hishlakhta akhare gavvekha

You have acted worse than all those who preceded you; you have gone and made for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke My anger; and Me you have cast behind your back.

lakhen hinni mevi ra'ah el-bet yarovam vehikhratti leyarovam mashtin beqir atsur ve'azuv beyisra'el uvi'arti akhare vet-yarovam ka'asher yeva'er haggalal ad-tummo

Therefore I will bring disaster upon the House of Jeroboam and will cut off from Jeroboam every male, bond and free, in Israel. I will sweep away the House of Jeroboam utterly, as dung is swept away.

hammet leyarovam ba'ir yokhelu hakkelavim vehammet bassadeh yokhelu of hashamayim ki Adonai dibber

Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the town shall be devoured by dogs; and anyone who dies in the open country shall be eaten by the birds of the air; for GOD has spoken.

ve'at qumi lekhi levetekh bevo'ah raglayikh ha'irah umet hayyaled

As for you, go back home; as soon as you set foot in the town, the child will die.

vesafedu-lo khol-yisra'el veqaveru oto ki-zeh levaddo yavo leyarovam el-qaver ya'an nimtsa-vo davar tov el-Adonai elohe yisra'el bevet yarovam

And all Israel shall lament over him and bury him; he alone of Jeroboam’s family shall be brought to burial, for in him alone of the House of Jeroboam has some devotion been found to the ETERNAL, the God of Israel.

veheqim Adonai lo melekh al-yisra'el asher yakhrit et-bet yarovam zeh hayyom umeh gam-attah

Moreover, GOD will raise up a king over Israel who will destroy the House of Jeroboam, this day and even now.

vehikkah Adonai et-yisra'el ka'asher yanud haqqaneh bammayim venatash et-yisra'el me'al ha'adamah hattovah hazzot asher natan la'avotehem vezeram me'ever lannahar ya'an asher asu et-asherehem makhisim et-Adonai

“GOD will strike Israel until it sways like a reed in water—and uproot Israel from this good land that was given to their ancestors, and will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have provoked GOD by the sacred posts that they have made for themselves.

veyitten et-yisra'el biglal khattovt yarovam asher khata va'asher hekheti et-yisra'el

Israel will be forsaken because of the sins that Jeroboam committed and led Israel to commit.”

vattaqom eshet yarovam vattelekh vattavo tirtsatah hi ba'ah vesaf-habbayit vehanna'ar met

Jeroboam’s wife got up and left, and she went to Tirzah. As soon as she stepped over the threshold of her house, the child died.

vayyiqberu oto vayyispedu-lo kol-yisra'el kidvar Adonai asher dibber beyad-avdo akhiyyahu hannavi

They buried him and all Israel lamented over him, in accordance with the word that GOD had spoken through the prophet Ahijah—God’s servant.

veyeter divre yarovam asher nilkham va'asher malakh hinnam ketuvim al-sefer divre hayyamim lemalkhe yisra'el

The other events of Jeroboam’s reign, how he fought and how he ruled, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

vehayyamim asher malakh yarovam esrim ushetayim shanah vayyishkav im-avotayw vayyimlokh nadav beno takhtayw

Jeroboam reigned twenty-two years; then he rested with his ancestors, and his son Nadab succeeded him as king.

urekhavam ben-shelomoh malakh bihudah ben-arba'im ve'akhat shanah rekhavam bemolkho usheva esreh shanah malakh birushalai͏m ha'ir asher-bakhar Adonai lasum et-shemo sham mikkol shivte yisra'el veshem immo na'amah ha'ammonit

Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon had become king in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem—the city GOD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to establish God’s name there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

vayya'as yehudah hara be'ene Adonai vayeqanu oto mikkol asher asu avotam bekhattotam asher khata'u

Judah did what was displeasing to GOD, provoking more outrage than their ancestors had by the sins that they committed.

vayyivnu gam-hemmah lahem bamot umatsevot va'asherim al kol-givah gevohah vetakhat kol-ets ra'anan

They too built for themselves shrines, pillars, and sacred posts on every high hill and under every leafy tree;

vegam-qadesh hayah va'arets asu kekhol hatto'avot haggoyim asher horish Adonai mippene bene yisra'el

there were also consecrated workers in the land. [Judah] imitated all the abhorrent practices of the nations that GOD had dispossessed before the Israelites.

vayehi bashanah hakhamishit lammelekh rekhavam alah (shvshq) [shishaq] melekh-mitsrayim al-yerushalai͏m

In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, King Shishak of Egypt marched against Jerusalem

vayyiqqakh et-otserot bet-Adonai ve'et-otserot bet hammelekh ve'et-hakkol laqakh vayyiqqakh et-kol-maginne hazzahav asher asah shelomoh

and carried off the treasures of the House of GOD and the treasures of the royal palace. He carried off everything; he even carried off all the golden shields that Solomon had made.

vayya'as hammelekh rekhavam takhtam maginne nekhoshet vehifqid al-yad sare haratsim hashomerim petakh bet hammelekh

King Rehoboam had bronze shields made instead, and he entrusted them to the officers of the guard who guarded the entrance to the royal palace.

vayehi midde-vo hammelekh bet Adonai yissa'um haratsim veheshivum el-ta haratsim

Whenever the king went into the House of GOD, the guards would carry them and then bring them back to the armory of the guards.

veyeter divre rekhavam vekhol-asher asah halo-hemmah khetuvim al-sefer divre hayyamim lemalkhe yehudah

The other events of Rehoboam’s reign, and all his actions, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

umilkhamah hayetah ven-rekhavam uven yarovam kol-hayyamim

There was continual war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.

vayyishkav rekhavam im-avotayw vayyiqqaver im-avotayw be'ir david veshem immo na'amah ha'ammonit vayyimlokh aviyyam beno takhtayw

Rehoboam rested with his ancestors and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. His son Abijam succeeded him as king.