1 Kings 14:1-14

1 Kings 14:1-14

[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,  to Shiloh,  and came  to the house  of 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  [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  [7] 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] 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  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  [12] Arise  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.