Verse 7
1 Kings 14:7
Free Bible Version
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Go and tell Jeroboam this is what the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: I picked you from the masses and I made you ruler over my people Israel.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לְכִ֞י אִמְרִ֣י לְ/יָרָבְעָ֗ם כֹּֽה אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יַ֛עַן אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֲרִימֹתִ֖י/ךָ מִ/תּ֣וֹךְ הָ/עָ֑ם וָ/אֶתֶּנְ/ךָ֣ נָגִ֔יד עַ֖ל עַמִּ֥/י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
Go, say to Jeroboam, 'Thus says the LORD God of Israel: Because I have lifted you up from among the people and made you ruler over my people Israel.'
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Chapter 14 Context
1
It was at that time that Abijah, Jeroboam's son, fell ill.
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So Jeroboam told his wife, “Please go and disguise yourself so nobody will know you're Jeroboam's wi...
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3
Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey for him. He will explain to you wh...
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4
Jeroboam's wife did as she was told. She got up and went to Ahijah's house in Shiloh. Ahijah could n...
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5
But the Lord had told Ahijah, “Look, Jeroboam's wife is coming to ask you about her son, because he'...
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6
So as soon as Ahijah heard her footsteps at the door, he called out, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why...
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7
Go and tell Jeroboam this is what the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: I picked you from the...
8
I took the kingdom from the house of David and gave it to you. But you were not like my servant Davi...
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9
You have done more evil than all those who lived before you. You have gone and made other gods for y...
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10
Now pay attention, because as a result of this I am going to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam...
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11
Those of Jeroboam's family who die in the town will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the count...
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12
As for you, get up and go home. As soon as you arrive in the city, the child will die.
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13
All of Israel will mourn for him, and they will bury him. He alone of Jeroboam's family will be buri...
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14
The Lord will choose for himself a king to rule over Israel who will destroy the house of Jeroboam....
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15
The Lord will strike Israel like a reed jerked to and fro by the water. He will pull up Israel by th...
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16
He will abandon Israel because of the sins of Jeroboam, those that he committed himself, and those h...
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17
Jeroboam's wife got up and left for Tirzah. As soon as she stepped through the doorway of her home,...
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18
All of Israel buried him and mourned for him, just as the Lord had said through his servant Ahijah t...
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19
The rest of what Jeroboam did, how he engaged in warfare and how he reigned, they are recorded in th...
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20
Jeroboam reigned for twenty-two years, and then he died. His son Nadab succeeded him as king.
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21
Rehoboam, son of Solomon, reigned in Judah. He was forty-one when he became king, and he reigned sev...
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22
Judah did what was evil in the Lord's sight, and because of the sins they committed they made his je...
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23
They also set up for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill an...
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24
There were even cult prostitutes in the land. They followed all the disgusting practices of the nati...
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25
In the fifth year of King Rehoboam's reign, Shishak, king of Egypt, attacked Jerusalem.
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26
He took the treasures of the Lord's Temple and the royal palace. He took everything, including all t...
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27
So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and handed them over to the captains of the gua...
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Whenever the king went to the Lord's Temple, the guards would carry the shields. Afterwards they ret...
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Rehoboam died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. The name of his mother was Naa...
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