The First Book of Kings, Chapter 14מלכים א 14

בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא חָלָ֖ה אֲבִיָּ֥ה בֶן יָרָבְעָֽם

At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יָרָבְעָ֜ם לְאִשְׁתּ֗וֹ ק֤וּמִי נָא֙ וְהִשְׁתַּנִּ֔ית וְלֹ֣א יֵֽדְע֔וּ כִּי אתי אַ֖תְּ אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרָבְעָ֑ם וְהָלַ֣כְתְּ שִׁלֹ֗ה הִנֵּה שָׁם֙ אֲחִיָּ֣ה הַנָּבִ֔יא הֽוּא דִבֶּ֥ר עָלַ֛י לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עַל הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּֽה

And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray you, and disguise thyself, that you be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get you to Shiloh: behold, there Ahijah the prophet, which told me that king over this people.

וְלָקַ֣חַתְּ בְּ֠יָדֵךְ עֲשָׂרָ֨ה לֶ֧חֶם וְנִקֻּדִ֛ים וּבַקְבֻּ֥ק דְּבַ֖שׁ וּבָ֣את אֵלָ֑יו ה֚וּא יַגִּ֣יד לָ֔ךְ מַה יִּֽהְיֶ֖ה לַנָּֽעַר

And take with you ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell you what shall become of the child.

וַתַּ֤עַשׂ כֵּן֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרָבְעָ֔ם וַתָּ֨קָם֙ וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ שִׁלֹ֔ה וַתָּבֹ֖א בֵּ֣ית אֲחִיָּ֑ה וַאֲחִיָּ֨הוּ֙ לֹֽא יָכֹ֣ל לִרְא֔וֹת כִּ֛י קָ֥מוּ עֵינָ֖יו מִשֵּׂיבֽוֹ

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.

וַיהוָ֞ה אָמַ֣ר אֶל אֲחִיָּ֗הוּ הִנֵּ֣ה אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרָבְעָ֡ם בָּאָ֣ה לִדְרֹשׁ֩ דָּבָ֨ר מֵעִמְּךָ֤ אֶל בְּנָהּ֙ כִּֽי חֹלֶ֣ה ה֔וּא כָּזֹ֥ה וְכָזֶ֖ה תְּדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלֶ֑יהָ וִיהִ֣י כְבֹאָ֔הּ וְהִ֖יא מִתְנַכֵּרָֽה

And YHWH said to Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of you for her son; for he sick: thus and thus shall you say to her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself another .

וַיְהִי֩ כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ אֲחִיָּ֜הוּ אֶת ק֤וֹל רַגְלֶ֨יהָ֙ בָּאָ֣ה בַפֶּ֔תַח וַיֹּ֕אמֶר בֹּ֖אִי אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרָבְעָ֑ם לָ֣מָּה זֶּ֗ה אַ֚תְּ מִתְנַכֵּרָ֔ה וְאָ֣נֹכִ֔י שָׁל֥וּחַ אֵלַ֖יִךְ קָשָֽׁה

And it was , when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, you wife of Jeroboam; why feignest you thyself another? for I sent to you heavy .

לְכִ֞י אִמְרִ֣י לְיָרָבְעָ֗ם כֹּֽה אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יַ֛עַן אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֲרִימֹתִ֖יךָ מִתּ֣וֹךְ הָעָ֑ם וָאֶתֶּנְךָ֣ נָגִ֔יד עַ֖ל עַמִּ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus says YHWH God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted you from among the people, and made you prince over my people Israel,

וָאֶקְרַ֤ע אֶת הַמַּמְלָכָה֙ מִבֵּ֣ית דָּוִ֔ד וָאֶתְּנֶ֖הָ לָ֑ךְ וְלֹֽא הָיִ֜יתָ כְּעַבְדִּ֣י דָוִ֗ד אֲשֶׁר֩ שָׁמַ֨ר מִצְוֺתַ֜י וַאֲשֶׁר הָלַ֤ךְ אַחֲרַי֙ בְּכָל לְבָב֔וֹ לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת רַ֖ק הַיָּשָׁ֥ר בְּעֵינָֽי

And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it you: and you have not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do only right in mine eyes;

וַתָּ֣רַע לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת מִכֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁר הָי֣וּ לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וַתֵּ֡לֶךְ וַתַּעֲשֶׂה לְּךָ֩ אֱלֹהִ֨ים אֲחֵרִ֤ים וּמַסֵּכוֹת֙ לְהַכְעִיסֵ֔נִי וְאֹתִ֥י הִשְׁלַ֖כְתָּ אַחֲרֵ֥י גַוֶּֽךָ

But have done evil above all that were before you: for you have gone and made you other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind your back:

לָכֵ֗ן הִנְנִ֨י מֵבִ֤יא רָעָה֙ אֶל בֵּ֣ית יָרָבְעָ֔ם וְהִכְרַתִּ֤י לְיָֽרָבְעָם֙ מַשְׁתִּ֣ין בְּקִ֔יר עָצ֥וּר וְעָז֖וּב בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּבִֽעַרְתִּי֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י בֵית יָרָבְעָ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יְבַעֵ֥ר הַגָּלָ֖ל עַד תֻּמּֽוֹ

Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, 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.

הַמֵּ֨ת לְיָֽרָבְעָ֤ם בָּעִיר֙ יֹאכְל֣וּ הַכְּלָבִ֔ים וְהַמֵּת֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה יֹאכְל֖וּ ע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבֵּֽר

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 YHWH has spoken .

וְאַ֥תְּ ק֖וּמִי לְכִ֣י לְבֵיתֵ֑ךְ בְּבֹאָ֥ה רַגְלַ֛יִךְ הָעִ֖ירָה וּמֵ֥ת הַיָּֽלֶד

Arise you therefore, get you to your own house: when your feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

וְסָֽפְדוּ ל֤וֹ כָל יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְקָבְר֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ כִּֽי זֶ֣ה לְבַדּ֔וֹ יָבֹ֥א לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם אֶל קָ֑בֶר יַ֣עַן נִמְצָא ב֞וֹ דָּבָ֣ר ט֗וֹב אֶל יְהוָ֛ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּבֵ֥ית יָרָבְעָֽם

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 good thing toward YHWH God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

וְהֵקִים֩ יְהוָ֨ה ל֥וֹ מֶ֨לֶךְ֙ עַל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַכְרִ֛ית אֶת בֵּ֥ית יָרָבְעָ֖ם זֶ֣ה הַיּ֑וֹם וּמֶ֖ה גַּם עָֽתָּה

Moreover YHWH shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.

וְהִכָּ֨ה יְהוָ֜ה אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יָנ֣וּד הַקָּנֶה֮ בַּמַּיִם֒ וְנָתַ֣שׁ אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מֵ֠עַל הָאֲדָמָ֨ה הַטּוֹבָ֤ה הַזֹּאת֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָתַן֙ לַאֲב֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔ם וְזֵרָ֖ם מֵעֵ֣בֶר לַנָּהָ֑ר יַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשׂוּ֙ אֶת אֲשֵׁ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם מַכְעִיסִ֖ים אֶת יְהוָֽה

For YHWH 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 YHWH to anger.

וְיִתֵּ֖ן אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בִּגְלַ֞ל חַטֹּ֤אות יָֽרָבְעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֔א וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.

וַתָּ֨קָם֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרָבְעָ֔ם וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ וַתָּבֹ֣א תִרְצָ֑תָה הִ֛יא בָּאָ֥ה בְסַף הַבַּ֖יִת וְהַנַּ֥עַר מֵֽת

And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;

וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ וַיִּסְפְּדוּ ל֖וֹ כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּדְבַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֔ר בְּיַד עַבְדּ֖וֹ אֲחִיָּ֥הוּ הַנָּבִֽיא

And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of YHWH, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.

וְיֶ֨תֶר֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י יָֽרָבְעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִלְחַ֖ם וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר מָלָ֑ךְ הִנָּ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

וְהַיָּמִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָלַ֣ךְ יָרָבְעָ֔ם עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם שָׁנָ֑ה וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙ עִם אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ נָדָ֥ב בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו

And the days which Jeroboam reigned two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.

וּרְחַבְעָם֙ בֶּן שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּֽיהוּדָ֑ה בֶּן אַרְבָּעִ֣ים וְאַחַ֣ת שָׁנָה֩ רְחַבְעָ֨ם בְּמָלְכ֜וֹ וּֽשֲׁבַ֨ע עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה שָׁנָ֣ה מָלַ֣ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם הָ֠עִיר אֲשֶׁר בָּחַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה לָשׂ֨וּם אֶת שְׁמ֥וֹ שָׁם֙ מִכֹּל֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ נַעֲמָ֖ה הָעַמֹּנִֽית

And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which YHWH did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name Naamah an Ammonitess.

וַיַּ֧עַשׂ יְהוּדָ֛ה הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיְקַנְא֣וּ אֹת֗וֹ מִכֹּל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשׂ֣וּ אֲבֹתָ֔ם בְּחַטֹּאתָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָטָֽאוּ

And Judah did evil in the sight of YHWH, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.

וַיִּבְנ֨וּ גַם הֵ֧מָּה לָהֶ֛ם בָּמ֥וֹת וּמַצֵּב֖וֹת וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑ים עַ֚ל כָּל גִּבְעָ֣ה גְבֹהָ֔ה וְתַ֖חַת כָּל עֵ֥ץ רַעֲנָֽן

For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

וְגַם קָדֵ֖שׁ הָיָ֣ה בָאָ֑רֶץ עָשׂ֗וּ כְּכֹל֙ הַתּוֹעֲבֹ֣ת הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר֙ הוֹרִ֣ישׁ יְהוָ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

And there were also sodomites in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which YHWH cast out before the children of Israel.

וַיְהִ֛י בַּשָּׁנָ֥ה הַחֲמִישִׁ֖ית לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ רְחַבְעָ֑ם עָלָ֛ה שושק שִׁישַׁ֥ק מֶֽלֶךְ מִצְרַ֖יִם עַל יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם

And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:

וַיִּקַּ֞ח אֶת אֹצְר֣וֹת בֵּית יְהוָ֗ה וְאֶת אֽוֹצְרוֹת֙ בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְאֶת הַכֹּ֖ל לָקָ֑ח וַיִּקַּח֙ אֶת כָּל מָגִנֵּ֣י הַזָּהָ֔ב אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה שְׁלֹמֹֽה

And he took away the treasures of the house of YHWH, 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.

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ רְחַבְעָם֙ תַּחְתָּ֔ם מָגִנֵּ֖י נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וְהִפְקִ֗יד עַל יַד֙ שָׂרֵ֣י הָרָצִ֔ים הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים פֶּ֖תַח בֵּ֥ית הַמֶּֽלֶךְ

And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed to the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house.

וַיְהִ֛י מִדֵּי בֹ֥א הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה יִשָּׂאוּם֙ הָֽרָצִ֔ים וֶהֱשִׁיב֖וּם אֶל תָּ֥א הָרָצִֽים

And it was , when the king went into the house of YHWH, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.

וְיֶ֛תֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י רְחַבְעָ֖ם וְכָל אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה הֲלֹא הֵ֣מָּה כְתוּבִ֗ים עַל סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה

Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

וּמִלְחָמָ֨ה הָיְתָ֧ה בֵין רְחַבְעָ֛ם וּבֵ֥ין יָרָבְעָ֖ם כָּל הַיָּמִֽים

And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all days.

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב רְחַבְעָ֜ם עִם אֲבֹתָ֗יו וַיִּקָּבֵ֤ר עִם אֲבֹתָיו֙ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֔ד וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ נַעֲמָ֖ה הָעַמֹּנִ֑ית וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אֲבִיָּ֥ם בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.