The disobedient prophet BEFORE CHRIST 975. 1 ver. 9. m ch. 20.36. 3 Heb. broken. 3 Heb. broken. I. KINGS, XIV. 18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him. 19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. 20 ¶ And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back: 21 And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee, 22 But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the 'place, of the which the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. 23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back. 24 And when he was gone, ma lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase. 25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. 26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath 2 torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him. 27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him. 28 And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass. 29 And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him. is slain by a lion. CHRIST 30 And he laid his carcase in his BEFORE own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, " Alas, my brother! n 31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones: 975. n Jer. 22. 18. 2 Kings 23. 17, 18. ver. 2. 16, 19. 2 Kinga 23. 32 P For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely a See ch. 16. come to pass. 24. 32. 12. 31, 2Chr.11.15. & 13. 9. cir. 974. 2 Heb. 33 After this thing Jeroboamrch. returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places. returned & Heb. filled and made. 8 his hand. Judg.17.12. s ch. 12. 30. 34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut tch. 14. 10. it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth. 1 CHAPTER XIV. Abijah being sick, Jeroboam sendeth his wife disguised with presents to the prophet Ahijah at Shiloh. 5 Ahijah, forewarned by God, denounceth God's judgment. 17 Abijah dieth, andis buried. 19 Nadab succeedeth Jeroboam. 21 Rehoboam's wicked reign. 25 Shishak spoileth Jerusalem. 29 Abijam succeedeth Rehoboam. T that time Abijah the son of AT that time Abijah 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. 7 5 T 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. 8 Jeroboam's judgment denounced. I. KINGS, XIV. BEFORE CHRIST 956. d See 2 Sam. 12.7.8. ch. 16. 2. ech, 11. 31. fch. 11. 33, 38. & 15. 5. g ch. 12. 28. 2 Chr.11.15. Ps. 50. 17. Ezek. 23.35. cir. 956. 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, h Neh. 9. 26. 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 2 Kings 9.8. 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. i ch. 15. 29. k ch. 21. 21. J Deut. 32. 36. 2 Kings 14. 26. m ch. 16. 4. & 21. 24. n ver. 17. • 2 Chr. 12. 12. & 19.3. p ch. 15. 27, 28, 29. q 2 Kings 17.6. Ps. 52. 5. r Josh. 23. 15, 16. m 1 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 P 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. r 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 Ex. 34. 13. the LORD to anger. 2 Kings 15. 29. Deut.12.3,4. u ch. 12. 30. & 13. 4. & 16.2. 16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, "who 15. 30, 34.& did sin, and who made Israel to sin. 17 And Jeroboam's wife arose, ch. 16.6.8, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died; 15, 23. Cant. 6. 4. 3 ver. 12. 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 2 Chr. 12. 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 Pwar 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. Asa's good reign. BEFORE CHRIST 958. a 2 Chr. 13. 1,2. b2 Chr. 11. e ch. 11.4. fch. 11. 82, 36. 2 Chr. 21.7. 2Or,candle. ch. 11. 36. 8 ch. 14.8. CHAPTER XV. death. 33 Baasha's wicked reign. NOW OW in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. 2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of a Abishalom. 3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. 4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: 5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days h2 Sam. 11. of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 4, 15. & 12.9. I ch. 14.80. k 2 Chr. 18. 2, 3, 22. 955. b 7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. 8 'And Abijam slept with his fa19 Chr. 14.1. thers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. 8 That is, grandmother's. ver. 2. m 2Chr.14.2. cir. 951. a ch.14.24. & 22.46. o2 Chr. 15. 16. 9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. 10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his 3mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 15 And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels. 16 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 17 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, "that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. BEFORE CHRIST cir. 951. 2 Heb. holy. 2 Chr. 16. 1, &c. See 18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, 2Chr.16.2. the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at y Damascus, saying, 19 There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may 3depart from me. 20 So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. 21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. 22 Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away 4 Heb.free. the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. 23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, 26. and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Never12 " And he took away the sodom-theless in the time of his old age he 2 Chr. 16. ites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. 13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her PSO Ex. 32. idol, and P burnt it by the brook Kidron. 4 Heb. cut off. 20. q ch. 22. 43. 2 Chr. 15. 17,18. 4 14 But the high places were not See ver. 3. removed: nevertheless Asa's heart 953. 30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger. 31 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years. 34 And he did evil in the sight pch. 12. 28, of the LORD, and walked in Pthe way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. 29. & 13. 33. & 14. 16. cir. 930. a ver. 7. 2 Chr. 19. 2. & 20. 34. b ch. 14.7. c ch. 15. 34. d ver. 11, CHAPTER XVI. Jehu's prophecy. 15 Omri, made king by succcedeth him. 29 Ahab's most wicked reign. T HEN the word of the LORD came against Baasha, saying, 2 b Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; against Baasha. the city shall the dogs eat; and him BEFORE CHRIST cir. 980. 5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of 82Chr.16.1. the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah ch.14.17. his son reigned in his stead. & 15. 21. 7 And also by the hand of the prophet 'Jehu the son of Hanani came ver. 1. the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him. k ch. 15. 27, 29. 930. 8 ¶ In the twenty and sixth year SeeHos.1.4. of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. 31. 9 And his servant Zimri, captain 12 Kings 9. of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah. 10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead. 2 Heb. which was over. 929. 11 ¶ And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him "not one that m1 Sam. 25. pisseth against a wall, neither of his 8 Or, both kinsfolks, nor of his friends. his kinsmen and his 12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, "according to the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet, 13 For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. 14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 15 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against ach. 15. 27. Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. 3 Behold, I will take away the 16 And the people that were enposterity of Baasha, and the posterity camped heard say, Zimri hath conof his house; and will make thy house spired, and hath also slain the king: oh. 14. 10. like the house of Jeroboam the son wherefore all Israel made Omri, the of Nebat. captain of the host, king over Israel 4 Him that dieth of Baasha in that day in the camp. & 15. 29. fch. 14. 11. е Omri's wicked reign. BEFORE CHRIST 929. 929. rch. 12. 28. & 15. 26. 34. 925. I. KINGS, XVII. 17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. 18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died, 19 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, rin walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin. 20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 21 ¶ Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri. 22 But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people Ahab's wicked reign. BEFORE CHRIST 918. been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zi-Deut. 7.3. donians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. 32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. 33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. Judg. 18.7. a ch. 21. 25, 26. 2 Kings 10. 18. & 17.16. b2 Kings 10. 21, 26, 27. 2 Kings 13. & 21.3. 6. & 17. 10. Jer. 17. 2. d ver. 30. ch. 21. 25. CHAPTER XVII. Elijah, having prophesied against Ahab, is sent to Cherith, where the ravens feed him. 8 He is sent to the widow of Zarephath. 17 He raiseth the widow's son. 24 The woman believeth him. ND 2Elijah the Tishbite, who that followed Tibni the son of Gi-A was of the inhabitants of Gilead, nath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned. 23 In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah. 24 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the 2 Heb. Sho-hill, 2 Samaria. meron. • See ch. 13. 32. 2 Kings 17. 24. John 4. 4. t Mic. 6. 16. a ver. 19. I ver. 13. 918. 8 Heb. was it a light thing, &c. 25 ¶ But Omri wrought evil in the of the LORD, and did worse eyes than all that were before him. 26 For he "walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. 27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. 29 ¶ And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. 30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him. 31 And it came to pass, as if it had a said unto Ahab, a As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain "these years, but according to my word. 2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. 5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. 7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. 8 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. |