The disobedient prophet buried.

B. C. 975.

↑ Heb.broken.

+ Heb.broken.

n Jer. 18.

o2 Kin.23.17, 18.

p ver. 2.

2 Kin. 23.16, 19.

about 974.

7 See ch. 16. 21.

ch. 12. 31,32. Chr. 11. 15. & 13. 9. ↑ Heb. returned and male.

↑ Heb.

stood by it, the lion also stood by the ear

cass.

25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcass cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcass: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

Evil to come upon Jerusalem.

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. 7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, dForasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,

B. C. 956.

Heb. hard.

d See 2 Sar.

12. 7. 8.

ch. 16. 2.

27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.

28 And he went and found his carcass cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcass: the lion had not eaten the carcass, nor torn the ass.

29 And the prophet took up the carcass 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. 30 And he laid his carcass in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, "Alas, my brother!

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:

32 For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but † made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places whosoever would, he consecrated filled him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

his hand, Judg. 17. 12. ch. 12. 30. t ch. 14. 10.

34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

CHAPTER XIV.

Abijah being sick, Jeroboam sendeth his wife dia guised to the prophet Ahijah at Shiloh, 5 Ahijah, forewarnet of God, announceth God's judgment upon his house. 17 Abijah dieth, and is buried. 19 Nadab succeedeth Jeroboam. 21 Rehoboam's wicked reign. 25 Shishak spoileth Jerusalem. 29 Abijam succeedeth Rehoboam.

AT

T 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.

36 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. 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 woman.

6 And it was 80, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door,

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, 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 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.

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, thecause they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to

anger.

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

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

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

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

20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Ñadab his son reigned

in his stead.

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

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

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

24 And there were also sodomites in the [Or, standing land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. 25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:

h2 Kin. 17. 9, 10.

. Is. 57. 5. Deut. 23, 17. ch. 15. 12. & 22.46.

26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the 2 Kings 23.7. king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold "which 971. Solomon had made.

ch. 11. 40 2 Chr. 12. 2.

2 Chr. 12. 9. 10. 11.

n ch. 10. 17. ↑ Heb.

TURRETS.

o2 Chr. 12. 15.

27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house.

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 guardchamber.

29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, pch. 12.21 & and all that he did, are they not written in 15. 6. the book of the Chronicles of the kings of 2 Chr. 12. 15. Judah? 958.

92 Chr. 12 16. r ver. 21.

#2 Chr. 12. 16, Abijah. Matt. 1. 7, Abra.

a 2Chr. 13.1.2.

62Chr. 11. 20, 21. 22.

2 Chr. 13. 2. Michaiah the

Crid.

30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

317 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.

No

TOW "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 d Abishalom.

3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and daughter of his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. 4 Nevertheless ƒ 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:

d2 Chr. 11.21, Absalom. ech. 11. 4. Ps. 119. 80, fch. 11. 32.38.

2 Chr. 21. 7. Jor, candle, ch. 11. 36. gel 11. 8.

A2 Sam. 11 4. 15. & 12 9. ch. 14. 30. 2 Chr. 13. 2, 3. 22.

955.

12 Chr. 11. 1.

That is, grand

mother's,

ver 2.

m2 Chr., 11. 2.

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 of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 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 fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

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 "mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.

His league with Ben-hadad.

12" And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

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 idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.

144 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's "heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.

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 Ramab, "that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

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, 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 + depart 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 a Dan, and & Abel-beth-maachah, and all Chinneroth, 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.

B. C. about 951.

n ch. 14, 24. & 22. 46.

2 Chr. 15. 16. + Heb. cut off p So Ex.32.20. 7 ch. 22. 43. 2 Chr. 15. 17. 18.

r See ver. 3. + Heb. holy.

82 Chr. 16. 1. &c.

t Josh. 18. 25. See ch. 12. 27.

2 Chr. 16. 2. y ch. 11.23,24.

+ Heb, go up.

2 Kin. 15.29. a Judg. 18 29. 62 Sain.20.14.

e2 Chr. 16. 6. + Heb. free.

22 Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and "Miz-d Josh. 21. 17. pah. e Josh, 18. 26.

23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old f2 Chr. 16.12. age he was diseased in his feet.

24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.

25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam + began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.

26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in this sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. 27 And Baasha the son of Alijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.

28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.

29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed,

914.

92 Chr. 17. 1.

h Matt 1.8.

Josaphat.
954.

† Heb.
reigned.

i ch. 12. 30, & 14. 16.

kch. 14. 14. Josh. 19. 44. & 21, 23. ch. 16. 15.

Elijah is fed by the ravens.

B. C. 918. #Judg. 18. 7. a ch. 21.25,26. 2 Kin. 10.18. & 17. 16.

of the Zidonians, 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 62 Kin. 10. 21, d did more to provoke the LORD God of Is26, 27. rael to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.

e2 Kin. 13. 6. & 17. 10. & 21. 3. Jer. 17. 2. d ver. 30. ch. 21. 25. eJosh. 6. 26.

34 In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

CHAPTER XVII.

Elijah, having prophesied against Ahab, is sent to the brook Cherith, where the ravens feed him. 8 He is sent to the widow of Zarephath. 17 He reatoreth the widow's son to life.

He raiseth a widow's son.

to the word of the LORD, which he spake + by Elijah.

17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him. 18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?

19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

B. C. about 910.

Heb. by the hand of.

fSee Luke 5.

8.

35.

* Heb.
Elijahu.

Luke 1. 17,
Elias.

@ 2 Kin. 3. 14. 6 Deut. 10. 8. James 5. 17. d Luke 4. 25.

Heb. at the end of days.

• Obad, 20.

Lake 4. 28, Sarepta.

the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain dthese 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.

11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.

12 And she said, 4s the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy

In the extremity of famine Elijah is sent to Ahab, and meeteth Obadiah, 9 who bringeth Ahab to him. 17 Elijah reproveth Ahab. 20 At mount Carmel Baal's prophets are convinced by fire from heaven, and are slain. 41 Elijah by prayer obtaineth rain.

AND it came to pass after a many days,

that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.

2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.

3 And Ahab called † Obadiah, which was +the governor of his house. Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:

4 For it was 80, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water. 5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.

6 So they divided the land between them. to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?

8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

10 As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.

16. 30.

Elijah's command to Ahab.

B. C.

about 906.

c2 Kin. 2. 16. Ez. 3. 12, 14. Matt. 4. 1. Acts 8. 39.

d ch. 21. 20.

e Josh. 7. 25. Acts 16. 20.

f2 Chr. 15. 2.

g Josh, 19, 26. A ch. 16. 33.

i ch. 22. 6.

k2 Kin. 17.41. Matt. 6. 24. 1 Or, thoughts? (See Josh. 24. 15.

A ch.19.10,14.

n ver. 19.

O ver. 38.

1 Chr. 21. 26. ↑ Heb. The word is good.

| Or, answer. p Ps. 115, 5. Jer. 10. 5. 1 Cor. 8. 4. & 12. 2. Or, heard. Orleaped up and down at the altar.

+ Heb, with a great voice. Or, he medi. tateth.

+ Heb, hath a pursuit.

7 Lev. 19. 28. Deut. 14. 1.

+ Heb. pour

11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth. 13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid a hundred men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay

me.

And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.

16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him and Ahab went to meet Elijah. 17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, dArt thou he that troubleth Israel?

18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, fin that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.

19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, hand the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.

20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.

21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

22 Then said Elijah unto the people, "I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; "but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:

24 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.

25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.

26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.

27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.

28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and ed out blood lancets, till the blood gushed out upon + upon them.

them.

Baal's prophets are slain.

B. C. about 906.

29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to 1 Cor.11.4,5, answer, nor any that regarded.

30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.

31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, "Israel shall be thy name: 32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a

trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.

33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.

34 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.

35 And the water tran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

+ Heb. ascending. ver. 26. + Heb. attention. t ch. 19. 10.

u Gen. 32. 28. & 35, 10.

2 Kin. 17. 34.

Col. 3. 17.

y Lev. 1.6,7,8.

z See Judg. 6. 20.

+ Heb. went. a ver. 32, 38.

36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD b God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, & Ex. 3. 6. let it be known this day that thou art God e ch. 8. 43. in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and 2 Kin. 19. 19. that dI have done all these things at thy Ps. 83. 18. word. d Num. 16.28.

37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.

38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

e Lev. 9. 24. Judg. 6. 21.

1 Chr. 21. 26. 2 Chr. 7. 1.

39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The ƒ ver. 24. LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.

40 And Elijah said unto them, 9 Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

| Or, Apprehend. 92 Kin.10.25.

h Deut. 13. 5. & 18. 20.

| Or, a sound of a noise of

rain.

42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; i and he cast himself down upon the earth, James 5. 17, and put his face between his knees,

43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.

44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, + Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.

45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.