Hello, and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and thank
you for joining with me today
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to read the word of God. When
we were last together we were
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reading of the death of king
Solomon and how before he died,
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he turned from following
God with his whole heart,
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and his heart gave a mixed
worship to God, and to the false
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gods of his wives. So the
kingdom is going to be removed
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from the hands of his
sons. We'll continue reading,
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but let's pray first. Dear Lord,
please help us to learn the
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lesson of King Solomon and to
not follow what he did, but to
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give to you our whole heart,
unmixed and pure in it's focus
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and in it's love for you. Please
fill our hearts with that love.
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And help us to show it to
you every day of our lives.
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Thank you for being
with us now as we read. Amen.
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We're in the book of 1st Kings,
in chapter 12, and we're picking
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up in verse 19. And this
is the King James Version.
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So Israel rebelled against the
house of David unto this day.
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And it came to pass, when
all Israel heard that Jeroboam
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was come again, that they
sent and called him unto the
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congregation, and made
him king over all Israel:
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there was none that
followed the house of David,
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but the tribe of Judah only.
And when Rehoboam was come to
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Jerusalem, he assembled all the
house of Judah, with the tribe
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of Benjamin, an hundred and
fourscore thousand chosen men,
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which were warriors, to fight
against the house of Israel,
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to bring the kingdom again
to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
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But the word of God came unto
Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
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Speak unto Rehoboam, the son
of Solomon, king of Judah and
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unto all the house of Judah
and Benjamin, and to the remnant
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of the people, saying, Thus
saith the Lord, Ye shall not
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go up, nor fight against your
brethren the children of Israel:
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return every man to his house;
for this thing is from me.
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They hearkened therefore to the
word of the Lord, and returned
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to depart, according to the word
of the Lord. Then Jeroboam built
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Shechem in mount Ephraim, and
dwelt therin; and went out from
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thence, and built Penuel.
And Jeroboam said in his heart,
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Now shall the kingdom
return to the house of David:
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If this people go up to
do sacrifice in the house
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of the Lord at Jerusalem, then
shall the heart of this people
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turn again unto their lord, even
unto Rehoboam king of Judah,
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and they shall kill me, and go
again to Rehoboam king of Judah.
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Whereupon the king took counsel
and made two calves of gold,
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and said unto them, It
is too much for you to go up
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to Jerusalem. Behold, thy gods,
O Israel, which brought thee up
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out of the land of Egypt.
And he set the one in Bethel,
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and the other put he in Dan.
And this thing became a sin:
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for the people went to worship
before the one, even unto Dan.
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And he made an house of high
places, and made priests of the
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lowest of the people, which
were not of the sons of Levi.
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And Jeroboam ordained a feast
in the 8th month, on the 15h day
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of the month like unto the feast
that is in Judah, and he offered
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upon the altar. So did he
in Bethel, sacrificing unto the
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calves that he had made: and
he placed in Bethel the priests
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of the high places which he
had made. So he offered upon the
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altar which he had made in
Bethel the 15th day of the 8th
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month, even in the month which
he had devised of his own heart;
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and ordained a feast
unto the children of Israel:
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and he offered upon the
altar, and burnt incense.
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Continuing in 1st
Kings Chapter 13, and this is
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the King James Version.
And, Behold, there came a man
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of God out of Judah by the
word of the Lord unto Bethel:
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and Jeroboam stood by the altar
to burn incense. And he cried
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against the altar in the word
of the Lord, and said, O altar,
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altar, thus saith the Lord;
Behold, a child shall be born
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unto the house of David, Josiah
by name; and upon thee shall he
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offer the priests of the
high places that burn incense
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upon thee, and men's
bones shall be burnt upon thee.
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And he gave a sign the same
day, saying, This is the sign
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which the Lord hath spoken;
Behold, the altar shall be rent,
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and the ashes that are
upon it shall be poured out.
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And it came to pass, when king
Jeroboam heard the saying of the
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man of God, which had cried
against the altar in Bethel,
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that he put forth his hand
from the altar, saying, Lay hold
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on him. And his hand, which he
put forth against him, dried up,
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so that he could not pull it
in again to him. The altar also
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was rent, and the ashes poured
out from the altar, according to
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the sign which the man
of God had given by the word
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of the Lord. And the king
answered and said unto the man
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of God, Entreat now the face
of the Lord thy God, and pray
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for me, that my hand
may be restored me again.
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And the man of God besought
the Lord, and the king's hand
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was restored him again,
and became as it was before.
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And the king said unto the
man of God, Come home with me,
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and refresh thyself, and
I will give thee a reward.
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And the man of God said unto
the king, If thou wilt give me
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half thine house, I will not go
in with thee, neither will I eat
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bread nor drink water in this
place: For so was it charged me,
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by the word of the Lord, saying,
Eat no bread, nor drink water,
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nor turn again by the same
way that thou camest. So he went
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another way, and returned not by
the way that he came to Bethel.
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Now there dwelt an old prophet
in Bethel; and his sons came
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and told him all the works that
the man of God had done that day
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in Bethel: the words which
he had spoken unto the king,
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them they told also to their
father. And their father said
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unto them, What way went he?
For his sons had seen what way
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the man of God went, which came
from Judah. And he said unto his
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sons, Saddle me the ass. So they
saddled him the ass: and he rode
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thereon, and went after the man
of God, and found him sitting
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under an oak: and he said unto
him, Art thou the man of God
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that camest from
Judah? And he said, I am.
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Then he said unto him, Come
home with me, and eat bread.
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And he said, I may not return
with thee, nor go in with thee:
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neither will I eat bread
nor drink water with thee
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in this place: For it was said
to me by the word of the Lord,
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Thou shalt eat no bread
nor drink water there, nor turn
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again to go by the
way that thou camest.
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He said unto him, I am a prophet
also as thou art; and an angel
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spake unto me by the word of
the Lord, saying, Bring him back
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with thee into thine house, that
he may eat bread and drink water
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But he lied unto him. So he
went back with him, and did eat
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bread in his house, and drank
water. And it came to pass,
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as they sat at the table, that
the word of the Lord came unto
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the prophet that brought him
back: and he cried unto the man
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of God that came from Judah,
saying, Thus saith the Lord,
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Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed
the mouth of the Lord, and hast
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not kept the commandment which
the Lord thy God commanded thee,
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but camest back, and hast eaten
bread and drunk water in the
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place, of which the Lord
did say to thee, Eat no bread,
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and drink no water; thy
carcass shall not come unto the
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sepulcher of thy fathers.
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And it came to pass,
after he had eaten bread,
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and after he had drunk,
that he saddled for him the ass,
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to wit, for the prophet
whom he had brought back.
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And when he was gone, a lion
met him by the way, and slew him
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and his carcass was cast in the
way, and the ass stood by it,
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the lion also stood by the
carcass. And, behold, men passed
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by and saw the carcass
cast in the way, and the lion
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standing by the carcass:
and they came and told it
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in the city where
the old prophet dwelt.
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And when the prophet that
brought him back from the way
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heard thereof, he
said, It is the man of God,
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who was disobedient unto
the word of the Lord: therefore
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the Lord hath delivered him
unto the lion, which hath torn
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him, and slain him, according
to the word of the Lord,
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which he spake unto him. And
he spake to his sons, saying,
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Saddle me the ass. And
they saddled him. And he went
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and found his carcass cast
in the way, and the ass and the
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lion standing by the
carcass: the lion had not eaten
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the carcass, nor torn the
ass. And the prophet took up the
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carcass of the man of God, and
laid it upon the ass and brought
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it back: and the old prophet
came to the city, to mourn
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and to bury him. And he laid
his carcass in his own grave;
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and they mourned over
him, saying, Alas, my brother!
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And it came to pass, after
he had buried him, that he spake
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to his sons, saying, When I
am dead, then bury me in the
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sepulcher wherein the man of God
is buried; lay my bones beside
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his bones: For the saying which
he cried by the word of the Lord
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against the altar in Bethel, and
against all the houses of the
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high places which are in the
cities of Samaria, shall surely
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come to pass. After this thing
Jeroboam returned not from his
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evil way, but made again of
the lowest of the people priests
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of the high places: whosoever
would, he consecrated him,
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and he became one of the
priests of the high places.
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And this thing became sin
unto the house of Jeroboam,
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even to cut it off, and to
destroy it from off the face
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of the earth.
Continuing in the book of
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1st Kings, Chapter 14,
This is the King James Version.
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At that time Abijah the
son of Jeroboam fell sick,
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And Jeroboam said to his wife,
Arise, I pray thee, and disguise
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thyself, that thou be not
known to be the wife of Jeroboam
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and get thee to Shiloh: behold,
there is Ahijah the prophet,
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which told me that I
should be king over this people.
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And take with thee ten loaves,
and cracknels, and a cruise of
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honey and go to him: he shall
tell thee what shall become
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of the child. And Jeroboam's
wife did so, and arose, and went
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to Shiloh, and came to the house
of Ahijah. And Ahijah could not
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see; for his eyes were
set by reason of his age.
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And the Lord said unto Ahijah,
Behold, the wife of Jeroboam
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cometh to ask a thing of thee
for her son; for he is sick:
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thus and thus shalt thou
say unto her: for it shall be,
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when she cometh in that
she shall feign herself to be
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another woman. And it was
so when Ahijah heard the sound
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of her feet, as she came in
the door, that he said, Come in,
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thou wife of Jeroboam; why
feignest thou thyself to be
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another? for I am sent to
thee with heavy tidings. Go tell
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Jeroboam, Thus saith the Lord
God of Israel, Forasmuch as I
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exalted thee from among the
people, and made thee prince
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over my people Israel, and rent
the kingdom away from the house
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of David, and gave it thee:
and yet thou hast not been as my
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servant David, who kept my
commandments, and who followed
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me with all his heart, to
do that only which was right
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in mine eyes; but hast done
evil above all that were before
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thee: for thou hast gone
and made thee other gods,
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and molten images, to provoke
me to anger, and hast cast me
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behind thy back: Therefore,
behold, I will bring evil upon
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the house of Jeroboam, and will
cut off from Jeroboam him that
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pisseth against the wall,
and him that is shut up and left
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in Israel, and will take
away the remnant of the house of
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Jeroboam, as a man taketh
away dung, till it be all gone.
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Him that dieth of Jeroboam
in the city shall the dogs eat;
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and him that dieth in the field
shall the fowls of the air eat:
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for the Lord hath spoken it.
Arise thou therefore, get thee
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to thine own house: and when
thy feet enter into the city,
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the child shall die. And all
Israel shall mourn for him, and
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bury him: for he only of
Jeroboam shall come to the grave
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because in him there is found
some good thing toward the Lord
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God of Israel in
the house of Jeroboam.
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Moreover the Lord shall
raise him up a king over Israel,
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who shall cut off the house
of Jeroboam that day: but what?
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even now. For the Lord
shall smite Israel, as a reed
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is shaken in the water, and he
shall root up Israel out of this
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good land, which he gave to
their fathers, and shall scatter
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them beyond the river, because
they have made their groves,
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provoking the Lord to anger.
And he shall give Israel up
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because of the sins of Jeroboam,
who did sin, and who made Israel
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to sin. And Jeroboam's wife
arose, and departed, and came to
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Tirzah: and when she came to the
threshold of the door, the child
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died; and they buried him;
and all Israel mourned for him,
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according to the word of the
Lord, which he spake by the hand
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of his servant Ahijah
the prophet. And the rest of
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the acts of Jeroboam, how
he warred, and how he reigned,
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behold, they are written
in the book of the chronicles
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of the kings of Israel.
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Thank you for being with me
today to read the word of God.
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Please join me again next time.
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