1 Kings 14

1 in/on/with time [the] he/she/it be weak: ill Abijah son: child Jeroboam

It was at that time that Abijah, Jeroboam's son, fell ill.

2 and to say Jeroboam to/for woman: wife his to arise: rise please and to change and not to know for (you(f. s.) *QK) woman: wife Jeroboam and to go: went Shiloh behold there Ahijah [the] prophet he/she/it to speak: speak upon me to/for king upon [the] people [the] this

So Jeroboam told his wife, “Please go and disguise yourself so nobody will know you're Jeroboam's wife. Then go to Shiloh and look for Ahijah the prophet. He was the one who told me I would become king over this people.

3 and to take: take in/on/with hand: themselves your ten food: bread and crumb and flask honey and to come (in): come to(wards) him he/she/it to tell to/for you what? to be to/for youth

Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey for him. He will explain to you what will happen to the boy.”

4 and to make: do so woman: wife Jeroboam and to arise: rise and to go: went Shiloh and to come (in): come house: household Ahijah and Ahijah not be able to/for to see: see for to arise: establish eye his from age his

Jeroboam's wife did as she was told. She got up and went to Ahijah's house in Shiloh. Ahijah could not see—he had become blind because of his age.

5 and LORD to say to(wards) Ahijah behold woman: wife Jeroboam to come (in): come to/for to seek word: thing from from with you to(wards) son: child her for be weak: ill he/she/it like/as this and like/as this to speak: speak to(wards) her and to be like/as to come (in): come she and he/she/it to alienate

But the Lord had told Ahijah, “Look, Jeroboam's wife is coming to ask you about her son, because he's ill. This is what you are to tell her, because she'll come in disguise.”

6 and to be like/as to hear: hear Ahijah [obj] voice: sound foot her to come (in): come in/on/with entrance and to say to come (in): come woman: wife Jeroboam to/for what? this you(f. s.) to alienate and I to send: depart to(wards) you severe

So as soon as Ahijah heard her footsteps at the door, he called out, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why do you bother coming in disguise? I have been given some bad news for you.

7 to go: went to say to/for Jeroboam thus to say LORD God Israel because which to exalt you from midst [the] people and to give: put you leader upon people my Israel

Go and tell Jeroboam this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I picked you from the masses and I made you ruler over my people Israel.

8 and to tear [obj] [the] kingdom from house: household David and to give: give her to/for you and not to be like/as servant/slave my David which to keep: obey commandment my and which to go: follow after me in/on/with all heart his to/for to make: do except [the] upright in/on/with eye: appearance my

I took the kingdom from the house of David and gave it to you. But you were not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and was totally committed to following me, only doing what was right in my sight.

9 and be evil to/for to make: do from all which to be to/for face: before your and to go: went and to make to/for you God another and liquid to/for to provoke me and [obj] me to throw after the back your

You have done more evil than all those who lived before you. You have gone and made other gods for yourself, idols made of molten metal that made me angry. You have tossed me aside.

10 to/for so look! I to come (in): bring distress: harm to(wards) house: household Jeroboam and to cut: eliminate to/for Jeroboam to urinate in/on/with wall to restrain and to leave: release in/on/with Israel and to burn: burn after house: household Jeroboam like/as as which to burn: burn [the] dung till to finish he

Now pay attention, because as a result of this I am going to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam. I will totally exterminate every one of your descendants in Israel, whether slave or free. I will burn the house of Jeroboam like a man burning refuse until it's all gone.

11 [the] to die to/for Jeroboam in/on/with city to eat [the] dog and [the] to die in/on/with land: country to eat bird [the] heaven for LORD to speak: speak

Those of Jeroboam's family who die in the town will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the countryside will be eaten by birds. For the Lord has spoken.

12 and you(f. s.) to arise: rise to go: went to/for house: home your in/on/with to come (in): come foot your [the] city [to] and to die [the] youth

As for you, get up and go home. As soon as you arrive in the city, the child will die.

13 and to mourn to/for him all Israel and to bury [obj] him for this to/for alone him to come (in): come to/for Jeroboam to(wards) grave because to find in/on/with him word: thing pleasant to(wards) LORD God Israel in/on/with house: household Jeroboam

All of Israel will mourn for him, and they will bury him. He alone of Jeroboam's family will be buried in a tomb because only in him has the Lord, the God of Israel found anything good—of the whole family of Jeroboam.

14 and to arise: establish LORD to/for him king upon Israel which to cut: eliminate [obj] house: household Jeroboam this [the] day: today and what? also now

The Lord will choose for himself a king to rule over Israel who will destroy the house of Jeroboam. This is starting to happen even now!

15 and to smite LORD [obj] Israel like/as as which to wander [the] branch: stem in/on/with water and to uproot [obj] Israel from upon [the] land: soil [the] pleasant [the] this which to give: give to/for father their and to scatter them from side: beyond to/for River because which to make [obj] Asherah their to provoke [obj] LORD

The Lord will strike Israel like a reed jerked to and fro by the water. He will pull up Israel by the roots from this good land that he gave their forefathers and scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their pagan Asherah poles, making the Lord angry.

16 and to give: give [obj] Israel in/on/with because of sin Jeroboam which to sin and which to sin [obj] Israel

He will abandon Israel because of the sins of Jeroboam, those that he committed himself, and those he made Israel commit.”

17 and to arise: rise woman: wife Jeroboam and to go: went and to come (in): come Tirzah [to] he/she/it to come (in): come in/on/with threshold [the] house: home and [the] youth to die

Jeroboam's wife got up and left for Tirzah. As soon as she stepped through the doorway of her home, the boy died.

18 and to bury [obj] him and to mourn to/for him all Israel like/as word LORD which to speak: speak in/on/with hand: by servant/slave his Ahijah [the] prophet

All of Israel buried him and mourned for him, just as the Lord had said through his servant Ahijah the prophet.

19 and remainder word: deed Jeroboam which to fight and which to reign behold they to write upon scroll: book Chronicles [the] day to/for king Israel

The rest of what Jeroboam did, how he engaged in warfare and how he reigned, they are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

20 and [the] day which to reign Jeroboam twenty and two year and to lie down: be dead with father his and to reign Nadab son: child his underneath: instead him

Jeroboam reigned for twenty-two years, and then he died. His son Nadab succeeded him as king.

21 and Rehoboam son: child Solomon to reign in/on/with Judah son: aged forty and one year Rehoboam in/on/with to reign he and seven ten year to reign in/on/with Jerusalem [the] city which to choose LORD to/for to set: put [obj] name his there from all tribe Israel and name mother his Naamah [the] Ammon

Rehoboam, son of Solomon, reigned in Judah. He was forty-one when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen from all the tribes of Israel where he would be honored. The name of his mother was Naamah the Ammonite.

22 and to make: do Judah [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD and be jealous [obj] him from all which to make: do father their in/on/with sin their which to sin

Judah did what was evil in the Lord's sight, and because of the sins they committed they made his jealous anger even greater than all their fathers had done.

23 and to build also they(masc.) to/for them high place and pillar and Asherah upon all hill high and underneath: under all tree luxuriant

They also set up for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

24 and also male cult prostitute to be in/on/with land: country/planet to make: do like/as all [the] abomination [the] nation which to possess: take LORD from face: before son: descendant/people Israel

There were even cult prostitutes in the land. They followed all the disgusting practices of the nations that the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

25 and to be in/on/with year [the] fifth to/for king Rehoboam to ascend: rise (Shishak *QK) king Egypt upon Jerusalem

In the fifth year of King Rehoboam's reign, Shishak, king of Egypt, attacked Jerusalem.

26 and to take: take [obj] treasure house: temple LORD and [obj] treasure house: palace [the] king and [obj] [the] all to take: take and to take: take [obj] all shield [the] gold which to make Solomon

He took the treasures of the Lord's Temple and the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made.

27 and to make [the] king Rehoboam underneath: instead them shield bronze and to reckon: overseer upon hand ruler [the] to run: guard [the] to keep: obey entrance house: palace [the] king

So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and handed them over to the captains of the guard to look after. They stood on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

28 and to be from sufficiency to come (in): come [the] king house: temple LORD to lift: bear them [the] to run: guard and to return: return them to(wards) chamber [the] to run: guard

Whenever the king went to the Lord's Temple, the guards would carry the shields. Afterwards they returned them to the guardroom.

29 and remainder word: deed Rehoboam and all which to make: do not they(masc.) to write upon scroll: book Chronicles [the] day to/for king Judah

The rest of what happened in Rehoboam's reign and everything that he did are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.

30 and battle to be between Rehoboam and between Jeroboam all [the] day: always

Rehoboam and Jeroboam were always at war with each other.

31 and to lie down: be dead Rehoboam with father his and to bury with father his in/on/with city David and name mother his Naamah [the] Ammon and to reign Abijam son: child his underneath: instead him

Rehoboam died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. The name of his mother was Naamah the Ammonite. His son Abijam succeeded him as king.