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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from 1 Kings chapters

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12 through 14. Chapter 12 And Rehoboam went to

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Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to

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make him king. So it happened when Jeroboam the

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son of Nebat heard it, he was still in Egypt,

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for he had fled from the presence of King Solomon

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and had been dwelling in Egypt. The day sent

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and called him. Then Jeroboam and the whole assembly

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of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

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Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore

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lighten the burdensome service of your father

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and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we

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will serve you. So he said to them, Depart for

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three days, then come back to me. And the people

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departed. Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders

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who stood before his father Solomon while he

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still lived. And he said, How do you advise me

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to answer these people? And they spoke to him,

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saying, If you will be a servant to these people

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today, and serve them and answer them, and speak

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good words to them, then they will be your servants

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forever. But he rejected the advice which the

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elders had given him, and consulted the young

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men who had grown up with him, who stood before

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him. And he said to them, What advice do you

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give? How should we answer these people who have

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spoken to me, saying, Lighten the yoke which

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your father put on us? Then the young men who

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had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus

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you should speak to these people who have spoken

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to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy,

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but you make it lighter on us. Thus you shall

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say to them, My little finger shall be thicker

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than my father's waist. And now, whereas my father

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put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke.

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My father chastised you with whips, but I will

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chastise you with scourges. So Jeroboam and all

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the people came to Rehoboam the third day. as

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the king had directed saying come back to me

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the third day then the king answered the people

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roughly and rejected the advice which the elders

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had given him and he spoke to them according

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to the advice of the young man saying my father

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made your yoke heavy but i will add to your yoke

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my father chastised you with whips But I will

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chastise you with scourges. So the king did not

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listen to the people, for the turn of events

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was from the Lord, that he might fulfill his

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word which the Lord had spoken by Ahijah the

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Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. Now when

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all Israel saw that the king did not listen to

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them, the people answered the king, saying, What

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share have we in David? We have no inheritance

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in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel.

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Now see to your own house, O David. So Israel

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departed to their tents, but Rehoboam reigned

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over the children of Israel who dwelt in the

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cities of Judah. Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram,

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who was in charge of the revenue. But all Israel

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stoned him with stones, and he died. Therefore

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King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste to

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flee to Jerusalem. So Israel has been in rebellion

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against the house of David to this day. Now it

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came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam

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had come back, they sent for him and called him

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to the congregation, and made him king over all

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Israel. There was none who followed the house

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of David, but the tribe of Judah only. And when

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Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all

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the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin,

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180 ,000 chosen men who were warriors, to fight

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against the house of Israel, that he might restore

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the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. But

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the word of God came to Shemaiah, the man of

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God, saying, Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon,

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king of Judah, to all the house of Judah and

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Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying,

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Thus says the Lord, You shall not go up nor fight

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against your brethren, the children of Israel.

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Let every man return to his house, for this thing

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is from me. Therefore they obeyed the word of

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the Lord and turned back according to the word

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of the Lord. Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the

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mountains of Ephraim and dwelt there. Also he

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went out from there and built Penuel. And Jeroboam

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said in his heart, Now the kingdom may return

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to the house of David. If these people go up

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to offer sacrifices in the house of the Lord

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at Jerusalem, then the heart of these people

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will turn back to their lord, Rehoboam king of

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Judah, and they will kill me and go back to Rehoboam

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king of Judah. Therefore the king asked advice,

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made two calves of gold, and said to the people,

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It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem.

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Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you

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up from the land of Egypt. And he set up one

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in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan. Now this

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thing became a sin, for the people went to worship

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before the one as far as Dan. He made shrines

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on the high places and made priests from every

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class of people who were not of the sons of Levi.

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Jeroboam ordained the feast on the fifteenth

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day of the eighth month, like the feast that

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was in Judah. Chapter 13 And behold, a man of

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God went from Judah to Bethel by the word of

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the Lord, and Jeroboam stood by the altar to

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burn incense. Then he cried out against the altar

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by the word of the Lord and said, O altar, altar!

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Thus says the Lord, Behold the child, Josiah

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by name, shall be born to the house of David,

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and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of

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the high places who burn incense on you, and

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men's bones shall be burned on you. And he gave

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a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign

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which the Lord has spoken. Surely the altar shall

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split apart, and the ashes on it shall be poured

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out. So it came to pass when King Jeroboam heard

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the saying of the man of God, who cried out against

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the altar in Bethel, that he stretched out his

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hand from the altar, saying, Arrest him. Then

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his hand, which he stretched out toward him,

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withered, so that he could not pull it back to

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himself. The altar also was split apart, and

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the ashes poured out from the altar according

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to the sign which the man of God had given by

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the word of the Lord. Then the king answered

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and said to the man of God, Please entreat the

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favor of the Lord your God and pray for me, that

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my hand may be restored to me. So the man of

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God entreated the Lord, and the king's hand was

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restored to him and became as before. Then the

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king said to the man of God, Come home with me

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and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.

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But the man of God said to the king, If you were

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to give me half your house, I would not go in

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with you, nor would I eat bread nor drink water

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in this place. For so it was commanded me by

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the word of the Lord, saying, You shall not eat

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bread nor drink water, nor return by the same

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way you came. So he went another way and did

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not return by the way he came to Bethel. Now

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an old prophet dwelt in Bethel, and his sons

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came and told him all the works that the men

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of God had done that day in Bethel. They also

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told their father the words which he had spoken

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to the king. And their father said to them, Which

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way did he go? For his sons had seen which way

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the man of God went who came from Judah. Then

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he said to his sons, Saddle the donkey for me.

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So they saddled the donkey for him, and he rode

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on it, and went after the man of God and found

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him sitting under an oak. Then he said to him,

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Are you the man of God who came from Judah? And

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he said, I am. Then he said to him, Come home

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with me and eat bread. And he said, I cannot

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return with you nor go in with you. neither can

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i eat bread nor drink water with you in this

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place for i have been told by the word of the

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lord you shall not eat bread nor drink water

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there nor return by going the way you came he

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said to him i too am a prophet as you are and

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an angel spoke to me by the word of the lord

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saying bring him back with you to your house

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that he may eat bread and drink water He was

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lying to him. So he went back with him and ate

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bread in his house and drank water. Now it happened

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as they sat at the table that the word of the

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Lord came to the prophet who had brought him

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back. And he cried out to the man of God who

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came from Judah, saying, Thus says the Lord,

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Because you have disobeyed the word of the Lord,

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and have not kept the commandment which the Lord

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your God commanded you, but you came back, ate

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bread, and drank water in the place of which

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the Lord said to you, Eat no bread, and drink

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no water, your corpse shall not come to the tomb

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of your fathers. So it was after he had eaten

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bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled

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the donkey for him, the prophet whom he had brought

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back. When he was gone, a lion met him on the

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road and killed him, and his corpse was thrown

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on the road, and a donkey stood by it. The lion

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also stood by the corpse. And there men passed

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by and saw the corpse thrown on the road, and

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the lion standing by the corpse. Then they went

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and told it in the city where the old prophet

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dwelt. Now when the prophet who had brought him

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back from the way heard it, he said, It is the

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man of God who is disobedient to the word of

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the Lord. Therefore the Lord has delivered him

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to the lion, which has torn him and killed him,

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according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke

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to him. And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle

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the donkey for me. So they saddled it. Then he

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went and found his corpse thrown on the road,

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and the donkey and the lion standing by the corpse.

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The lion had not eaten the corpse nor torn the

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donkey. And the prophet took up the corpse of

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the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought

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it back. So the old prophet came to the city

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to mourn and to bury him. Then he laid the corpse

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in his own tomb. And they mourned over him, saying,

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Alas, my brother! So it was, after he had buried

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him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, When

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I am dead, then bury me in the tomb where the

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man of God is buried. Lay my bones besides his

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bones. For the saying which he cried out by the

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word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel

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and against all the shrines on the high places

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which are in the cities of Samaria will surely

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come to pass. After this event, Jeroboam did

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not turn from his evil way, but again he made

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priests from every class of people for the high

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places. Whoever wished, he consecrated him, and

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he became one of the priests of the high places.

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And this thing was the sin of the house of Jeroboam,

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so as to exterminate and destroy it from the

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face of the earth. Chapter 14 At that time Abijah

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the son of Jeroboam became sick, and Jeroboam

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said to his wife, Please arise and disguise yourself,

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that they may not recognize you as the wife of

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Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh. Indeed, Ahijah the

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prophet is there, who told me that I would be

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king over this people. Also take with you ten

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loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go

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to him. He will tell you what will become of

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the child. And Jeroboam's wife did so. She arose

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and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of

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Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see, for his eyes

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were glazed by reason of his age. Now the Lord

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had said to Ahijah, Here is the wife of Jeroboam,

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coming to ask you something about her son, for

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he is sick. Thus and thus you shall say to her,

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for it will be when she comes in that she will

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pretend to be another woman. And so it was when

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Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she

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came through the door, he said, Come in, wife

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of Jeroboam. Why do you pretend to be another

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person? For I have been sent to you with bad

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news. Go tell Jeroboam, thus says the Lord God

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of Israel. Because I exalted you from among the

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people and made you ruler over my people Israel

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and tore the kingdom away from the house of David

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and gave it to you, and yet you have not been

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as my servant David, who kept my commandments

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and who followed me with all his heart, to do

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only what is right in my eyes. But you have done

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more evil than all who were before you, for you

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have gone and made for yourself other gods and

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molded images to provoke me to anger and have

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cast me behind your back. Therefore behold, I

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will bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam,

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and will cut off from Jeroboam every male in

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Israel, bond and free. I will take away the remnant

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of the house of Jeroboam, as one takes away refuse

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until it is all gone. The dogs shall eat whoever

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belongs to Jeroboam and dies in the city, and

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the birds of the air shall eat whoever dies in

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the field, for the Lord has spoken. Arise therefore,

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go to your own house. When your feet enter the

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city, the child shall die. And all Israel shall

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mourn for him and bury him, for he is the only

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one of Jeroboam who shall come to the grave.

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Because in him there is found something good

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toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of

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Jeroboam. Moreover, the Lord will raise up for

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himself a king over Israel who shall cut off

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the house of Jeroboam. This is the day. What?

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Even now? For the Lord will strike Israel as

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a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot

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Israel from this good land which he gave to their

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fathers, and will scatter them beyond the river,

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because they have made their wooden images, provoking

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the Lord to anger. And he will give Israel up

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because of the sins of Jeroboam, who sinned and

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who made Israel sin. Then Jeroboam's wife arose

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and departed and came to Tirzah. When she came

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to the threshold of the house, the child died.

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And they buried him, and all Israel mourned for

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him, according to the word of the Lord, which

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he spoke through his servant Ahijah the prophet.

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Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he

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made war, and how he reigned, indeed they are

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written in the book of the chronicles of the

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kings of Israel. The period that Jeroboam reigned

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was twenty -two years, so he rested with his

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fathers. Then Nadab his son reigned in his place.

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And Raboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah.

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Rehoboam was 41 years old when he became king.

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He reigned 17 years in Jerusalem, the city which

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the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of

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Israel to put his name there. His mother's name

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was Nama and Ammonitus. Now Judah did evil in

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the sight of the Lord, and they provoked him

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to jealousy with their sins which they committed,

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more than all that their fathers had done. For

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they also built for themselves high places, sacred

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pillars and wooden images on every high hill

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and under every green tree. And there were also

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perverted persons in the land. They did according

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to all the abominations of the nations which

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the Lord had cast out before the children of

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Israel. It happened in the fifth year of King

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Raboam that Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against

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Jerusalem. And he took away the treasures of

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the house of the Lord and the treasures of the

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king's house. He took away everything. He also

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took away all the gold shields which Solomon

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had made. Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields

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in their place and committed them to the hands

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of the captains of the guard, who guarded the

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doorway of the king's house. And whenever the

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king entered the house of the Lord, the guards

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carried them, then brought them back into the

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guard room. Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam

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and all that he did Are they not written in the

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book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam

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all their days. So Rehoboam rested with his fathers

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and was buried with his fathers in the city of

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David. His mother's name was Nama and Ammonitus.

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Then Abijam his son reigned in his place. I hope

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you enjoyed today's reading as much as I did

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and I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow

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to continue on our journey. God bless you and

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have a great day.