Chapter 107
I. Kines XIII. 30.
30 And he laid his -carcase in his_ own /grave; and they mourned over him, saying, “ Alas, my brother!”
81 And it came_to_pass, after he had_ buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, “When I am_dead, then -bury
in./me in the bsepulchre wherein the_
iman_of x=God its buried; -lay my -bones beside his bones:
82 For the saying which he cried by the_word_of Jthe Lorp against the
tar in Beth-él, and against all the_ houses_of the high_places which are in the_cities_of Samaria, shall_surely come_to_pass.”
made_again of the_lowest_of the people
*|priests_of the high_places: whosoever
would, he ftconsecrated him, and he became one of the_priests_of the high_ places,
34 And xthis xthing became sin unto the_house_of Jeroboam, even to cut_it_ off, and to destroy it from off the_face_ of the earth,
AT xthat xtime « Abijah the_son_ of Jeroboam fell_sick.
2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, “sArise, I_pray_thee, and -disguise_ thyself, that thou be not known to be the_wife_of Jeroboam ; and «get thee to
seracknels, 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 Jthe Lorp said unto Ahijah, “Behold, the_wife_of Jeroboam +cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he zs sick: thus and thus shalt_thou_ say unto her: for it shall_be, when she 4cometh_in, that she shall_feign_her- self_to_be_another woman.”
6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard -the_sound_of her feet, as she came_in at the ¢ door, that he said, “-Come_in, thou_wife_of Jeroboam; why feignest_ thou-thyself to_be_another? for E+am_ sent to thee with heavy tidings.
7 *Go, ‘tell J eroboam, Thus ssaith J the Lorp =God_of Israél, ‘Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince oyer My people Israél,
8 And rent -the kingdom away from the_house_of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as My ser- vant David, who kept My command- ments, and who followed Me with all his heart, to do that only which was xright in Mine eyes ;
®* 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 shast_cast Hie behind thy back:
10 Therefore, behold, I -will_bring
33 After xthis xthing Jeroboam re-| die. -|turned not from his xevil way, but
