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1 Kings 14: Rehoboam’s Sins and God’s Judgment – Clear & Engaging Audio Bible Reading | The Story of Shishak’s Invasion, Rehoboam’s Bad Choices, and God’s Wrath

Listen to the captivating narrative of 1 Kings 14 with this clear and engaging audio recording. Hear the account of Shishak’s invasion of Judah, Rehoboam’s bad choices, and God’s wrath upon him and his people. Ideal for reflection, study, or meditation, dive into this powerful chapter and experience the Scriptures come alive.

1 KINGS 14 (NIV)

1 At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,

2 and Jeroboam said to his
wife, “Go, disguise yourself, so you won’t be recognized as the wife of
Jeroboam. Then go to Shiloh. Ahijah the prophet is there—the one who told me I
would be king over this people.

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

4 So Jeroboam’s wife did what he said and went to Ahijah’s house in
Shiloh.
Now Ahijah could not see; his sight was gone because of his age.

5 But the
Lord had told Ahijah, “Jeroboam’s wife is coming to ask you about her son, for
he is ill, and you are to give her such and such an answer. When she arrives,
she will pretend to be someone else.”

6 So when Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps at the door, he said, “Come
in, wife of Jeroboam. Why this pretense? I have been sent to you with bad
news.

7 Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says:
‘I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over my people
Israel.

8 I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you,
but you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commands and followed
me with all his heart, doing only what was right in my eyes.

9 You have done
more evil than all who lived before you. You have made for yourself other
gods, idols made of metal; you have aroused my anger and turned your back on
me.

10 “‘Because of this, I am going to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam. I
will cut off from Jeroboam every last male in Israel—slave or free. I will
burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is all gone.

11 Dogs
will eat those belonging to Jeroboam who die in the city, and the birds will
feed on those who die in the country. The Lord has spoken!’

12 “As for you, go back home. When you set foot in your city, the boy will
die.

13 All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only one
belonging to Jeroboam who will be buried, because he is the only one in the
house of Jeroboam in whom the Lord, the God of Israel, has found anything
good.

14 “The Lord will raise up for himself a king over Israel who will cut off the
family of Jeroboam. Even now this is beginning to happen.

15 And the Lord will
strike Israel, so that it will be like a reed swaying in the water. He will
uproot Israel from this good land that he gave to their ancestors and scatter
them beyond the Euphrates River, because they aroused the Lord’s anger by
making Asherah poles.

16 And he will give Israel up because of the sins
Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”

17 Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and left and went to Tirzah. As soon as she
stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.

18 They buried him, and
all Israel mourned for him, as the Lord had said through his servant the
prophet Ahijah.

19 The other events of Jeroboam’s reign, his wars and how he ruled, are
written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.

20 He reigned for
twenty-two years and then rested with his ancestors. And Nadab his son
succeeded him as king.

21 Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when
he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord
had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name. His
mother’s name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite.

22 Judah did evil in the eyes of the Lord. By the sins they committed they
stirred up his jealous anger more than those who were before them had done.

23
They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles
on every high hill and under every spreading tree.

24 There were even male
shrine prostitutes in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable
practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

25 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt attacked
Jerusalem.

26 He carried off the treasures of the temple of the Lord and the
treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold
shields Solomon had made.

27 So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace
them and assigned these to the commanders of the guard on duty at the entrance
to the royal palace.

28 Whenever the king went to the Lord’s temple, the
guards bore the shields, and afterward they returned them to the guardroom.

29 As for the other events of Rehoboam’s reign, and all he did, are they not
written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

30 There was
continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.

31 And Rehoboam rested with
his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. His mother’s name
was Naamah; she was an Ammonite. And Abijah his son succeeded him as king.