1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people. 3 And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, 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 the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself 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 I am sent to thee with heavy tidings .
7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel, 8 And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes; 9 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 hast cast me behind thy back: 10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone. 11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it . 12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. 13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. 14 Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. 15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger. 16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
17 ¶ And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died; 18 And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet. 19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
21 ¶ And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done. 23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. 24 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
25 ¶ And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: 26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. 27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s house. 28 And it was so , when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
29 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days. 31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
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Yeribomning oʻgʻli vafot etadi
1 Oʻsha paytda shoh Yeribomning oʻgʻli Abiyo kasal boʻlib qoldi. 2 Yeribom xotiniga:
— Qani, tur, kiyimlaringni oʻzgartir, toki mening xotinim ekanligingni hech kim bilib qolmasin, — dedi. — Shiloʻga joʻna. Oxiyo paygʻambar oʻsha yerda. Isroil xalqining shohi boʻlishim haqida u bashorat qilgan edi . 3 Oʻnta non, bir nechta kulcha, bir xumcha asal olib, Oxiyo paygʻambarning huzuriga bor. Oʻgʻlimizga nima boʻlishini u senga aytadi.
4 Xotini Yeribom aytganiday qildi, oʻrnidan turib, Shiloʻga yoʻl oldi. Oxiyoning uyiga yetib ham keldi. Oxiyo qartayganidan koʻzlari koʻrmaydigan boʻlib qolgan edi. 5 Egamiz Oxiyoga dedi:
— Ana, Yeribomning xotini kelyapti, qara, qiyofasini oʻzgartirib olgan, oʻgʻli kasal, unga nima boʻladi — shuni sendan soʻramoqchi. Unga shunday–shunday deb ayt.
6 Yeribomning xotini eshikni ochib, ostona hatlashi bilanoq, Oxiyo uning qadam tovushlarini eshitdi. Shu zahoti Oxiyo ayolga dedi:
— Kel, Yeribomning xotini, ichkariga kir. Meni birov tanib qolmasin, deb boshqacha kiyinib olibsanmi?! Ammo senga sovuq xabarlarim bor. 7 Izingga qaytib bor, Yeribomga shu gaplarni yetkaz: “Isroil xalqining Xudosi — Egamiz shunday aytmoqda: seni xalqing orasidan yuksaltirib, xalqim Isroil ustidan hukmdor qildim. 8 Shohlikni Dovud xonadonidan tortib olib, senga berdim. Biroq sen qulim Dovudga oʻxshagan boʻlmading. U mening amrlarimga rioya qilib, butun qalbi bilan Menga ergashar, oldimda toʻgʻri ishlarnigina qilardi. 9 Sen oʻzingdan oldin oʻtganlarning hammasidan ham koʻp yomon ishlar qilding. Oʻzing uchun boshqa xudolarning tasvirlarini yasab, Meni gʻazablantirding. Mendan yuz oʻgirding. 10 Ana shu qilmishlaring evaziga xonadoningga baloyu ofat keltiraman. Xoh qul boʻlsin, xoh ozod boʻlsin, Isroildagi har bir erkak urugʻingni qirib yuboraman. Xonadoningni, xuddi supurindini bitta qoldirmay uloqtirganday, ildizidan quritib tashlayman. 11 Shaharda oʻlgan oilang aʼzosi koʻppaklarga yem boʻlar, qirda oʻlgani koʻkdagi qushlarga yem boʻlar. Zotan, bu soʻzlarni Egamiz aytgan.” 12 Endi oʻrningdan tur, uyingga joʻna. Shaharga qadam qoʻyishing bilanoq, bolang nobud boʻladi. 13 Butun Isroil xalqi bolangni dafn qiladi, unga aza tutadi. Isroil xalqining Xudosi — Egamiz Yeribom xonadonidan faqat shu bolanigina xush koʻrdi. Yeribom xonadonidan qabrga koʻmiladigan faqat shu boladir. 14 Shundan keyin Egamiz Oʻzi uchun Isroil ustiga bir shoh qoʻyadi. U shoh Yeribom xonadonini oʻsha kuni — oʻsha zahotiyoq qirib bitiradi. 15 Egamiz Isroil xalqini shunday uradiki, Isroil suv ichida oʻsgan qamishga oʻxshab titraydi. Egamiz Isroil xalqini ota–bobosiga bergan bu hosildor yurtdan yulib olib, Furot daryosining narigi tomoniga sochib yuboradi. Chunki bu xalq Asheraga atab ustunlar yasab, Egamizni gʻazablantirdi. 16 Yeribom gunoh qildi, Isroil xalqini ham gunohga botirdi, shuning uchun Egamiz Isroilni tark etadi.
17 Yeribomning xotini oʻrnidan turib, uyiga joʻnadi. U Tirzaga yetib kelib, uyining ostonasidan hatlashi bilanoq, bolasi jon berdi. 18 Egamizning Oʻz quli Oxiyo paygʻambar orqali aytgan soʻzlari bajo boʻldi, butun Isroil xalqi bolani dafn qilib, unga aza tutdi.
Yeribomning oʻlimi
19 Yeribomning boshqa ishlari — qanday jang qilgani, qay tarzda hukmronlik qilgani — hammasi “Isroil shohlari tarixi” kitobida yozilgan. 20 Yeribom yigirma ikki yil shoh boʻldi. U ham olamdan oʻtdi. Oʻrniga oʻgʻli Nadov shoh boʻldi.
Yahudo shohi Raxabom
21 Sulaymonning oʻgʻli Raxabom esa Yahudoda hukmronlik qildi. U taxtga oʻtirgan paytda qirq bir yoshda edi. Onasi Ommonlik boʻlib, ismi Namax edi. Raxabom Quddusda oʻn yetti yil shohlik qildi. Egamiz hamma Isroil qabilalarining shaharlari orasidan Quddus shahrini Oʻzi ulugʻlanishi uchun tanlab olgan edi.
22 Yahudo xalqi ham Egamiz oldida qabihliklar qildi. Gunoh ishlari bilan Xudoning rashkini qoʻzgʻatib, Uni ota–bobolaridan ham qattiqroq gʻazablantirdi. 23 Har bir tepalik joyda, har bir yashil daraxt ostida oʻzlariga sajdagohlar , butsimon toshlar, Asheraning ustunlarini yasadilar. 24 Bu yurtdagi sajdagohlarda fohishlar ham bor edi. Yahudo xalqi shunchalik koʻp qabih ishlar qildiki, ularning qilmishlari Kanʼon yurtidan Egamiz quvib yuborgan hamma xalqlarning jirkanch ishlariga barobar edi.
25 Raxabom hukmronligining beshinchi yilida Misr shohi Shishax Quddusga bostirib keldi. 26 U Egamizning uyidagi va saroydagi xazinalarni tortib oldi, qoʻliga nima ilinsa, hammasini oldi. Sulaymon yasattirgan hamma oltin qalqonlarni ham oldi. 27 Shoh Raxabom oltin qalqonlar oʻrniga bronza qalqonlar yasattirdi va ularni shoh saroyi darvozasini qoʻriqlaydigan soqchilar boshliqlari qoʻliga berdi. 28 Shoh Egamizning uyiga kirganda, soqchilar qalqonlarni koʻtarib borishar, keyin esa qalqonlarni joyiga eltib qoʻyishardi.
29-30 Raxabom bilan Yeribom butun umri davomida urishib keldilar. Raxabomning boshqa ishlari, butun faoliyati “Yahudo shohlari tarixi” kitobida yozilgan. 31 Nihoyat, Raxabom olamdan oʻtib, Dovud qalʼasida, ota–bobolari yoniga dafn qilindi. Onasi Ommonlik boʻlib, ismi Namax edi. Raxabomning oʻrniga oʻgʻli Abiyo shoh boʻldi.
