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First Book of Kings, Chapter 14

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1 Kings 14 NASB - New American Standard Bible1 Kings 14 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 14 of 1 Kings—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.
  2. Jeroboam said to his wife, “Arise now, and 1disguise yourself so that they will not know that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to 2Shiloh; behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who 3spoke concerning me that I would be king over this people.
  3. 4Take ten loaves with you, some cakes and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.”
  4. ¶ Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose and went to 5Shiloh, and came to the house of 6Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see, 7for his eyes were [a]dim because of his age.
  5. Now the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to [b]inquire of you concerning her son, for he is sick. You shall say thus and thus to her, for it will be when she arrives that 8she will pretend to be another woman.”
  6. ¶ When Ahijah heard the sound of her feet coming in the doorway, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam, why do you pretend to be another woman? For I am sent to you with a harsh message.
  7. Go, say to Jeroboam, ‘Thus says the LORD God of Israel, “9Because I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over My people Israel,
  8. and 10tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you—11yet you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and who followed Me with all his heart, 12to do only that which was right in My sight;
  9. you also have done more evil than all who were before you, and 13have gone and made for yourself other gods and 14molten images to provoke Me to anger, and have 15cast Me behind your back—
  10. therefore behold, I am bringing calamity on the house of Jeroboam, and 16will cut off from Jeroboam [c]every male person, 17both bond and free in Israel, and I 18will make a clean sweep of the house of Jeroboam, as one sweeps away dung until it is all gone.
  11. 19Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city the dogs will eat. And he who dies in the field the birds of the heavens will eat; for the LORD has spoken it.”’
  12. Now you, arise, go to your house. 20When your feet enter the city the child will die.
  13. All Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for [d]he alone of Jeroboam’s family will come to the grave, because in him 21something good was found toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
  14. Moreover, 22the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam this day [e]and from now on.
  15. ¶ “For the LORD will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and 23He will uproot Israel from 24this good land which He gave to their fathers, and 25will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, 26because they have made their [f]Asherim, provoking the LORD to anger.
  16. He will give up Israel 27on account of the sins of Jeroboam, which he [g]committed and with which he made Israel to sin.”
  17. ¶ Then Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed and came to 28Tirzah. 29As she was entering the threshold of the house, the child died.
  18. 30All Israel buried him and mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke through His servant Ahijah the prophet.
  19. ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, 31how he made war and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
  20. The time that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years; and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.
  21. 32Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, 33the city which the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
  22. 34Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they 35provoked Him to jealousy more than all that their fathers had done, with [h]the sins which they [i]committed.
  23. For they also built for themselves 36high places and sacred 37pillars and [j]38Asherim on every high hill and 39beneath every luxuriant tree.
  24. There were also 40male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD dispossessed before the sons of Israel.
  25. 41Now it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, that Shishak the king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.
  26. He took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king’s house, and 42he took everything, [k]43even taking all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
  27. So King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and 44committed them to the [l]care of the commanders of the [m]guard who guarded the doorway of the king’s house.
  28. Then it happened as often as the king entered the house of the LORD, that the [n]guards would carry them and would bring them back into the [o]guards’ room.
  29. 45Now 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. 46There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
  31. And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and 47his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son became king in his place.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit set
  2. ^ Lit seek a word from
  3. ^ Lit him who urinates against the wall
  4. ^ Lit the one
  5. ^ Lit and what even now?
  6. ^ I.e. wooden symbols of a female deity
  7. ^ Lit sinned
  8. ^ Lit their
  9. ^ Lit sinned
  10. ^ I.e. wooden symbols of a female deity
  11. ^ Lit and he took away
  12. ^ Lit hand
  13. ^ Lit runner
  14. ^ Lit runners
  15. ^ Lit runners

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 1Sa 28:8; 2Sa 14:2; 2Ch 18:29
  2. ^ Jos 18:1
  3. ^ 1Ki 11:29-31
  4. ^ 1Sa 9:7, 8; 1Ki 13:7; 2Ki 4:42
  5. ^ 1Ki 14:2
  6. ^ 1Ki 11:29
  7. ^ 1Sa 3:2; 4:15
  8. ^ 2Sa 14:2
  9. ^ 2Sa 12:7; 1Ki 11:28-31; 16:2
  10. ^ 1Ki 11:31
  11. ^ 1Ki 11:33, 38
  12. ^ 1Ki 15:5
  13. ^ 1Ki 12:28; 2Ch 11:15
  14. ^ Ex 34:17
  15. ^ Ne 9:26; Ps 50:17; Eze 23:35
  16. ^ 1Ki 21:21; 2Ki 9:8
  17. ^ De 32:36; 2Ki 14:26
  18. ^ 1Ki 15:29
  19. ^ 1Ki 16:4; 21:24
  20. ^ 1Ki 14:17
  21. ^ 2Ch 19:3
  22. ^ 1Ki 15:27-29
  23. ^ De 29:28; 2Ki 17:6; Ps 52:5
  24. ^ Jos 23:15, 16
  25. ^ 2Ki 15:29
  26. ^ Ex 34:13, 14; De 12:3, 4
  27. ^ 1Ki 12:30; 13:34; 15:30, 34; 16:2
  28. ^ 1Ki 15:21, 33; 16:6-9, 15, 23; Sg 6:4
  29. ^ 1Ki 14:12
  30. ^ 1Ki 14:13
  31. ^ 1Ki 14:30; 2Ch 13:2-20
  32. ^ 2Ch 12:13
  33. ^ 1Ki 11:32, 36
  34. ^ 2Ch 12:1, 14
  35. ^ De 32:21; Ps 78:58; 1Co 10:22
  36. ^ De 12:2; Eze 16:24
  37. ^ De 16:22
  38. ^ 1Ki 14:15
  39. ^ 2Ki 17:10; Is 57:5; Je 2:20
  40. ^ Ge 19:5; De 23:17; 1Ki 15:12; 22:46; 2Ki 23:7
  41. ^ 1Ki 11:40; 2Ch 12:2, 9
  42. ^ 1Ki 15:18; 2Ch 12:9
  43. ^ 1Ki 10:17; 2Ch 9:15, 16
  44. ^ 1Sa 8:11; 22:17
  45. ^ 2Ch 12:15, 16
  46. ^ 1Ki 12:21; 15:6
  47. ^ 1Ki 14:21

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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