18 Then King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, who was in charge of the forced labor, to go to the Israelites, but they stoned him to death. 22 The people of Judah sinned against the Lord and did more to arouse his anger against them than all their ancestors had done. Ahijah the prophet, though his eyesight was poor, saw right through Jeroboam’s ruse. The Next 500 Years: 2017 National Conference, Show Me Your Glory: Understanding the Majestic Splendor of God, La Biblia de Estudio de La Reforma, Spanish Edition, Naming Ligonier the Beneficiary of a Bank or Investment Account, Gifts That Provide Income and Tax Benefits. 6 King Rehoboam consulted the older men who had served as his father Solomon's advisers. 5 The altar suddenly fell apart and the ashes spilled to the ground, as the prophet had predicted in the name of the Lord. Yet, God has graciously promised to do so. That does not make our actions insignificant, but it does mean that the perseverance of the church cannot be attributed to us but can be attributed only to the work of the Lord. 27 This is the story of the revolt. 21 Solomon's son Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen from all the territory of Israel as the place where he was to be worshiped. 1 At that time King Jeroboam's son Abijah got sick. 1 Kgs 12:1-33. 35 I will take the kingdom away from Solomon's son and will give you ten tribes, 36 but I will let Solomon's son keep one tribe, so that I will always have a descendant of my servant David ruling in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as the place where I am worshiped. Given that he had heard from God about establishing his kingdom, Jeroboam should have known that his disobedience would mean that the throne would be taken from his family. 19 Ever since that time the people of the northern kingdom of Israel have been in rebellion against the dynasty of David. You have rejected me and have aroused my anger by making idols and metal images to worship. 12 “Which way did he go when he left?” the old prophet asked them. 34 But I will not take the whole kingdom away from Solomon, and I will keep him in power as long as he lives. 20 As they were sitting at the table, the word of the Lord came to the old prophet, 21 and he cried out to the prophet from Judah, “The Lord says that you disobeyed him and did not do what he commanded. First published in Tabletalk Magazine, an outreach of Ligonier. He will slaughter on you the priests serving at the pagan altars who offer sacrifices on you, and he will burn human bones on you.” 3 And the prophet went on to say, “This altar will fall apart, and the ashes on it will be scattered. Just as she entered her home, the child died. 3 Take him ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey. Jeroboam, a “mighty man of valor,” warned Rehoboam not to make the same mistake his father had made by taxing them heavily to finance a luxurious lifestyle (verses 3–4). 11 Any members of your family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and any who die in the open country will be eaten by vultures. 30 And so the people sinned, going to worship in Bethel and in Dan. He will uproot the people of Israel from this good land which he gave to their ancestors, and he will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they have aroused his anger by making idols of the goddess Asherah. 33 I am going to do this because Solomon has rejected me and has worshiped foreign gods: Astarte, the goddess of Sidon; Chemosh, the god of Moab; and Molech, the god of Ammon. His mother was a widow named Zeruah. Rehoboam Ended His Reign in Judah (1 Kings 14:29-31 [30] And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days. 23 After they had finished eating, the old prophet saddled the donkey for the prophet from Judah, 24 who rode off. As we examine Rehoboam’s life let’s turn in our Bibles to 2 Chronicles 11:13-17. Let us serve Him faithfully but never forget our dependence on His grace. 5 The Lord had told him that Jeroboam's wife was coming to ask him about her son, who was sick. They went on into Bethel and reported what they had seen. Old age had made Ahijah blind. 18 The people of Israel mourned for him and buried him, as the Lord had said through his servant, the prophet Ahijah. 9 “What do you advise me to do?” he asked. For they also built for themselves high places and pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree, and there were also male cult prostitutes in the land” (14:22–24a).