1 Kings 11:29

11:29 At that time, when Jeroboam had left Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road; the two of them were alone in the open country. Ahijah ¹  was wearing a brand new robe,

1 Kings 11:31

11:31 Then he told Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces, for this is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Look, I am about to tear the kingdom from Solomon’s hand and I will give ten tribes to you.

1 Kings 12:15

12:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because the Lord was instigating this turn of events ²  so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made ³  through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

1 Kings 12:20

12:20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty. ⁴ 

1 Kings 13:4

13:4 When the king heard what the prophet ⁵  cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam, standing at the altar, extended his hand ⁶  and ordered, ⁷  “Seize him!” The hand he had extended shriveled up ⁸  and he could not pull it back.

1 Kings 13:33

A Prophet Announces the End of Jeroboam’s Dynasty

13:33 After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; ⁹  he continued to appoint common people ¹⁰  as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest. ¹¹ 

1 Kings 14:5-6

14:5 But the Lord had told Ahijah, “Look, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to find out from you what will happen to her son, for he is sick. Tell her so-and-so. ¹²  When she comes, she will be in a disguise.” 14:6 When Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said, “Come on in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have been commissioned to give you bad news. ¹³ 

1 Kings 15:7

15:7 The rest of the events of Abijah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. ¹⁴  Abijah and Jeroboam had been at war with each other.

1 Kings 16:2

16:2 “I raised you up ¹⁵  from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps ¹⁶  and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry. ¹⁷ 

1 Kings 16:7

16:7 The prophet Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord the message predicting the downfall of Baasha and his family because of all the evil Baasha had done in the sight of the Lord. ¹⁸  His actions angered the Lord (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam’s dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam’s. ¹⁹ 

1 Kings 16:31

16:31 As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal. ²⁰ 

[11:29]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text has simply “he,” making it a bit unclear whether Jeroboam or Ahijah is the subject, but in the Hebrew word order Ahijah is the nearer antecedent, and this is followed by the present translation.

[12:15]  ² tn Heb “because this turn of events was from the Lord.”

[12:15]  ³ tn Heb “so that he might bring to pass his word which the Lord spoke.”

[12:20]  ³ tn Heb “there was no one [following] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah, it alone.”

[13:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “Jeroboam extended his hand from the altar.”

[13:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “saying.”

[13:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “dried up” or “withered.” TEV and NLT interpret this as “became paralyzed.”

[13:33]  ⁵ tn Heb “did not turn from his evil way.”

[13:33]  ⁶ sn The expression common people refers to people who were not Levites. See 1 Kgs 12:31.

[13:33]  ⁷ tn Heb “and one who had the desire he was filling his hand so that he became [one of] the priests of the high places.”

[14:5]  ⁶ sn Tell her so-and-so. Certainly the Lord gave Ahijah a specific message to give to Jeroboam’s wife (see vv. 6-16), but the author of Kings here condenses the Lord’s message with the words “so-and-so.” For dramatic effect he prefers to have us hear the message from Ahijah’s lips as he speaks to the king’s wife.

[14:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “I am sent to you [with] a hard [message].”

[15:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Abijah, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

[16:2]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 2-3 are one sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (v. 2) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 3). The translation divides this sentence for stylistic reasons.

[16:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “walked in the way of Jeroboam.”

[16:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “angering me by their sins.”

[16:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and also through Jehu son of Hanani the word of the Lord came concerning [or “against”] Baasha and his house, and because of all the evil which he did in the eyes of the Lord.”

[16:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “angering him by the work of his hands, so that he was like the house of Jeroboam, and because of how he struck it down.”

[16:31]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he went and served Baal and bowed down to him.”