## I Kings Chapter 14

###### I Kings 14:1
[I Kings 14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:1)

בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא חָלָ֖ה אֲבִיָּ֥ה בֶן־יָרׇבְעָֽם׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
At this time, Aviyah, the son of Yerovom, became sick.


###### I Kings 14:2
[I Kings 14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:2)

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יָרׇבְעָ֜ם לְאִשְׁתּ֗וֹ ק֤וּמִי נָא֙ וְהִשְׁתַּנִּ֔ית וְלֹ֣א יֵֽדְע֔וּ כִּי־[אַ֖תְּ] (אתי) אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרׇבְעָ֑ם וְהָלַ֣כְתְּ שִׁלֹ֗ה הִנֵּה־שָׁם֙ אֲחִיָּ֣ה הַנָּבִ֔יא הוּא־דִבֶּ֥ר עָלַ֛י לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And Yerovom said to his wife, “Please get up and disguise yourself so that it be not known that you are the wife of Yerovom, and go to Shilo, for Achiyoh, the prophet is there. He is the one who spoke to me that I would be king over this people.


###### I Kings 14:3
[I Kings 14:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:3)

וְלָקַ֣חַתְּ בְּ֠יָדֵ֠ךְ עֲשָׂרָ֨ה לֶ֧חֶם וְנִקֻּדִ֛ים וּבַקְבֻּ֥ק דְּבַ֖שׁ וּבָ֣את אֵלָ֑יו ה֚וּא יַגִּ֣יד לָ֔ךְ מַה־יִּֽהְיֶ֖ה לַנָּֽעַר׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And take with you ten loaves of bread, biscuits and a jar of honey, and come to him. He will tell you what will be the child.”


###### I Kings 14:4
[I Kings 14:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:4)

וַתַּ֤עַשׂ כֵּן֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרׇבְעָ֔ם וַתָּ֙קׇם֙ וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ שִׁלֹ֔ה וַתָּבֹ֖א בֵּ֣ית אֲחִיָּ֑ה וַאֲחִיָּ֙הוּ֙ לֹא־יָכֹ֣ל לִרְא֔וֹת כִּ֛י קָ֥מוּ עֵינָ֖יו מִשֵּׂיבֽוֹ׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And the wife of Yerovom did so, and she got up and went to Shilo, and came to the house of Achiyoh. Achiyoh was unable to see because his eyes were stationary due to his old age.


###### I Kings 14:5
[I Kings 14:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:5)

וַיהֹוָ֞ה אָמַ֣ר אֶל־אֲחִיָּ֗הוּ הִנֵּ֣ה אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרׇבְעָ֡ם בָּאָ֣ה לִדְרֹשׁ֩ דָּבָ֨ר מֵעִמְּךָ֤ אֶל־בְּנָהּ֙ כִּֽי־חֹלֶ֣ה ה֔וּא כָּזֹ֥ה וְכָזֶ֖ה תְּדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלֶ֑יהָ וִיהִ֣י כְבֹאָ֔הּ וְהִ֖יא מִתְנַכֵּרָֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Adonoy had [already] spoken to Achiyoh, “Behold the wife of Yerovom is comeing to ask of you about her son, for he is sick. Say this and this to her; and when she arrives, she will be in disguise.”


###### I Kings 14:6
[I Kings 14:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:6)

וַיְהִי֩ כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ אֲחִיָּ֜הוּ אֶת־ק֤וֹל רַגְלֶ֙יהָ֙ בָּאָ֣ה בַפֶּ֔תַח וַיֹּ֕אמֶר בֹּ֖אִי אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרׇבְעָ֑ם לָ֣מָּה זֶּ֗ה אַ֚תְּ מִתְנַכֵּרָ֔ה וְאָ֣נֹכִ֔י שָׁל֥וּחַ אֵלַ֖יִךְ קָשָֽׁה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And so, when Achiyoh heard the sound of her footsteps coming in the door, he said “Come in wife of Yerovom, why are you in disguise? I have been sent to tell you harsh [tidings.]


###### I Kings 14:7
[I Kings 14:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:7)

לְכִ֞י אִמְרִ֣י לְיָרׇבְעָ֗ם כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יַ֛עַן אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֲרִמֹתִ֖יךָ מִתּ֣וֹךְ הָעָ֑ם וָאֶתֶּנְךָ֣ נָגִ֔יד עַ֖ל עַמִּ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Go say to Yerovom, ‘So has spoken, Adonoy, God of Yisroel, “Since I elevated you from the midst of the people and I made you the ruler over My people, Yisroel.


###### I Kings 14:8
[I Kings 14:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:8)

וָאֶקְרַ֤ע אֶת־הַמַּמְלָכָה֙ מִבֵּ֣ית דָּוִ֔ד וָאֶתְּנֶ֖הָ לָ֑ךְ וְלֹֽא־הָיִ֜יתָ כְּעַבְדִּ֣י דָוִ֗ד אֲשֶׁר֩ שָׁמַ֨ר מִצְוֺתַ֜י וַֽאֲשֶׁר־הָלַ֤ךְ אַֽחֲרַי֙ בְּכׇל־לְבָב֔וֹ לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת רַ֖ק הַיָּשָׁ֥ר בְּעֵינָֽי׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And I tore away the kingdom from the House of Dovid, and gave it to you. But you have not been like My servant, Dovid, who preserved My *mitzvos* and who followed after Me with his whole heart to do only what was upright in My eyes.


###### I Kings 14:9
[I Kings 14:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:9)

וַתָּ֣רַע לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת מִכֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁר־הָי֣וּ לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וַתֵּ֡לֶךְ וַתַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לְּךָ֩ אֱלֹהִ֨ים אֲחֵרִ֤ים וּמַסֵּכוֹת֙ לְהַכְעִיסֵ֔נִי וְאֹתִ֥י הִשְׁלַ֖כְתָּ אַחֲרֵ֥י גַוֶּֽךָ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
You have done more evil than all those who were before you; and have gone and made for yourself alien gods and molten statues to anger Me; and have thrown Me behind your back.


###### I Kings 14:10
[I Kings 14:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:10)

לָכֵ֗ן הִנְנִ֨י מֵבִ֤יא רָעָה֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית יָרׇבְעָ֔ם וְהִכְרַתִּ֤י לְיָֽרׇבְעָם֙ מַשְׁתִּ֣ין בְּקִ֔יר עָצ֥וּר וְעָז֖וּב בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּבִֽעַרְתִּי֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י בֵית־יָרׇבְעָ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יְבַעֵ֥ר הַגָּלָ֖ל עַד־תֻּמּֽוֹ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Therefore I will bring evil to the house of Yerovom, and I will cut off from Yerovom [every] male child; any that are restrained and any that are abandoned in Yisroel. I will completely remove the house of Yerovom [from existence] as one removes dung until is completely gone.


###### I Kings 14:11
[I Kings 14:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:11)

הַמֵּ֨ת לְיָרׇבְעָ֤ם בָּעִיר֙ יֹאכְל֣וּ הַכְּלָבִ֔ים וְהַמֵּת֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה יֹאכְל֖וּ ע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם כִּ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה דִּבֵּֽר׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Those of Yerovom that die in the city will be consumed by dogs, and those who die in the field will be consumed by the birds of the sky; for Adonoy has spoken.’”


###### I Kings 14:12
[I Kings 14:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:12)

וְאַ֥תְּ ק֖וּמִי לְכִ֣י לְבֵיתֵ֑ךְ בְּבֹאָ֥הֿ רַגְלַ֛יִךְ הָעִ֖ירָה וּמֵ֥ת הַיָּֽלֶד׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And now, get up and go to your house; as [soon] as your feet come to the city, the boy will die.


###### I Kings 14:13
[I Kings 14:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:13)

וְסָֽפְדוּ־ל֤וֹ כׇל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְקָבְר֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ כִּי־זֶ֣ה לְבַדּ֔וֹ יָבֹ֥א לְיָרׇבְעָ֖ם אֶל־קָ֑בֶר יַ֣עַן נִמְצָא־ב֞וֹ דָּבָ֣ר ט֗וֹב אֶל־יְהֹוָ֛ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּבֵ֥ית יָרׇבְעָֽם׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
All of Yisroel will eulogise him, and they will bury him, for only he of Yerovom will be buried in a grave for in him alone was found something good in behalf of Adonoy, God of Yisroel, from the house of Yerovom.


###### I Kings 14:14
[I Kings 14:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:14)

וְהֵקִים֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה ל֥וֹ מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַכְרִ֛ית אֶת־בֵּ֥ית יָרׇבְעָ֖ם זֶ֣ה הַיּ֑וֹם וּמֶ֖ה גַּם־עָֽתָּה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And Adonoy will raise for Himself a king over Yisroel who will cut off the house of Yerovom this day, and also those that will be born.


###### I Kings 14:15
[I Kings 14:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:15)

וְהִכָּ֨ה יְהֹוָ֜ה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יָנ֣וּד הַקָּנֶה֮ בַּמַּ֒יִם֒ וְנָתַ֣שׁ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מֵ֠עַ֠ל הָאֲדָמָ֨ה הַטּוֹבָ֤ה הַזֹּאת֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָתַן֙ לַאֲב֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔ם וְזֵרָ֖ם מֵעֵ֣בֶר לַנָּהָ֑ר יַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשׂוּ֙ אֶת־אֲשֵׁ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם מַכְעִיסִ֖ים אֶת־יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And Adonoy will strike Yisroel [so that it will be] like a reed that sways in water. He will uproot Yisroel from this good land that He gave to their fathers, and He will scatter them across the river, because they made their trees of idol worship that bring Adonoy to anger.


###### I Kings 14:16
[I Kings 14:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:16)

וְיִתֵּ֖ן אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בִּגְלַ֞ל חַטֹּ֤אות יָֽרׇבְעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֔א וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
He will hand over Yisroel [to punishment] because of sin of Yerovom, who sinned and caused Yisroel to sin.”


###### I Kings 14:17
[I Kings 14:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:17)

וַתָּ֙קׇם֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרׇבְעָ֔ם וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ וַתָּבֹ֣א תִרְצָ֑תָה הִ֛יא בָּאָ֥ה בְסַף־הַבַּ֖יִת וְהַנַּ֥עַר מֵֽת׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And the wife of Yerovom got up and she travelled and came to Tirtzah. She stepped on the doorstep of the house, and the boy died.


###### I Kings 14:18
[I Kings 14:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:18)

וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ וַיִּסְפְּדוּ־ל֖וֹ כׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּדְבַ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֔ר בְּיַד־עַבְדּ֖וֹ אֲחִיָּ֥הוּ הַנָּבִֽיא׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
They buried him and all of Yisroel eulogized him, as was the word of Adonoy that He had spoken by the hand of his servant, Achiyohu, the prophet.


###### I Kings 14:19
[I Kings 14:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:19)

וְיֶ֙תֶר֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י יָרׇבְעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִלְחַ֖ם וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר מָלָ֑ךְ הִנָּ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The rest of the events of Yerovom, how he fought and how he reigned, they are recorded in the Book of the Chronicles of the kings of Yisroel.


###### I Kings 14:20
[I Kings 14:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:20)

וְהַיָּמִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָלַ֣ךְ יָרׇבְעָ֔ם עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם שָׁנָ֑ה וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ נָדָ֥ב בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And the days that Yerovom reigned were twenty two years; and he slept with his fathers, and his son, Nadav reigned in his place.


###### I Kings 14:21
[I Kings 14:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:21)

וּרְחַבְעָם֙ בֶּן־שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּיהוּדָ֑ה בֶּן־אַרְבָּעִ֣ים וְאַחַ֣ת שָׁנָה֩ רְחַבְעָ֨ם בְּמׇלְכ֜וֹ וּֽשְׁבַ֨ע עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה שָׁנָ֣ה**׀** מָלַ֣ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלַ֗͏ִם הָ֠עִ֠יר אֲשֶׁר־בָּחַ֨ר יְהֹוָ֜ה לָשׂ֨וּם אֶת־שְׁמ֥וֹ שָׁם֙ מִכֹּל֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ נַעֲמָ֖ה הָעַמֹּנִֽית׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And Rechavom, the son of Shlomo reigned in Yehuda. Rechavom was forty one years old when he became king, and for seventeen years he reigned in Yerushalayim; the city that Adonoy had chosen to place His Name there from among all the tribes of Yisroel. His mother’s name was Naamoh, the Ammonite.


###### I Kings 14:22
[I Kings 14:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:22)

וַיַּ֧עַשׂ יְהוּדָ֛ה הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה וַיְקַנְא֣וּ אֹת֗וֹ מִכֹּל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשׂ֣וּ אֲבֹתָ֔ם בְּחַטֹּאתָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָטָֽאוּ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And Yehudah did what was evil in the eyes of Adonoy; and they angered Him more than their fathers did, with the sins that they sinned.


###### I Kings 14:23
[I Kings 14:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:23)

וַיִּבְנ֨וּ גַם־הֵ֧מָּה לָהֶ֛ם בָּמ֥וֹת וּמַצֵּב֖וֹת וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑ים עַ֚ל כׇּל־גִּבְעָ֣ה גְבֹהָ֔ה וְתַ֖חַת כׇּל־עֵ֥ץ רַעֲנָֽן׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
They too built for themselves altars and statues and trees for worship on every high hill and under every flourishing tree.


###### I Kings 14:24
[I Kings 14:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:24)

וְגַם־קָדֵ֖שׁ הָיָ֣ה בָאָ֑רֶץ עָשׂ֗וּ כְּכֹל֙ הַתּוֹעֲבֹ֣ת הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר֙ הוֹרִ֣ישׁ יְהֹוָ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
There was also prostitution in the land; they did the same as all the abominations of the nations that Adonoy had driven out from before the Bnei Yisroel.


###### I Kings 14:25
[I Kings 14:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:25)

וַיְהִ֛י בַּשָּׁנָ֥ה הַחֲמִישִׁ֖ית לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ רְחַבְעָ֑ם עָלָ֛ה (שושק) [שִׁישַׁ֥ק] מֶלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֖יִם עַל־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And it was in the fifth year [of the reign] of king Rechavom, that Shishak, the king of Egypt, went up against Yerushlayim.


###### I Kings 14:26
[I Kings 14:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:26)

וַיִּקַּ֞ח אֶת־אֹצְר֣וֹת בֵּית־יְהֹוָ֗ה וְאֶת־אֽוֹצְרוֹת֙ בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְאֶת־הַכֹּ֖ל לָקָ֑ח וַיִּקַּח֙ אֶת־כׇּל־מָגִנֵּ֣י הַזָּהָ֔ב אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And he captured the treasures of the House of Adonoy and the treasures of the house of the king. He took everything; and he took all the golden shields that Shlomo had made.


###### I Kings 14:27
[I Kings 14:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:27)

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ רְחַבְעָם֙ תַּחְתָּ֔ם מָגִנֵּ֖י נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וְהִפְקִ֗יד עַל־יַד֙ שָׂרֵ֣י הָרָצִ֔ים הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים פֶּ֖תַח בֵּ֥ית הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
King Rechavom made copper shields instead of them; and he made them the responsibility of the officers of the runners, who guarded the entrance of the kings house.


###### I Kings 14:28
[I Kings 14:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:28)

וַיְהִ֛י מִדֵּי־בֹ֥א הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בֵּ֣ית יְהֹוָ֑ה יִשָּׂאוּם֙ הָרָצִ֔ים וֶהֱשִׁיב֖וּם אֶל־תָּ֥א הָרָצִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And whenever the king went to the House of Adonoy, the runners would carry them and then return them to the room of the runners.


###### I Kings 14:29
[I Kings 14:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:29)

וְיֶ֛תֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י רְחַבְעָ֖ם וְכׇל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה הֲלֹא־הֵ֣מָּה כְתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The rest of the events of Rechavom, and all that he did; they are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the kings of Yehudah.


###### I Kings 14:30
[I Kings 14:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:30)

וּמִלְחָמָ֨ה הָיְתָ֧ה בֵין־רְחַבְעָ֛ם וּבֵ֥ין יָרׇבְעָ֖ם כׇּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
There was war between Rechavom and Yerovom all the days.


###### I Kings 14:31
[I Kings 14:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/14:31)

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב רְחַבְעָ֜ם עִם־אֲבֹתָ֗יו וַיִּקָּבֵ֤ר עִם־אֲבֹתָיו֙ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֔ד וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ נַעֲמָ֖ה הָעַמֹּנִ֑ית וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אֲבִיָּ֥ם בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And Rechavom slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of Dovid. His mother’s name was Naamoh the Ammonite. His son Aviyom reigned in his place.