1 Kings 14:2-18

2And Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now arise 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 3said regarding me that I would be king over this people. 34Take ten loaves with you, some pastries, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.”

4And Jeroboam’s wife did so, and set out and went to 5Shiloh, and came to the house of 6Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see 7because his eyes were 8glossy from his old age. 5Now the Lord had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to 9inquire of you about her son, because he is sick. You shall say such and such to her, for it will be when she arrives, that 10she is going to make herself unrecognizable.”

6So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet coming in the doorway, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam; why do you make yourself unrecognizable? Nevertheless, I am sent to you with a harsh message. 7Go, say to Jeroboam, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: “11Because I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over My people Israel, 8and 12tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you--13yet you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, 14to do only that which was right in My sight; 9you also have done more evil than all who were before you, and 15you have gone and made for yourself other gods and 16cast metal images to provoke Me to anger, and have 17thrown Me behind your back-- 10therefore behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam, and 18I will eliminate from Jeroboam 19every male person, 20both 21bond and free in Israel, and I 22will make a clean sweep of the house of Jeroboam, just as one sweeps away dung until it is all gone. 1123Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city, the dogs will eat. And anyone who dies in the field, the birds of the sky will eat; for the Lord has spoken it.”’ 12Now you, arise, go to your house. 24When your feet enter the city the child will die. 13Then all Israel will mourn for him and bury him, for 25he alone of Jeroboam’s family will come to the grave, because in him 26something good was found toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. 14Moreover, 27the Lord will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will eliminate the house of Jeroboam this day 28and from now on.

15“For the Lord will strike Israel, just as a reed sways in the water; and 29He will uproot Israel from 30this good land which He gave to their fathers, and 31will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, 32because they have made their 33Asherim, provoking the Lord to anger. 16He will give up Israel 34because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he 35committed and with which he misled Israel into sin.”

17Then Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to 36Tirzah. 37As she was entering the threshold of the house, the child died. 1838Then all Israel buried him and mourned for him, in accordance with the word of the Lord which He had spoken through His servant Ahijah the prophet.