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left their suburbes and their possession, and princes of Israel, and the King humbled them-
came to Iudah and to Ierusalem: for Ieroboam selues, and sayde, The Lord is iust. 7 And when
and his sonnes had cast them out from ministring the Lord sawe that they humbled themselues,
in the Priestes office vnto the Lord. 15 And he the worde of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying,
ordeyned him Priests for the hie places, and for They haue humbled theselues, therefore I will
the deuils and for the calues which he had made. not destroy them, but I will sende them deliuer-
16 And after the Leuites there came to Ierusalem
of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their heartes ance shortly, and my wrath shall not bee powred
to seeke the Lord God of Israel, to offer vnto the out vpon Ierusalem by the hand of Shishak.
Lord God of their fathers. 17 So they strengthened 8 Neuerthelesse they shalbe his sernants: so shall
the kingdome of Iudah, and made Rehoboam they knowe my seruice, and the seruice of the
the sonne of Salomon mightie, three yeere long: kingdomes of the earth. 9 Then Shishak King
for three yeere they walked in in the way of of Egypt came vp against Ierusalem, and tooke
Dauid and Salomon. 18 And Rehoboam tooke him the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the
Mahalath ye daughter of Ierimoth the sonne of treasures of the Kings house he tooke euen all,
Dauid to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab and hee caried away the shields of golde, which
the sonne of Ishai, 19 Which bare him sonnes Salomon had made. 10 In stead whereof King Re-
Ieush, and Shemariah, and Zaham. 20 And after hoboam made shieldes of brasse, and committed
her he tooke Maakah ye daughter of Absalom themtothehandesofthechiefeofthegarde, that
which bare him Abiiah, and Atthai, and Ziza, wayted at the doore of the Kings house. 11 And
and Shelomith. 21 And Rehoboam loued Maakah when the King entred into the house of the Lord,
ye daughter of Absalom aboue all his wiues and the garde came and bare them and brought them
his concubines: for he tooke eighteene wiues, againe vnto the garde chamber. 12 And because
and three score concubines, and begate eyght
and twentie sonnes, and three score daughters. hee humbled himselfe, the wrath of the Lord
turned from him, that hee woulde not destroy all
22 And Rehoboam made Abiiah the sonne of together. And also in Iudah the things prospered.
Maakah the chiefe ruler among his brethren: for 13
he thought to make him King. 23 And he taught So King Rehoboam was strong in Ierusalem
him: and dispersed all his sonnes throughout all and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and fourtie
yere olde, when he began to reigne, and reigned
the countreis of Iudah and Beniamin vnto euery seuenteene yeres in Ierusalem, the citie which
strong citie: and hee gaue them aboundance of the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel
vitaile, and desired many wiues. to put his Name there. And his mothers name
was Naamah an Ammonitesse. 14 And he did euill:
for hee prepared not his heart to seeke the Lord.
12 15 The actes also of Rehoboam, first and last, are

1 And when Rehoboam had established the they not written in the booke of Shemaiah the
kingdome and made it strong, hee forsooke Prophet, and Iddo the Seer, in rehearsing the
the Lawe of the Lord, and all Israel with genealogie? and there was warre alway betweene
him. 2 Therefore in the fift yeere of King Rehoboam and Ieroboam. 16 And Rehoboam slept
Rehoboam, Shishak the King of Egypt came with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of
Dauid, and Abiiah his sonne reigned in his stead.
vp against Ierusalem (because they had trans-
gressed against the Lord) With twelue hundreth
3
charets, and three score thousande horsemen, 13
and the people were without nomber, that came 1 In the eyghteenth yeere of King Ieroboam
with him from Egypt, euen the Lubims, Sukki- began Abiiah to reigne ouer Iudah. He reigned
2
ims, and the Ethiopians. 4 And he tooke the three yere in Ierusalem: (his mothers name also
strong cities which were of Iudah, and came vnto was Michaiah the daughter of Vriel of Gibea) and
Ierusalem. 5 Then came Shemaiah the Prophet there was warre betweene Abiiah and Ieroboam.
to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Iudah, that 3 And Abiiah set the battel in aray with the armie
were gathered together in Hierusalem, because of valiant men of warre, euen foure hundreth
of Shishak, and sayde vnto them, Thus sayth the thousand chosen men. Ieroboam also set the
Lord, Ye haue forsaken me, therefore haue I also battell in aray against him with eight hundreth
left you in the handes of Shishak. 6 Then the thousande chosen men which were strong and