I Kings - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 361

Shcmaiah, a Mau of Gov, to say, Speak to Rekhabam·bcn-Solomon, king of judah, and to all the House of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the People, saying, ‘ Thus says the LORD! You shall

not go up, and shall not war against your brothers, the children of Israel. Let each return to his home, for this And they listened to the word of the Evmz—L1v1m;, and turned back from the march, as the Evxx·;.1vm<; commanded. Rekhabam consequently built

Shikcm in Mount Ephraim, and resided there, and advanced from there and built Phanual. (ac. 974~·-3.) Burnham rzhiirzs 26 28 33 Uhulairg. Now the

kingship will return to the House of David, if these people go up to oHer sacrinces in the House of the Even- uvmc; at jerusalem; for the heart of these people will tum to their Prince,—- to Rekhabam king of So the king consulted, and made two golden calves, and said to It is too much for you to go up to jerusalem. These are your gods, Israel! who brought you up out He therefore placed thesone in Bethel, and the other he placed in Dan. But this thing, was a sin, and the people went before the one to Dan. He also made the House of Pillars, and mad priests from the mass of the people who were not of the descen- dants of Levi. Jerabam, besides, made a festival in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that was to the EVER- LIVING, and went up to sacrifice to the calves which he had made, and lixed in Bethel, with the priests of the columns he had made, and odered upon the altar that he had constructed in Bethel, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, as his heart had decided to make a festival for the children of Israel, and he odered incense on the altar. (ac. 973.) Elie Guuszquzut @22rsz upon, %im. 13 When, suddenly a Man of GOD came from judah with a message from the Evau—x.xvmc to Bethel whilst jerabazn stood at the altar with the incense, and the Messenger of the Evan-uvmo approached. to thealtar, and said; ‘Altarl Altar! Thus says the

Evan-uvmc! Behold a Sou shall be born to the House of David, his name joshiah, and he will oB’er upon you the Priests of the Columns who burn incense upon you; and He also gave a proof of it at the same This is the proof that the Evmz·r.1vmc has commanded. Look! The altar splits, and scatters the tire that is upon it! ’ But when the king heard the Mes-

sage of the Man of Gon which he proclaimed against the altar at Bethel,—··]erabam extended his hand from the altar, exclaiming, “ Seize and his hand remained as he extended it from him, that he was not able to return it to himself. The altar also split and poured out the coals from the altar, according to the proof which the Man of Gon had given with the message of the Even- Lxvmc. The king consequently begged,

and said to the Man of Gon, ‘ Entreat, now, the presence of your Gon, and pray on my behalf that He would restore my hand to me. So the Man of Gon entreated

the presence of the EvER—L¤v1NG, and He restored the king’s hand to him, and it became as formerly. Then the king said to the Man of

Come with me to the Palace, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a present} But the Man of·G0¤ replied to the

If you would give me the half of your Palace, I would not go with you, and I would not eat food, and I would not drink water in this place; for the message of the Evan- L1v1NG commanded me thus, saying, Return not by the road you go! He accordingly returned by an··

other road, and didnot return by the road he came upon to Bethel. But there was an old Preacher

residing at Bethel, whose sous came and related to him the whole of these facts, which the Man of Gon IO Il had eHected on that day in Bethel; the messages which he had delivered to the king-——they reported them to their father, when their father asked 36n