At that timeAbijahthe sonof Jeroboambecamesick.
So Nathanwentto his house.Then the LORDstruckthe childthat Uriah'swidowboreto David,so that he was [very] sick.
Jeroboamsaidto his wife,"Arisenow,and disguiseyourself so that they will not knowthat you are the wifeof Jeroboam,and goto Shiloh;behold,Ahijahthe prophetis there,whospokeconcerningme [that I would be] kingoverthispeople.
"You shall not worshipthem or servethem; for I, the LORDyour God,am a jealousGod,visitingthe iniquityof the fatherson the children,on the thirdand the fourthgenerations of those who hateMe,
Now KingZedekiahsentand tookhim [out]; and in his palacethe kingsecretlyaskedhim and said,"Is therea wordfrom the LORD?"And Jeremiahsaid,"Thereis!" Then he said,"You will be giveninto the handof the kingof Babylon!"
The PhilistinesovertookSauland his sons;and the PhilistineskilledJonathanand Abinadaband Malchi-shuathe sonsof Saul.
