Ahijah (the Shilonite)
아히야 (실로 사람)
Named at 1 Kings 11:29 as “the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite”. At 11:29–30, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, Ahijah found him on the way; Ahijah had clad himself with a new garment, and the two of them were alone in the field; and Ahijah took the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces. At 11:31–32 Ahijah says to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces; for the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and will give ten tribes to you (but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel)’”, and at 11:35–36 the LORD’s word in Ahijah’s speech goes on, “but I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand and will give it to you, even ten tribes. I will give one tribe to his son, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.” At 11:32 the Korean Revised Version reads 한 지파를 솔로몬에게 주리니 (one tribe to Solomon), where WEB reads “but he shall have one tribe”. 1 Kings 14:2–4 says that Jeroboam said to his wife, “Go to Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who said that I would be king over this people”, that she came to Ahijah’s house, and, “Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were set by reason of his age”; 14:5 that the LORD said to Ahijah, “Behold, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to inquire of you concerning her son, for he is sick. Tell her such and such”; 14:6–16 that Ahijah said, “Come in, Jeroboam’s wife! Why do you pretend to be another? For I am sent to you with heavy news”, gave her the LORD’s word for Jeroboam, and said, “When your feet enter into the city, the child will die”; and 14:18 that all Israel buried the child and mourned for him, “according to the LORD’s word, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the prophet.” 2 Chronicles 10:15 says Rehoboam’s refusal to listen brought about the fulfillment of the LORD’s word spoken by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam.
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- 1KI 11:29–39, engwebp
29At that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the way. Now Ahijah had clad himself with a new garment; and the two of them were alone in the field.
30Ahijah took the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.
31He said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces; for the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and will give ten tribes to you
32(but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel),
33because they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon. They have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my ordinances, as David his father did.
34“‘However, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant’s sake whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes,
35but I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand and will give it to you, even ten tribes.
36I will give one tribe to his son, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.
37I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.
38It shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, that I will be with you, and will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.
39I will afflict the offspring of David for this, but not forever.’”
- 1KI 12:12–15, engwebp
12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king asked, saying, “Come to me again the third day.”
13The king answered the people roughly, and abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
14and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”
15So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about from the LORD, that he might establish his word, which the LORD spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
- 1KI 14:1–4, engwebp
1At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.
2Jeroboam said to his wife, “Please get up and disguise yourself, so that you won’t be recognized as Jeroboam’s wife. Go to Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who said that I would be king over this people.
3Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the child.”
4Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose and went to Shiloh, and came to Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
- 1KI 14:5, engwebp
5The LORD said to Ahijah, “Behold, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to inquire of you concerning her son, for he is sick. Tell her such and such; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will pretend to be another woman.”
- 1KI 14:6–11, engwebp
6So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in at the door, he said, “Come in, Jeroboam’s wife! Why do you pretend to be another? For I am sent to you with heavy news.
7Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘The LORD, the God of Israel, says: “Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you prince over my people Israel,
8and tore the kingdom away from David’s house, and gave it to you; and yet you have not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in my eyes,
9but have done evil above all who were before you, and have gone and made for yourself other gods, molten images, to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind your back,
10therefore, behold, I will bring evil on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam everyone who urinates on a wall, he who is shut up and he who is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweeps away dung until it is all gone.
11The dogs will eat whoever belongs to Jeroboam who dies in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat whoever dies in the field, for the LORD has spoken it.”’
- 1KI 14:12–16, engwebp
12Arise therefore, and go to your house. When your feet enter into the city, the child will die.
13All Israel will mourn for him and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam will come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.
14Moreover the LORD will raise up a king for himself over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day! What? Even now.
15For the LORD will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and he will root up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.
16He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he has sinned, and with which he has made Israel to sin.”
- 1KI 14:17–18, engwebp
17Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. As she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
18All Israel buried him and mourned for him, according to the LORD’s word, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the prophet.
- 1KI 15:25–31, engwebp
25Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.
26He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.
27Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha struck him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.
28Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha killed him and reigned in his place.
29As soon as he was king, he struck all the house of Jeroboam. He didn’t leave to Jeroboam any who breathed, until he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite;
30for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and with which he made Israel to sin, because of his provocation with which he provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.
31Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 2CH 9:29–31, engwebp
29Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, aren’t they written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
30Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
31Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in his father David’s city; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
- 2CH 10:12–15, engwebp
12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king asked, saying, “Come to me again the third day.”
13The king answered them roughly; and King Rehoboam abandoned the counsel of the old men,
14and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”
15So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was brought about by God, that the LORD might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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Took part in (5) — The prophet Ahijah the Shilonite tears his new garment in twelve pieces and tells Jeroboam to take ten pieces, Abijah the son of Jeroboam becomes sick, and Jeroboam’s wife goes to Shiloh and comes to Ahijah’s house, The LORD tells Ahijah that Jeroboam’s wife is coming to inquire of him concerning her son, Ahijah tells Jeroboam’s wife heavy news, and gives her the word of the LORD for Jeroboam, The words go on: the child will die, and the LORD will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam
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At that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the way. Now Ahijah had clad himself with a new garment; and the two of them were alone in the field.
Ahijah took the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.
So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about from the LORD, that he might establish his word, which the LORD spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
Jeroboam said to his wife, “Please get up and disguise yourself, so that you won’t be recognized as Jeroboam’s wife. Go to Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who said that I would be king over this people.
Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose and went to Shiloh, and came to Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
The LORD said to Ahijah, “Behold, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to inquire of you concerning her son, for he is sick. Tell her such and such; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will pretend to be another woman.”
So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in at the door, he said, “Come in, Jeroboam’s wife! Why do you pretend to be another? For I am sent to you with heavy news.
All Israel buried him and mourned for him, according to the LORD’s word, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the prophet.
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, aren’t they written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was brought about by God, that the LORD might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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Current wording: Named at 1 Kings 11:29 as “the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite”. At 11:29–30, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, Ahijah found him on the way; Ahijah had clad himself with a new garment, and the two of them were alone in the field; and Ahijah took the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces. At 11:31–32 Ahijah says to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces; for the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and will give ten tribes to you (but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David’s sake and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel)’”, and at 11:35–36 the LORD’s word in Ahijah’s speech goes on, “but I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand and will give it to you, even ten tribes. I will give one tribe to his son, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.” At 11:32 the Korean Revised Version reads 한 지파를 솔로몬에게 주리니 (one tribe to Solomon), where WEB reads “but he shall have one tribe”. 1 Kings 14:2–4 says that Jeroboam said to his wife, “Go to Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who said that I would be king over this people”, that she came to Ahijah’s house, and, “Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were set by reason of his age”; 14:5 that the LORD said to Ahijah, “Behold, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to inquire of you concerning her son, for he is sick. Tell her such and such”; 14:6–16 that Ahijah said, “Come in, Jeroboam’s wife! Why do you pretend to be another? For I am sent to you with heavy news”, gave her the LORD’s word for Jeroboam, and said, “When your feet enter into the city, the child will die”; and 14:18 that all Israel buried the child and mourned for him, “according to the LORD’s word, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the prophet.” 2 Chronicles 10:15 says Rehoboam’s refusal to listen brought about the fulfillment of the LORD’s word spoken by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam.
Cited evidence: 1KI 11:29–39, engwebp / 1KI 12:12–15, engwebp / 1KI 14:1–4, engwebp / 1KI 14:5, engwebp / 1KI 14:6–11, engwebp / 1KI 14:12–16, engwebp / 1KI 14:17–18, engwebp / 1KI 15:25–31, engwebp (and 2 more of 10)
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