Jeroboam's son was ill so he sent his wife to consult the prophet Ahijah disguised, taking him bread, cakes and honey. With God's help the prophet saw beyond her disguise and he prophesied her son's imminent death. He also spoke out categorically against Jeroboam's idolatry prophesying disaster for his house with dogs eating men's bodies in the cities and vultures eating men's bodies in the country. Ahijah yet prophesied eventual exile for Israel as a result of Jeroboam's sin. So Jeroboam died after a reign of 22 years and Nadab his son succeeded him as king of Israel.
Rehoboam came to the throne at 41 years of age and he reigned for 17 years, and after his death he was succeeded as king of Judah by his son Abijah. Rehoboam's reign had been as negative as Jeroboam's in Israel with widespread paganism and even the use of male shrine-prostitutes and other detestable pagan practices. As a result of such perversity in the 5th year of his reign Shishak king of Egypt ransacked Jerusalem robbing all its gold articles including all the gold shields, so that Rehoboam had to replace them with bronze ones. There was also continual civil war between Israel and Judah.
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