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the sepulchre of thy fathers. cities of Samaria.
23 And when he had eaten and drunk, he 33 After these words, Jeroboam came not
saddled his ass for the prophet, whom he had back from his wicked way: but on the contrary,
brought back. he made of the meanest of the people priests
24 And when he was gone, a lion found him in of the high places: whosoever would, he filled
the way, and killed him, and his body was cast his hand, and he was made a priest of the high
in the way: and the ass stood by him, and the places.
lion stood by the dead body. 34 And for this cause did the house of Jer-
25 And behold, men passing by, saw the dead oboam sin, and was cut off, and destroyed from
body cast in the way, and the lion standing by the face of the earth.
the body. And they came and told it in the city,
wherein that old prophet dwelt.
26 And when that prophet, who had brought Chapter 14
him back out of the way, heard of it, he said: It
is the man of God, that was disobedient to the At that time Abia, the son of Jeroboam, fell sick.
mouth of the Lord, and the Lord hath delivered 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife: Arise, and
him to the lion, and he hath torn him, and killed change thy dress, that thou be not known to
him, according to the word of the Lord, which be the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Silo, where
he spoke to him. Ahias, the prophet is, who told me that I should
27 And he said to his sons: Saddle me an ass. reign over this people.
And when they had saddled it, 3 Take also with thee ten loaves, and crack-
28 And he was gone, he found the dead body nels, and a pot of honey, and go to him: for he
cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing will tell thee what will become of this child.
by the carcass: the lion had not eaten of the dead 4 Jeroboam’s wife did as he told her: and ris-
body, nor hurt the ass. ing up, went to Silo, and came to the house of
29 And the prophet took up the body of the Ahias; but he could not see, for his eyes were
man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and going dim by reason of his age.
back brought it into the city of the old prophet, 5 And the Lord said to Ahias: Behold the wife
to mourn for him. of Jeroboam cometh in, to consult thee concern-
30 And he laid his dead body in his own sepul- ing her son, that is sick: thus and thus shalt thou
chre: and they mourned over him, saying: Alas! speak to her. So when she was coming in, and
alas, my brother. made as if she were another woman,
31 And when they had mourned over him, he 6 Ahias heard the sound of her feet, coming
said to his sons: When I am dead, bury me in in at the door, and said: Come in, thou wife of
the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried: Jeroboam: why dost thou feign thyself to be an-
lay my bones beside his bones. other? But I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
32 For assuredly the word shall come to pass 7 Go, and tell Jeroboam: Thus saith the Lord,
which he hath foretold in the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: For as much as I exalted thee
against the altar that is in Bethel: and against from among the people, and made thee prince
all the temples of the high places, that are in the over my people Israel;