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1 Kings 14 · Grade 5

The Cost of Turning Away

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Jeroboam's son Abijah fell ill. Jeroboam sent his wife in disguise to Ahijah, the same prophet who had torn the coat and promised him the kingdom. The disguise shows Jeroboam's double heart: he wanted the prophet's help but not the prophet's God. Ahijah was blind with age, yet God told him who was coming and what to say.

Ahijah's message was severe. God had exalted Jeroboam, torn the kingdom from David's house, and given it to him. But Jeroboam had done more evil than all before him. He had made other gods and molten images and had cast God behind his back. Judgment would fall on his entire house. The sick child would die when his mother's feet entered the city. Yet the boy would be buried with honor and mourned by all Israel, because in him was found some good thing toward Yahweh.

The chapter then turns to Judah. Under Rehoboam, Judah also provoked God with high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill. In Rehoboam's fifth year, Shishak of Egypt plundered Jerusalem and carried off the temple treasures and Solomon's gold shields. Rehoboam replaced them with bronze, a fitting picture of the kingdom's decline from glory. In the New Testament, Hebrews says that nothing is hidden from God's sight (Hebrews 4:13).

Show What You Know

  1. What does the disguise show about Jeroboam?

  2. When would the child die?

  3. What did the bronze shields picture?

  4. What does Hebrews say in the New Testament?

Crossword

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Across

  1. There was war between Rehoboam and ____ continually.
  2. So that you won’t be recognized as Jeroboam’s ____.
  3. And arose and went to ____.

Down

  1. Which he spoke by his servant ____ the prophet.
  2. And who followed me with all his ____.

Think About It

  1. Jeroboam wanted God's help but not God Himself. How can you seek God for who He is, not only for what He gives?

  2. Gold turned to bronze when Judah turned from God. What does faithfulness to God protect in your life?

Memory Verse

“All 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 Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.”

1 Kings 14:13 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for seeing me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • When you are afraid, how can you turn to God's Word?
  • How can you do good even when people around you do not?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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