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When the prophet heard the report, he said, "It is the man of God who disobeyed the Lord 's command. The Lord has fulfilled his word by causing the lion to attack and kill him."

Then the prophet said to his sons, "Saddle a donkey for me." So they saddled a donkey,

He laid the body in his own grave, crying out in grief, "Oh, my brother!"

Afterward the prophet said to his sons, "When I die, bury me in the grave where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones.

But even after this, Jeroboam did not turn from his evil ways. He continued to choose priests from the common people. He appointed anyone who wanted to become a priest for the pagan shrines.

So Jeroboam told his wife, "Disguise yourself so that no one will recognize you as my wife. Then go to the prophet Ahijah at Shiloh—the man who told me I would become king.

I ripped the kingdom away from the family of David and gave it to you. But you have not been like my servant David, who obeyed my commands and followed me with all his heart and always did whatever I wanted.

The rest of the events in Jeroboam's reign, including all his wars and how he ruled, are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.

Jeroboam reigned in Israel twenty-two years. When Jeroboam died, his son Nadab became the next king.

Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen from among all the tribes of Israel as the place to honor his name. Rehoboam's mother was Naamah, an Ammonite woman.

During Rehoboam's reign, the people of Judah did what was evil in the Lord 's sight, provoking his anger with their sin, for it was even worse than that of their ancestors.

When Rehoboam died, he was buried among his ancestors in the City of David. His mother was Naamah, an Ammonite woman. Then his son Abijam became the next king.

He reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother was Maacah, the granddaughter of Absalom.

He committed the same sins as his father before him, and he was not faithful to the Lord his God, as his ancestor David had been.

But for David's sake, the Lord his God allowed his descendants to continue ruling, shining like a lamp, and he gave Abijam a son to rule after him in Jerusalem.

For David had done what was pleasing in the Lord 's sight and had obeyed the Lord 's commands throughout his life, except in the affair concerning Uriah the Hittite.

When Abijam died, he was buried in the City of David. Then his son Asa became the next king.

He reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother was Maacah, the granddaughter of Absalom.

Asa did what was pleasing in the Lord 's sight, as his ancestor David had done.

He banished the male and female shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made.