IATĂ AICI AHIA PROROCUL DŒDE LUI IEROVAAM ZŒCE SORȚI AI STEAGURILOR ISRAILITŒNILOR ȘI ZISE: „IATĂ ȚE-AU DAT DUMNEZEU ZŒCE STEAGURI ISRAILITENEȘTI”
A Prophet's Sign of Division
The prophet Ahijah tears his cloak and gives ten pieces to Jeroboam, signifying God's division of the kingdom from Solomon due to his disobedience, while promising Jeroboam kingship.
And it happened in those days that Jeroboam went out from Jerusalem; and Ahijah the prophet met him on the road and turned him aside from his way. Ahijah was wearing a new cloak, and the two of them were alone out in the open field.1 And Ahijah tore his new cloak and made twelve pieces of it, and he said to Jeroboam: "Take ten portions for yourself, for this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: 'I am going to take the kingdom out of Solomon's hands and give you ten banners; but two banners I will leave to him for the sake of his father David, my servant, and for the sake of Jerusalem, my city, which I chose for myself out of all the tribes of Israel.23 For he has abandoned me and does not walk in my ways, and he has not done what I willed, as his father David did. But I will not take the kingdom out of his hands entirely, because I promised him it would be his for his whole life, for the sake of his father David, whom I chose as my servant. I will take the kingdom out of his son's hands and give you ten banners; but to his son I will give two banners, just as I promised my servant David, so that he may stand before me all his days in my city Jerusalem, which I chose as the place to set my name.4 And I will receive you, and you will be king over everything your soul desires, and you will reign over the Israelites.'" After that, Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but he fled to the land of Egypt, to King Shishak, and he stayed on in Egypt until Solomon died.5
The Succession of Kings
Following Solomon's death, his son Rehoboam ascended to the throne.
And when Solomon died, his son Rehoboam became king in his place.✦
Read the original Romanian
Și fu în vremile acélea, eși Ierovaam din Ierusalim; iar Ahia prorocul îl întâmpină pre cale și-l întoarse din cale-și. Și era Ahia îmbrăcat în dulamă noao, și era numai ei amândoi în câmpu. Și-și tăe Ahia dulama sa cea noao, de o făcu 12 pétece, și zise lui Ierovaam: „Ține ție 10 sorți, că așa zise Domnul Dumnezeul lui Israil: „Iată eu voi lua împărăția din mâinile lui Solomon și-ți voi da ție 10 steaguri, iar 2 steaguri îi voi lăsa pentru tată-său David, robul mieu, și pentru Ierusalimul, cetatea mea, care o am ales mie din toate semențiile israiliténilor. Că m-au părăsit și nu umblă pre căile méle, și n-au făcut pre voia mea, ca tată-său David. Însă nu voi lua împărățiia de tot din mâinile lui, pentru că i-o am făgăduit să fie a lui în toată viața lui, pentru tată-său David, care l-am ales mie rob. Și voiu lua împărăția din mâinile fie-său și voi da ție zéce steaguri; iar fie-său îi voi da 2 steaguri, cum am făgăduit robului mieu lui David, în toate zilele înaintea mea, în cetatea mea Ierusalim, care o am ales să să pue numele mieu într-însa. Și te voi priimi pre tine și vei fi împărat spre ceți poftéște sufletul tău, și tu vei împărăți israiliténii”.” Deacii cerca Solomon să omoare pre Ierovoam, iar el fugi în țara Eghipetului, la Susachim împărat, și șăzu tot în Eghipet până muri Solomon.
Iar deaca muri Solomon, stătu împărat în locul lui fie-său Rovoam.
Scripture echoes
- ↩1Kgs.11.43 — Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father, and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
Notes
- 1 ↩"dulamă" is a long outer coat; rendered "cloak" to match the garment torn in the following verse.
- 2 ↩"sorți" (lots, allotted shares) and "steaguri" (banners, standards) both stand for tribal allotments here; "portions" and "banners" keep the source's two distinct words.
- 3 ↩The source opens a nested quotation (the Lord's speech inside Ahijah's) that is not closed until s7; the nesting is preserved as printed.
- 4 ↩"în toate zilele înaintea mea" is left syntactically loose in the source; it is construed with the promise to David (a standing lamp/presence before the Lord in Jerusalem), which is the most plausible intended sense.
- 5 ↩"Susachim" is the Slavonic-Romanian form of Shishak, king of Egypt.
Teachings of Neagoe Basarab to His Son Theodosios companion
Rule yourself daily, not just on retreat
Chosen Portion turns the mirror into a daily practice — a short reading and examining question each morning before you lead anyone.
Chosen Portion makes the mirror daily: the ruler-formation questions this collection preserves become a two-minute morning examination in the app.
- A daily formation reading drawn from centuries of counsel to those in authority
- One pointed examination question a day — two minutes, before the meetings start
- Track your practice over weeks and watch the examined life become a habit