Melachim I: Perek 14

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Melachim I Perek 14

  • Yiravam’s child, Aviyah, became sick.

  • Yiravam told his wife to disguise herself and go to the navi, Achiya Hashiloni, to find out what will happen to their child.

  • Achiyah Hashiloni was blind in his old age, but he had received a prophecy prior to the wife’s coming that Yiravam’s wife was coming for advice.

  • Achiyah immediately let her know that he knows who she is.

  • Achiyah recounted a harsh prophecy that every male member of her family will die and will not have a proper burial, except for Aviyah. Dogs and birds will eat the corpses of her family, either in the fields or in the cities. Aviyah would die when she returned home.

  • Aviyah died and had a proper burial.

Moed Katan 28B: Aviyah either got rid of the guards his father had set up to stop people from traveling to the Beis Hamikdash, or he personally went to the Beis Hamikdash. Therefore, it was fitting for Aviyah to have a proper burial, for the good deed that he had done.

  • Yiravam reigned for 22 years until his death. His son Nadav ruled next.

  • Five years into the kingship of Rechavam, Shishak, king of Egypt, stormed the Beis Hamikdash and looted it.

  • Yehudah had turned to idol worship.

  • Rechavam was 41-year-old when he became king. He reigned over Yehudah for 17 years.

  • Rechavam died and was buried in the city of Dovid.