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  1. Mrs. Jeroboam – who are you hiding from?<\/em> Jeroboam says to his wife: \u201c\u201cGo and disguise yourself, so that you will not be recognized as Jeroboam\u2019s wife, and go to Shiloh\u201d (verse 2). Who is she hiding her identity from, and why? It\u2019s not Ahijah the prophet for \u201cNow Ahijah could not see, for his eyes had become sightless with age\u201d (verse 4). And besides, he has other channels of information, and he reprimands her: \u201cAhijah heard the sound of her feet as she came through the door, and he said, \u2018Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why are you disguised? I have a harsh message for you\u2019\u201d (verse 6).<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. A little something for the prophet<\/em>. When one goes to a prophet, one takes along a little honorarium, but apparently there is no standardized pay scale. 60 chapters ago (1 Samuel 9), Saul\u2019s lad offered a quarter shekel of silver. Here, the king ups the ante <\/span>
    \n<\/span>\u201cTake with you ten loaves, some wafers, and a jug of honey\u201d (verse 3).<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Until the bitter end<\/em>. The sins of Jeroboam, that is, the cultic places that he established at Bethel and Dan, will accompany the kingdom of Israel to its end, which will come, according to the prophet because of them: \u201c\u201cThe LORD\u2026 will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have provoked the LORD by the sacred posts that they have made for themselves. He will forsake Israel because of the sins that Jeroboam committed and led Israel to commit\u201d (verses 15-16).<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. The shields signify the changes<\/em>. The golden shields, which Solomon had made in his great wealth and regal glory only 4 chapters ago, are taken by the king of Egypt, that had still been Israel\u2019s ally only 3 chapters ago. And all this happens to Solomon\u2019s son – Rehoboam.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. No Gold<\/em>? We\u2019ll use bronze instead. But Rehoboam doesn\u2019t forego shields, and he makes bronze ones in their place. And if you asked yourself: what does a king do with ceremonial shields? 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