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a ship bringing him gold. The account of the queen of the South, who came to hear his wisdom. The account of his great wealth, concerning the golden armor which he made, concerning his kingdom, from where and to where it extended. Then, concerning his idolatry, and the offense with which he offended God. Then, a threat against him, and the dissolution of the kingdom, the disappearance of peace. For Hadad the Edomite rises up against him, and Esdrom. His servant Jeroboam also rises up against him. Ahijah the prophet comes to Jeroboam, and gives him a garment torn into ten pieces, signifying to him that he would hold the ten scepters. And when Solomon wanted to kill him, he fled to Egypt. Jeroboam returned from Egypt after Solomon died. The people, approaching Rehoboam the son of Solomon, demanded that his rule be lighter for them than Solomon's. But he, persuaded by some of his young companions, threatened to make it even heavier for them. Thence the ten tribes were rent away, and they made Jeroboam king over themselves. And God prevented Rehoboam when he wanted to make war against him. And when the child of Jeroboam fell ill, he sends his wife to Ahijah the prophet to inquire about the sickness. And he said that he would die, and he died. Jeroboam sets up golden calves, one in Bethel, and one in Dan, so that the people would not go up to Jerusalem. And as he 56.350 was sacrificing there, behold, a man of God came, prophesying the things concerning Josiah. And the king's hand was withered, and the altar was rent. And when the prophet of God prayed, the king was healed. And he urged the prophet to dine with him. But he did not consent, keeping God's command, which he later transgressed, and was killed by a lion. But Jeroboam still persisted in his wickedness, and Rehoboam practiced idolatry all the years of his reign. Shishak came and took the treasures. After him, his son Abijah reigned, and after him, the son of Abijah, Asa. And after Jeroboam, his son Nadab reigned; whom Baasha killed and reigned, and he warred against Asa. But he, using the alliance of Hadad the Syrian, became more powerful. And as Baasha was wicked, God threatens great evils against him. And when he died, his son Elah reigned, whom Zimri, one of the commanders, killed and reigned, and he destroyed the house of Baasha. And when Zimri also died, having burned himself, Omri reigned. And when he also died, Ahab his son reigned. Jehoshaphat, the son of Asa, reigns. Elijah the prophet threatens Ahab with the drought that occurred for three years and six months. Then the prophet is fed by the ravens. Here are the things concerning the widow in Zarephath, concerning the jar of oil, and the pot of meal, and the death of the child, and his raising from the dead. Elijah is sent to Ahab, and he makes the sacrifice, and brings down fire from heaven, and it consumes it. Then taking the priests of Baal, he slaughtered them. Then he announces the good news of rain to Ahab. And having gone up to Carmel, Elijah prayed, and makes the sacrifice; behold, rain. Jezebel the wife of Ahab threatens Elijah with death, but he comes into the wilderness, and having slept, and been awakened by an angel of God, he found a cake of spelt, and having eaten it, was strengthened. In the strength of that food he went forty days to Horeb. Then he says: Lord, they have torn down your altars. Leaving the yoke of oxen, Elisha follows Elijah. Then the story concerning the vineyard of Naboth; and the threat against Jezebel and Ahab, and the contrition of Ahab. Hadad the Syrian came against Israel with thirty-two kings; but he defeated them. And campaigning a second time, he fell to a great blow. And when he saw himself in danger, putting on a pitiful appearance, he comes to Ahab, calling himself a servant, and being well-disposed

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αὐτῷ ναῦς χρυσίον φέρουσα. Τὰ κατὰ τὴν βασίλισσαν Νότου, τὴν ἐλθοῦσαν ἀκοῦσαι τῆς σοφίας αὐτοῦ. Τὰ κατὰ τὸν πλοῦτον αὐτοῦ τὸν μέγαν, τὰ περὶ τῶν ὅπλων τῶν χρυσῶν ὧν ἐποίησε, τὰ περὶ τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ, πόθεν καὶ μέχρι ποῦ παρέτεινεν. Ἐντεῦθεν περὶ τῆς εἰδωλολατρείας αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῆς προσκρούσεως ἧς προσέκρουσε τῷ Θεῷ. Ἐντεῦθεν ἀπειλὴ πρὸς αὐτὸν, καὶ τῆς βασιλείας παράλυσις, εἰρήνης ἀφανισμός. Ἐπανίσταται γὰρ αὐτῷ Ἀδὲρ ὁ Ἰδουμαῖος, καὶ ὁ Ἐσδρώμ. Ἐπανίσταται αὐτῷ καὶ ὁ δοῦλος αὐτοῦ Ἱεροβοάμ. Ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸν ἹεροβοὰμἈχιᾶ ὁ προφήτης, καὶ δίδωσιν αὐτῷ διαῤῥῆξαι ἱμάτιον τελαμῶνας δέκα, προμηνύων αὐτῷ, ὅτι καθέξει τὰ δέκα σκῆπτρα. Ὡς δὲ ἤθελεν αὐτὸν ἀνελεῖν ὁ Σολομῶν, ἔφυγεν εἰς Αἴγυπτον. Ἐπανῆλθεν ἀπ' Αἰγύπτου Ἱεροβοὰμ, ἀποθανόντος Σολομῶντος. Ὁδὲ λαὸς προσελθὼν τῷ Ῥοβοὰμ υἱῷ Σολομῶντος, ἠξίου ἐλαφροτέραν αὐτοῖς γενέσθαι τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς τοῦ Σολομῶντος. Ὁ δὲ ὑπὸ τῶν συντρόφων αὐτοῦ νέων τινῶν ἀναπεισθεὶς, ἠπείλησε καὶ βαρυτέραν αὐτοῖς ποιήσειν. Ἔνθεν ἀπεσχίσθησαν αἱ δέκα φυλαὶ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσαν ἐφ' ἑαυτῶν τὸν Ἱεροβοάμ. Καὶ βουλόμενον ἐπιστρατεῦσαι αὐτῷ τὸν Ῥοβοὰμ ἐκώλυσεν ὁ Θεός. Ὡς δὲ ἠῤῥώστησε τὸ παιδίον Ἱεροβοὰμ,πέμπει τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ πρὸς Ἀχιὰ τὸν προφήτην πευσομένην περὶ τῆς νόσου. Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, ὅτι ἀποθανεῖται, καὶ ἀπέθανεν. Ἵστησι δαμάλεις χρυσᾶς ὁ Ἱεροβοὰμ, μίαν ἐν Βαιθὴλ, καὶ μίαν ἐν ∆ὰν, ἵνα μὴ ἀναβαίνωσιν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ ὁ λαός. Θύοντος δὲ αὐ 56.350 τοῦ ἐκεῖ, ἰδοὺ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐλθὼν, προφητεύει τὰ κατὰ τὸν Ἰωσίαν. Καὶ ἐξηράνθη ἡ χεὶρ τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ἐῤῥάγη τὸ θυσιαστήριον. ∆εηθέντος δὲ τοῦ προφήτου τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὑγίανεν ὁ βασιλεύς. Καὶ παρεκάλει τὸν προφήτην ἑστιαθῆναι παρ' αὐτῷ. Ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἠνέσχετο, πρόσταγμα φυλάττων τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὅπερ ὕστερον παραβὰς, ἀνῃρέθη ὑπὸ τοῦ λέοντος. Ὁ δὲ Ἱεροβοὰμ ἔτι ἐπέμενε τῇ κακίᾳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ Ῥοβοὰμ εἰδωλολάτρησεν ἔτη πάντα τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ. Ἐλθὼν Σουσακεὶμ ἔλαβε τοὺς θησαυρούς. Μετὰ τοῦτον βασιλεύει Ἀβιᾶς ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀβιᾶ ὁ Ἀσᾶ. Μετὰ δὲ τὸν Ἱεροβοὰμβασιλεύει ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ Ἀδάβ· ὃν ἀνελὼν Βασᾶ ἐβασίλευσε, καὶ ἐπολέμει τὸν Ἀσᾶ. Ὁ δὲ τῇ συμμαχίᾳ τοῦ Σύρου Ἄδερ χρησάμενος, ἐπικρατέστερος γέγονεν. Ὡς δὲ πονηρὸς ἦν ὁ Βασᾶ, ἀπειλεῖ αὐτῷ ὁ Θεὸς κακὰ μεγάλα. Ἀποθανόντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἐλᾶ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ, ὃν ἀνελὼν Ζαμβρὶ εἷς τῶν ἀρχόντων, ἐβασίλευσε, καὶ ὠλόθρευσε τὸν οἶκον Βασᾶ. Ὡς δὲ καὶ Ζαμβρὶ ἀπέθανεν ἑαυτὸν ἐμπρήσας, βασιλεύει Ἀμβρί. Ὡς δὲ ἀπέθανε καὶ οὗτος, βασιλεύει Ἀχαὰβὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ. Βασιλεύει ὁ υἱὸς Ἀσᾶ Ἰωσαφάτ. Ἀπειλεῖ Ἠλίας ὁ προφήτης τῷ Ἀχαὰβ τὴν γενομένην ἀνομβρίαν ἐπὶ τρία ἔτη καὶ μῆνας ἕξ. Τότε διατρέφεται διὰ τῶν κοράκων ὁ προφήτης. Ἐνταῦθα τὰ κατὰ τὴν χήραν τὴν ἐν Σαρέφθοις, τὰ κατὰ τὸν καμψάκην τοῦ ἐλαίου, καὶ τὴν ὑδρίαν τοῦ ἀλεύρου, καὶ τὸν θάνατον τοῦ παιδίου, καὶ τὴν ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου ἔγερσιν. Ἀποστέλλεται πρὸς τὸν Ἀχαὰβ ὁ Ἠλίας,καὶ ποιεῖ τὴν θυσίαν, καὶ καταφέρει τὸ πῦρ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ἀναλίσκει αὐτήν. Τότε λαβὼν τοὺς ἱερεῖς τοῦ Βαὰλ ἀπέσφαξε. Τότε εὐαγγελίζεται τῷ Ἀχαὰβ τὸν ὑετόν. Καὶ ἀνελθὼν εἰς τὸν Κάρμηλον ηὔξατο Ἠλίας, καὶ ποιεῖ τὴν θυσίαν· ἰδοὺ ὑετός. Ἀπειλεῖ τῷ Ἠλίᾳ θάνατον Ἰεζάβελ ἡ γυνὴ τοῦ Ἀχαὰβ, ὁ δὲἔρχεται εἰς τὴν ἔρημον, καὶ κοιμηθεὶς, καὶ διεγερθεὶς ὑπὸ ἀγγέλου Θεοῦ, εὗρεν ἐγκρυφίαν ὀλυρίτην, καὶ φαγὼν αὐτὸν, ἐνίσχυσεν. Ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ βρώσει τεσσαράκοντα ἡμέρας ἦλθεν εἰς Χωρήβ. Τότε λέγει· Κύριε, τὰ θυσιαστήριά σου κατέσκαψαν. Τὰ ζεύγη τῶν βοῶν ἀφεὶς ὁ Ἑλισσαῖος ἀκολουθεῖ τῷ Ἠλίᾳ. Ἐντεῦθεν τὸ διήγημα τὸ κατὰ τὸν ἀμπελῶνα τοῦ Ναβουθαί· καὶ ἡ ἀπειλὴ κατὰ Ἰεζάβελ καὶ Ἀχαὰβ, καὶ ἡ κατάνυξις τοῦ Ἀχαάβ. Ἐπῆλθε τῷ Ἰσραὴλ ὁ ΣύροςἌδερ μετὰ τριακονταδύο βασιλέων· ὁ δὲ ἐχειρώσατο αὐτούς. Καὶ δεύτερον ἐπιστρατεύσας περιέπεσε πληγῇ μεγάλῃ. Ὡς δὲ ἑώρα ἑαυτὸν ἐν κινδύνῳ, σχῆμα περιθέμενος ἐλεεινὸν, ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸν Ἀχαὰβ, δοῦλον ἑαυτὸν ἀποκαλῶν, καὶ ἀγαπητῶς ἔχων