Reading for July 29th

Read 1 Kings 14.1-18
In 14.1-18: The oracle against Jeroboam
In verse 3: The ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey are payment to a seer for revealing the future.
In verse 6: Ahijah, as a true man of God, knows that his visitor is the wife of Jeroboam despite his blindness (v. 4) and her disguise (vv. 2, 5).
In verses 7-11: These verses, a deuteronomistic insertion, focus on the fate of Jeroboam's royal house rather than on that of his ill son.
Jeroboam had the opportunity to establish a dynasty like David's (v. 8), but his sin will prevent that from happening.
All of Jeroboam's male heirs (v. 10, male is literally "one who urinates on the wall") will be killed by a usurper.
The threat in v. 11 is drawn from a curse of non-burial.
In verses 12-14: The original oracle told of the impending death of Jeroboam's son and mentioned the coming of a new royal house, but without elaboration.
In verse 15: Sacred poles were fertility symbols used in the worship of the Canaanite goddess, Aserah.
In verse 17-18: The fulfillment of Ahijah's prophecy.
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