1 Kings 13-14 | 2 Chronicles 11:18-12:16

Jeroboam reigns 22 years in Israel, and is an evil king who led his people in idol worship, and in forsaking God. God determines that Jeroboam’s descendants will not remain as kings in Israel, and the prophet tells Jeroboam’s wife all that will happen. Rehoboam reigns for 17 years in Judah, and his heart is evil, and God allows the Egyptians to ransack Jerusalem and the temple, but they do not overthrow the city, or the southern kingdom of Judah.

In 1 Kings 13 a prophet is sent to Jeroboam, who prophesies regarding the idolatrous alter in Bethel. That prophet ended up dying needlessly because he failed to follow the instructions God gave him, and he ended up believing a lying prophet, who said “an angel told me”. We should remember the warning of Paul to the Galatians…

But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.
- Galatians 1:8-9 NKJV