# General Information:

This chapter has two stories. One is the death of Jeroboam's son (1-18). The other is the reign of Rehoboam (20-31) . When the people of Judah began to worship the fertility goddess, Ashtoreth, they had to give all of their wealth to the king of Egypt. Jeroboam's son became sick; so the king sent his wife to the prophet. The prophet was blind, but when Jeroboam's wife arrived he told her, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam." He also told her that her son would die.