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Jeroboam gave testimony to the high esteem in which he was held as a prophet of God ({{bibleverse|1|Kings|14:2,3|HE}}). | Jeroboam gave testimony to the high esteem in which he was held as a prophet of God ({{bibleverse|1|Kings|14:2,3|HE}}). | ||
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| + | ===Shiloh=== | ||
| + | Shiloh was a major religious center in Israel during the time of the [[Book of Judges|judges]]. The [[Tabernacle]] was set up at Shiloh semi-permanently during the later days of the period, and it was here that the [[Ark of the Covenant]] was usually housed, except when used as the standard of an Israelite army, or, later, when captured by the Philistines. | ||
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| + | At Shiloh, the "whole congregation of Israel assembled," ([[Book of Joshua|Joshua 18:1]]). According to [[Talmud]]ic sources, the [[Tabernacle]] rested at Shiloh for 369 years. <ref>[http://www.mechon-mamre.org/b/l/l5114.htm Zevachim 118B]</ref> At some point during its long stay at Shiloh, the portable tent seems to have been enclosed within a compound or replaced with a standing structure with "doors" (1 Samuel 3:15) a precursor to the [[Temple in Jerusalem|Temple]]. | ||
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| + | The prophet and judge [[Samuel (Bible)|Samuel]] was raised at the shrine in Shiloh by the high priest [[Eli (Judges)|Eli]]. Ahijah was Eli's grandson. | ||
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| + | Ahijah first appears among [[Saul]]'s men as a young man at Gibeah during a battle against the Philistines. He is already allowed to wear the priestly ephod at this time, and has charge of the Ark of the Covenant, normally under the care of his grandfather at Shiloh. Saul commands that Ahijah bring forth the Ark, causing increased panic in the Philistine camp. The Israelites consequently win a major battle with God's help (1 Samuel 14). | ||
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| + | Ahijah disappears from the record at this point until the reign of Solomon. In the interim Shiloh itself fell on hard times. Eli's sons | ||
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Revision as of 20:58, 8 May 2008
Ahijah HaShiloni, also known as Ahijah the Shilonite, was a prophet of Shiloh (1 Kings 11:29 in the Old Testament. 14:2). He was called "the Shilonite" in the days of Rehoboam, to distinguish him from other men named Ahijah.
After King Solomon offended the prophetic ideal by erecting altars to non-Israelite gods, Ahijah was instrumental in the division of Solomon's domain into the northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah. He commissioned the northern labor leader Jeroboam to become the future king of Israel, promising him that the blessings originally intended for the Davidic kings would be fulfilled in Jeroboam's lineage 1 Kings 11:31-39. However, when Jeroboam displeased Ahijah by bypassing Shiloh in favor or northern sanctuaries at Bethel and Dan, and when Jeroboam erected golden bull statues at these shrines, Ahijah broke with his protege and predicted God's doom upon his lineage 1 Kings 14:6-16.
Jeroboam gave testimony to the high esteem in which he was held as a prophet of God (1 Kings 14:2,3).
Biblical data
Shiloh
Shiloh was a major religious center in Israel during the time of the judges. The Tabernacle was set up at Shiloh semi-permanently during the later days of the period, and it was here that the Ark of the Covenant was usually housed, except when used as the standard of an Israelite army, or, later, when captured by the Philistines.
At Shiloh, the "whole congregation of Israel assembled," (Joshua 18:1). According to Talmudic sources, the Tabernacle rested at Shiloh for 369 years. [1] At some point during its long stay at Shiloh, the portable tent seems to have been enclosed within a compound or replaced with a standing structure with "doors" (1 Samuel 3:15) a precursor to the Temple.
The prophet and judge Samuel was raised at the shrine in Shiloh by the high priest Eli. Ahijah was Eli's grandson.
Ahijah's background
Ahijah first appears among Saul's men as a young man at Gibeah during a battle against the Philistines. He is already allowed to wear the priestly ephod at this time, and has charge of the Ark of the Covenant, normally under the care of his grandfather at Shiloh. Saul commands that Ahijah bring forth the Ark, causing increased panic in the Philistine camp. The Israelites consequently win a major battle with God's help (1 Samuel 14).
Ahijah disappears from the record at this point until the reign of Solomon. In the interim Shiloh itself fell on hard times. Eli's sons
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