Berean Standard Bible

1 Kings 14:10-18

10Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam:

I will cut off from Jeroboam every male,1both slave and free,in Israel;I will burn up the house of Jeroboamas one burns up dung until it is gone!11Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the citywill be eaten by dogs,and anyone who dies in the fieldwill be eaten by the birds of the air.’For the LORD has spoken.

12As for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die. 13All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial,2 because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.

14Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day—yes, even today! 15For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates,3 because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger. 16So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”

17Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died. 18And they buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the prophet.

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Notes

1. 1 Kings 14:10 Literally (all) those who urinate against a wall ↩
2. 1 Kings 14:13 Literally who will come to the grave ↩
3. 1 Kings 14:15 Hebrew the River ↩

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