God’s Word Translation
1 Kings 14:16
16So the Lord will desert Israel because of Jeroboam’s sins, the sins which he led Israel to commit.”
1 Kings 14:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
- New International Version (NIV)And he will give Israel up because of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he sinned and made Israel to sin."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who sinned and who made Israel sin.”
Context of 1 Kings 14:16
14The Lord will appoint a king over Israel. That king will destroy Jeroboam’s house. This will happen today. It will happen right now. 15“The Lord will strike Israel like cattails which shake in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land which he gave their ancestors. He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River because they dedicated poles to the goddess Asherah and made the Lord furious. So the Lord will desert Israel because of Jeroboam’s sins, the sins which he led Israel to commit.” 17Jeroboam’s wife got up, left, and went to Tirzah. When she walked across the threshold of her home, the boy died. 18All Israel buried him and mourned for him as the Lord had said through his servant, the prophet Ahijah.
Read all of 1 Kings 141 Kings 14:16 word by word
וְיִתֵּ֖ן אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בִּגְלַ֞ל חַטֹּ֤אות יָֽרָבְעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֔א וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶחֱטִ֖יא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 1 Kings 14:16
- Psalms 81:12So I let them go their own stubborn ways and follow their own advice.
- Isaiah 40:24They have hardly been planted. They have hardly been sown. They have hardly taken root in the ground. Then he blows on them and they wither, and a windstorm sweeps them away like straw.
- Hosea 9:11“Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird. There will be no more pregnancies, births, or babies.
- 1 Kings 12:30Worshiping them became ⌞Israel’s⌟ sin. The people went as far as Dan to worship the one calf.
- 1 Kings 13:34Appointing illegal priests became the sin of Jeroboam’s family so that it had to be destroyed and wiped off the face of the earth.
- 1 Kings 15:30This was because of Jeroboam’s sins and the sins which he led Israel to commit. Those sins made the Lord God of Israel furious.
- 1 Kings 16:2He said, “I raised you from the dust and made you leader of my people Israel. But you have lived like Jeroboam. You have led my people to sin, and their sins make me furious.
- Exodus 32:21Moses asked Aaron, “What did these people do to you that you encouraged them to commit such a serious sin?”
- Jeremiah 5:31Prophets prophesy lies. Priests rule under the prophets’ directions, and my people love this. But what will you do in the end?”
- Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed—crushed by punishment, because its people are determined to chase idols.
- Micah 6:16You have kept Omri’s laws and all the practices of the descendants of Ahab, and you have followed their advice. That is why I will ruin you. Your people will be ridiculed. You will bear the disgrace of my people.”
- Romans 14:13So let’s stop criticizing each other. Instead, you should decide never to do anything that would make other Christians have doubts or lose their faith.
Commentaries on 1 Kings 14:16
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-20Verses 7-20 Whether we keep an account of God's mercies to us or not, he does; and he will set them in order before us, if we are ungrateful, to our greater confusion. Ahijah foretells the speedy death of the child then sick, in mercy to him. He only in the house of Jeroboam had affection for the true worship of God, and disliked the worship of the calves. To show the power and sovereignty of his grace, God saves some out of the worst families, in whom…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-201Ki 14:1-20. Ahijah Denounces God's Judgments against Jeroboam. 1. At that time--a phrase used often loosely and indefinitely in sacred history. This domestic incident in the family of Jeroboam probably occurred towards the end of his reign; his son Abijah was of age and considered by the people the heir to the throne.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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