New English Translation
1 Kings 14:13
13All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good.
1 Kings 14:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
- New International Version (NIV)All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will be buried, because he is the only one in the house of Jeroboam in whom the Lord, the God of Israel, has found anything good.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found something pleasing to the Lord, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he is the only one of Jeroboam who shall come to the grave, because in him there is found something good toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
Context of 1 Kings 14:13
11Dogs will eat the members of your family who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country.”’ Indeed, the Lord has announced it! 12“As for you, get up and go home. When you set foot in the city, the boy will die. All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good. 14The Lord will raise up a king over Israel who will cut off Jeroboam’s dynasty. It is ready to happen! 15The Lord will attack Israel, making it like a reed that sways in the water. He will remove Israel from this good land he gave to their ancestors and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they angered the Lord by making Asherah poles.
Read all of 1 Kings 141 Kings 14:13 word by word
וְסָֽפְדוּ־ל֤וֹ כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְקָבְר֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ כִּֽי־זֶ֣ה לְבַדּ֔וֹ יָבֹ֥א לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם אֶל־קָ֑בֶר יַ֣עַן נִמְצָא־ב֞וֹ דָּבָ֣ר ט֗וֹב אֶל־יְהוָ֛ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּבֵ֥ית יָרָבְעָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And all Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- shall mournסָפַדsâphad · to mournH5594
- for him, and buryקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
- him: for he only of Jeroboamיָֽרָבְעָםyârob‛âm · JeroboamH3379
- shall comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- to the graveקֶ֫בֶרqeber qibrâh · graveH6913
- because in him there is foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
- goodטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
- thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
- toward the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- in the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
Cross-references for 1 Kings 14:13
- Numbers 20:29When all the community saw that Aaron was dead, the whole house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days.
- Jeremiah 22:10“‘Do not weep for the king who was killed. Do not grieve for him. But weep mournfully for the king who has gone into exile. For he will never return to see his native land again.
- 2 Chronicles 12:12So when Rehoboam humbled himself, the Lord relented from his anger and did not annihilate him; Judah experienced some good things.
- 2 Chronicles 19:3Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow the Lord.”
- Job 19:28If you say, ‘How we will pursue him, since the root of the trouble is found in him!’
- Ezekiel 18:14“But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example.
- Philemon 1:6I pray that the faith you share with us may deepen your understanding of every blessing that belongs to you in Christ.
- 2 Peter 2:8(for while he lived among them day after day, that righteous man was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)
Commentaries on 1 Kings 14:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13In him there is found some good thing - Far be it from God to destroy the righteous with the wicked; God respects even a little good, because it is a seed from himself. The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13The child was evidently a prince of some promise. It is probable that he was heir to the throne.Read the comment
- 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. 1313. all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him--the only one of Jeroboam's family who should receive the rites of sepulture.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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