1 Kings 14
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1 Kings 14:10-18

10I will bring disaster on your dynasty and will destroy every one of your male descendants, slave and free alike, anywhere in Israel. I will burn up your royal dynasty as one burns up trash until it is all gone.

11The members of Jeroboam’s family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the field will be eaten by vultures. I, the Lord, have spoken.’”

12Then Ahijah said to Jeroboam’s wife, “Go on home, and when you enter the city, the child will die.

13All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only member of your family who will have a proper burial, for this child is the only good thing that the Lord, the God of Israel, sees in the entire family of Jeroboam.

14“In addition, the Lord will raise up a king over Israel who will destroy the family of Jeroboam. This will happen today, even now!

15Then the Lord will shake Israel like a reed whipped about in a stream. He will uproot the people of Israel from this good land that he gave their ancestors and will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, for they have angered the Lord with the Asherah poles they have set up for worship.

16He will abandon Israel because Jeroboam sinned and made Israel sin along with him.”

17So Jeroboam’s wife returned to Tirzah, and the child died just as she walked through the door of her home.

18And all Israel buried him and mourned for him, as the Lord had promised through the prophet Ahijah.

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