11 The dogs shall eat him of Jeroboam’s stock that dieth in the city, and the fowls of the air shall eat him that dieth in the field: [a]for the Lord hath said it.

12 Up therefore and get thee to thine house: for when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

13 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 [b]some goodness toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 14:11 They shall lack the honor of burial in token of God’s malediction.
  2. 1 Kings 14:13 In the midst of the wicked, God hath some on whom he doth bestow his mercies.

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