12 Arise therefore, go to your own house. (A)When your feet enter the city, the child shall die. 13 And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he is the only one of Jeroboam who shall [a]come to the grave, because in him (B)there is found something good toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

14 (C)“Moreover the Lord will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam; [b]this is the day. What? Even now! 15 For the Lord will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water. He will (D)uproot Israel from this (E)good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them (F)beyond [c]the River, (G)because they have made their [d]wooden images, provoking the Lord to anger. 16 And He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, (H)who sinned and who made Israel sin.”

17 Then Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to (I)Tirzah. (J)When she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 14:13 Be buried
  2. 1 Kings 14:14 Or this day and from now on
  3. 1 Kings 14:15 The Euphrates
  4. 1 Kings 14:15 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities

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