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I tore the kingdom away from David’s heirs and gave it to you. But you have not been like my servant David. He obeyed my commands and faithfully followed me by doing only what I considered right. You have done more evil things than everyone before you. You made other gods, metal idols, for yourself. You made me furious and turned your back to me.

10 “ ‘That is why I will bring disaster on Jeroboam’s house. I will destroy every male [a] in his house, whether slave or freeman in Israel. I will burn down Jeroboam’s house. It will burn like manure until it is gone.

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Footnotes

  1. 14:10 Hebrew uses a coarse term for “male” here.

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