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12 Then Ahijah said to Jeroboam’s wife, “Go home now. As soon as you enter your city, your son will die, 13 and all Israel will be sad for him and bury him. He is the only one of Jeroboam’s family who will be buried, because he is the only one in the king’s family who pleased the Lord, the God of Israel.

14 “The Lord will put a new king over Israel, who will destroy Jeroboam’s family, and this will happen soon.

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12 “As for you, go back home. When you set foot in your city, the boy will die. 13 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.(A)

14 “The Lord will raise up for himself a king over Israel who will cut off the family of Jeroboam. Even now this is beginning to happen.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 14:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.