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1 Kings 14:15-17
English Standard Version
1 Kings 14:15-17
English Standard Version
15 the Lord will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water, and (A)root up Israel out of (B)this good land that he gave to their fathers and scatter them (C)beyond the Euphrates,[a] because they have made their (D)Asherim, provoking the Lord to anger. 16 And he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he sinned and made Israel to sin.”
17 Then Jeroboam's wife arose and departed and came to (E)Tirzah. And (F)as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
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- 1 Kings 14:15 Hebrew the River
1 Kings 14:15-17
New International Version
1 Kings 14:15-17
New International Version
15 And the Lord will strike Israel, so that it will be like a reed swaying in the water. He will uproot(A) Israel from this good land that he gave to their ancestors and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they aroused(B) the Lord’s anger by making Asherah(C) poles.[a] 16 And he will give Israel up because of the sins(D) Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
17 Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and left and went to Tirzah.(E) As soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 14:15 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in 1 Kings
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