1 Kings 14:10-13

10 “ ‘Because of this, I am going to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off from Jeroboam every last male in Israel—slave or free.^[a] I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is all gone.

11 Dogs will eat those belonging to Jeroboam who die in the city, and the birds will feed on those who die in the country. The LORD has spoken!’

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.

1 Kings 14:10-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 14

This chapter relates the sickness of Jeroboam's son, the application of his wife, at his instance, to the prophet Ahijah, in the child's favour, 1Ki 14:1-6, the prophecy of the prophet concerning the ruin of Jeroboam's house, and the death of the child, which came to pass, 1Ki 14:7-18, an account of the years of Jeroboam's reign, and also of Rehoboam's, 1Ki 14:19-21, and of the evil things done and suffered by the latter in his kingdom, and the calamities that came upon him for it, 1Ki 14:22-28 and the conclusion of his reign, 1Ki 14:29-31.

Cross References

• 1. S Joshua 23:15; S 1 Kings 13:34
• 2. S Deuteronomy 32:36; 1 Kings 21:21; 2 Kings 9:8-9; 2 Kings 14:26
• 3. 1 Samuel 12:25; 1 Samuel 15:26; 1 Kings 15:29; Hosea 13:11
• 4. 1 Kings 16:4; 1 Kings 21:24
• 5. S Genesis 40:19; S Deuteronomy 28:26
• 6. 2 Chronicles 12:12; 2 Chronicles 19:3

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "Israel—every ruler or leader"