1 Kings 13:34

34 This thing became sin to the house of Yarov`am, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the surface of the eretz.

1 Kings 13:34 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 13:34

And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam
All the above things were sins in themselves, as building high places, and putting priests in them, whoever would; but the sense is, that these were the causes of punishment, or of evil things being inflicted on Jeroboam's family; sin is put for the punishment of sin, as it often is:

even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth;
so that it become utterly extinct; and the next thing we hear of is the sickness and death of his son.

1 Kings 13:34 In-Context

32 For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Beit-El, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Shomron, shall surely happen.

33 After this thing Yarov`am didn't return from his evil way, but made again from among all the people Kohanim of the high places: whoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be Kohanim of the high places.

34 This thing became sin to the house of Yarov`am, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the surface of the eretz.