1 Kings 14:7–20

7 Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel: d“Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you ruler over My people Israel, 8 and etore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to you; and yet you have not been as My servant David, fwho kept My commandments and who followed Me with all his heart, to do only what was right in My eyes; 9 but you have done more evil than all who were before you, gfor you have gone and made for yourself other gods and molded images to provoke Me to anger, and hhave cast Me behind your back—10 therefore behold! iI will bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam, and jwill cut off from Jeroboam every male in Israel, kbond and free; I will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as one takes away refuse until it is all gone. 11 The dogs shall eat lwhoever belongs to Jeroboam and dies in the city, and the birds of the air shall eat whoever dies in the field; for the Lord has spoken!” ’ 12 Arise therefore, go to your own house. mWhen your feet enter the city, the child shall die. 13 And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he is the only one of Jeroboam who shall 3come to the grave, because in him nthere is found something good toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

14 o“Moreover the Lord will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam; 4this is the day. What? Even now! 15 For the Lord will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water. He will puproot Israel from this qgood land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them rbeyond 5the River, sbecause they have made their 6wooden images, provoking the Lord to anger. 16 And He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, twho sinned and who made Israel sin.”

17 Then Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to uTirzah. vWhen she came to the threshold of the house, the child died. 18 And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, waccording to the word of the Lord which He spoke through His servant Ahijah the prophet.

Death of Jeroboam

19 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he xmade war and how he reigned, indeed they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 20 The period that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years. So he rested with his fathers. Then yNadab his son reigned in his place.