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1 Kings 14:13

Jeroboam

11 Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’ For the LORD has spoken.

12 As for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die.

All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.

14 Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day—yes, even today!

15 For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.

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BSB
All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.
KJV
And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
WEB
All Israel will mourn for him and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam will come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.
ASV
And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.
DARBY
And all Israel shall mourn for him, and they shall bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found something good toward Jehovah the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.
BLB
And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for this [is] the only one who shall come of Jeroboam to the grave, because there is found in him something good toward YHWH, God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.
ÅB
Og hele Israel skal holde sørgehøytid over ham, og de skal begrave ham; han er den eneste av Jeroboams hus som skal komme i grav, fordi han var den eneste i Jeroboams hus hos hvem det fantes noe som Herren, Israels Gud, hadde velbehag i.
OTB
Og hele Israel vil sørge over ham og begrave ham, for han alene av Jeroboams familie vil komme til graven, fordi i ham ble det funnet noe godt mot Herren, Israels Gud, i Jeroboams hus.
B1930
Og hele Israel skal holde sørgehøitid over ham, og de skal begrave ham; han er den eneste av Jeroboams hus som skal komme i grav, fordi han var den eneste i Jeroboams hus hos hvem det fantes noget som Herren, Israels Gud, hadde velbehag i.

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 19:3

    However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”

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  • 2 Chronicles 12:12

    Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, and He did not destroy him completely. Indeed, conditions were good in Judah.

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  • Ezekiel 18:14–32

    Now suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:

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  • Job 19:28

    If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’

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  • Jeremiah 22:10

    Do not weep for the dead king; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for the one who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.

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  • 2 Peter 2:8–9

    (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—

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  • Jeremiah 22:18

    Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’

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  • Numbers 20:29

    When the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.

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