1 Kings 14:16-18

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¹⁶ He will let the Israelites be defeated because Jeroboam sinned, and then he made the Israelites sin.”

¹⁷ Jeroboam’s wife went back to Tirzah. As soon as she stepped into the house, the boy died. ¹⁸ They buried him and all the people of Israel cried for him. This happened just as the Lord said it would through his servant, the prophet Ahijah.