1 Kings 14:6-16
1599 Geneva Bible
6 Therefore when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in at the door, he said, Come in thou [a]wife of Jeroboam: why feignest thou thus thyself to be another? I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
7 Go tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Forasmuch as I have exalted [b]thee from among the people, and have made thee prince over my people Israel,
8 And have rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and have given it thee, and thou hast not been as my servant David, which kept my Commandments, and followed me with all his heart, and did only that which was right in mine eyes,
9 But hast done evil above all that were before thee (for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and [c]molten images, to provoke me, and hast cast me behind thy back.)
10 Therefore behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that (A)[d]pisseth against the wall, as well him that [e]is shut up, as him that is left in Israel, and will sweep away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweepeth away dung till it be all gone.
11 The dogs shall eat him of Jeroboam’s stock that dieth in the city, and the fowls of the air shall eat him that dieth in the field: [f]for the Lord hath said it.
12 Up therefore and get thee to thine house: for when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
13 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 [g]some goodness toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
14 Moreover, the Lord shall stir him up a King over Israel which shall destroy the house of Jeroboam in that day: [h]what? yea, even now.
15 For the Lord shall smite Israel, as when a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall weed Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the [i]River, because they have made them groves, provoking the Lord to anger.
16 And he shall give Israel up, because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and [j]made Israel to sin.
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- 1 Kings 14:6 For God ofttimes discloseth unto his the craft and subtlety of the wicked.
- 1 Kings 14:7 Which wast but a servant.
- 1 Kings 14:9 To wit, two calves.
- 1 Kings 14:10 Every male even to the dogs, 1 Sam. 25:22.
- 1 Kings 14:10 As well him that is in the stronghold, as him that is abroad.
- 1 Kings 14:11 They shall lack the honor of burial in token of God’s malediction.
- 1 Kings 14:13 In the midst of the wicked, God hath some on whom he doth bestow his mercies.
- 1 Kings 14:14 The Lord will begin to destroy it out of hand.
- 1 Kings 14:15 Meaning, Euphrates.
- 1 Kings 14:16 The people shall not be excused when they do evil at the commandment of their governors.
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