34And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
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And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: …
And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-34)Here is, I. The death of the deceived disobedient prophet. The old prophet that had deluded him, as if he would make him some amends for the wrong he had done him or help to prevent the mischief threatened him, furnished him with an ass to ride home on; but by the way a lion set upon him, and killed him, 1 Kgs. 13:23 , 24 . He did but return back to refresh himself when he was hungry, and behold h…
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