20And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
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So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-20)When those that set up idols, and keep them up, go to enquire of the Lord, he determines to answer them, not according to the pretensions of their enquiry, but according to the multitude of their idols , Ezek. 14:4. So Jeroboam is answered here. I. The prophet anticipates the enquiry concerning the child, and foretels the ruin of Jeroboam’s house for the wickedness of it. No one else durst have ca…
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