1 Kings 14:11
He who dies of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat, and he who dies in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat, for LORD has spoken it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
12Arise thou therefore, get thee to thy house. When thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
Cross References
1 Kings 13:34And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
1 Kings 16:3, behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house, and I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
1 Kings 21:19And thou shall speak to him, saying, Thus says LORD, Have thou killed and also taken possession? And thou shall speak to him, saying, Thus says LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, eve
1 Kings 21:24He who dies of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat, and he who dies in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat.
Isaiah 66:24And they shall go forth, and look upon the dead bodies of the men who have transgressed against me. For their worm shall not die, nor shall their fire be quenched, and they shall be an abhorring to all flesh.
Ezekiel 39:17And thou, son of man, thus says lord LORD: Speak to the birds of every sort, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come. Gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I sacrifice for you, even a great sac
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 14:8-21
The Ruin of Jeroboam's House Foretold; Abijah's Character and Death. ( b. c. 960.) 7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel, 8 And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes; 9 But hast done evil above all that were before thee:… Read the whole commentary →