1 Kings 14:16

And he will give Israel up because of the sins which Jeroboam has done and made Israel do.

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In The King James Version

And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.

In Context

15And even now the hand of the Lord has come down on Israel, shaking it like a river-grass in the water; and, uprooting Israel from this good land, which he gave to their fathers, he will send them this way and that on the other side of the River; because they have made for themselves images, moving the Lord to wrath.

17Then Jeroboam's wife got up and went away and came to Tirzah; and when she came to the doorway of the house, death came to the child.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:35And the Lord sent punishment on the people because they gave worship to the ox which Aaron made.

1 Kings 12:30And this became a sin in Israel; for the people went to give worship to the one at Beth-el, and to the other at Dan.

1 Kings 15:26He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of his father, and the sin which he did and made Israel do.

1 Kings 15:34He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the evil ways of Jeroboam and the sin which he made Israel do.

1 Kings 16:13Because of all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath by their foolish acts.

1 Kings 16:27Now the rest of the acts which Omri did, and his great power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

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 →

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