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1 Kings 14:10
Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD pronounces immediate judgment against Jeroboam’s dynasty through a prophetic messenger, directly following the accusation of crafting molten images and provoking divine wrath.
The words — לָ/כֵ֗ן (lā/ḵēn, "therefore") anchors the coming disaster to the preceding rebellion, while הִנְ/נִ֨י (hinnēnî, "behold, I") and וְ/הִכְרַתִּ֤י (wəhikkəratṭî, "and I will cut off") mark the certainty and totality of the execution.
The thread — The motif of cutting off a royal house and bringing calamity recurs in 1 Kings 21:21 against Ahab’s lineage, establishing a consistent pattern of dynastic judgment for covenant betrayal.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that idolatry triggers irreversible political and familial collapse, leaving the reader to confront the direct link between covenant faithfulness and national survival.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 32:36 For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
- 1 Kings 21:21 This is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free.
- 2 Kings 14:26 For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,
- 2 Kings 9:8 The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both slave and free, in Israel.
- 1 Samuel 2:30 Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
- 1 Samuel 25:22 May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one male belonging to Nabal survive until morning.”
- 1 Samuel 25:34 Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
- 1 Kings 15:25 In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned two years.
- 1 Kings 16:11 As soon as Zimri began to reign and was seated on the throne, he struck down the entire household of Baasha. He did not leave a single male, whether a kinsman or friend.
- 2 Kings 9:37 And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”