Bible Strands
1 Kings 14:13
All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet delivers this declaration to Jeroboam’s wife concerning her son, before the child dies and the family returns home.
The words — וְ/סָֽפְדוּ־ (ve./sa.fe.du-) = and/ they will mourn, and לְ/בַדּ֔/וֹ (le./va.D/o) = to/ only/ him.
The thread — Corporate mourning for a specific leader appears in Numbers 20:29, where the entire house of Israel mourned Aaron.
Why it lands — The text states that God found good in one individual within a condemned house, requiring the reader to separate personal righteousness from dynastic judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 19:3 However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”
- 2 Chronicles 12:12 Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, and He did not destroy him completely. Indeed, conditions were good in Judah.
- Numbers 20:29 When the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.
- Job 19:28 If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’
- Jeremiah 22:10 Do not weep for him who is dead; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for him who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.
- Jeremiah 22:18 Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’
- Ezekiel 18:14 Now suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:
- Philemon 1:6 I pray that your partnership in the faith may become effective as you fully acknowledge every good thing that is ours in Christ.
- 2 Peter 2:8 (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—