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1 Kings 14:16
So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet pronounces this declaration of judgment against the northern kingdom under Jeroboam’s rule. The statement follows a warning that Israel will be uprooted and scattered because of its idolatry.
The words — The Hebrew verb יִתֵּן (yi.ten) literally means “he will give” or “he will hand over,” paired with בִּגְלַל (bi.g.lal) for “on account of.” These terms frame the transfer of Israel’s fate as a direct response to specific transgressions.
The thread — This judgment motif recurs in 1 Kings 13:34, 15:30, and 15:34, where Jeroboam’s sin and the idolatry he enforced among the people are repeatedly cited as the cause of the northern kingdom’s downfall.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that national consequences follow directly from leadership’s promotion of idolatry. Readers must see that divine judgment operates through historical outcomes rather than abstract moralism.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 13:34 And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.
- 1 Kings 15:30 because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.
- 1 Kings 15:34 And Baasha did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
- 1 Kings 16:2 “Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins.
- 1 Kings 12:30 And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.
- Exodus 32:21 “What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
- Exodus 32:35 And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.
- Psalms 81:12 So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
- Isaiah 40:24 No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
- Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?