Discovery Box1 Kings 16:7 
Context16:7 The prophet Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord the message predicting the downfall of Baasha and his family because of all the evil Baasha had done in the sight of the Lord. 1 His actions angered the Lord (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam’s dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam’s. 2
1 Kings 11:28-29
Context11:28 Jeroboam was a talented man; 3 when Solomon saw that the young man was an accomplished worker, he made him the leader of the work crew from the tribe 4 of Joseph. 11:29 At that time, when Jeroboam had left Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road; the two of them were alone in the open country. Ahijah 5 was wearing a brand new robe,
1 Kings 11:31
Context11:31 Then he told Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces, for this is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Look, I am about to tear the kingdom from Solomon’s hand and I will give ten tribes to you.
1 Kings 12:15
Context12:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because the Lord was instigating this turn of events 6 so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made 7 through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
1 Kings 12:20
Context12:20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty. 8
1 Kings 13:4
Context13:4 When the king heard what the prophet 9 cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam, standing at the altar, extended his hand 10 and ordered, 11 “Seize him!” The hand he had extended shriveled up 12 and he could not pull it back.
1 Kings 13:33
Context13:33 After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; 13 he continued to appoint common people 14 as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest. 15
1 Kings 14:4
Context14:4 Jeroboam’s wife did as she was told. She went to Shiloh and visited Ahijah. 16 Now Ahijah could not see; he had lost his eyesight in his old age. 17
1 Kings 14:6
Context14:6 When Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said, “Come on in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have been commissioned to give you bad news. 18
1 Kings 14:13
Context14:13 All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family 19 who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good.
1 Kings 14:19
Context14:19 The rest of the events of Jeroboam’s reign, including the details of his battles and rule, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. 20
1 Kings 15:7
Context15:7 The rest of the events of Abijah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. 21 Abijah and Jeroboam had been at war with each other.
1 Kings 15:29
Context15:29 When he became king, he executed Jeroboam’s entire family. He wiped out everyone who breathed, 22 just as the Lord had predicted 23 through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.
1 Kings 16:2
Context16:2 “I raised you up 24 from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps 25 and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry. 26
1 Kings 16:19
Context16:19 This happened because of the sins he committed. He did evil in the sight of 27 the Lord and followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps and encouraged Israel to continue sinning. 28
1 Kings 16:31
Context16:31 As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal. 29
1 Kings 22:52
Context22:52 He did evil in the sight of 30 the Lord and followed in the footsteps 31 of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin. 32
1 tn Heb “and also through Jehu son of Hanani the word of the
2 tn Heb “angering him by the work of his hands, so that he was like the house of Jeroboam, and because of how he struck it down.”
3 tn Heb “man of strength.”
4 tn Heb “house.”
5 tn The Hebrew text has simply “he,” making it a bit unclear whether Jeroboam or Ahijah is the subject, but in the Hebrew word order Ahijah is the nearer antecedent, and this is followed by the present translation.
6 tn Heb “because this turn of events was from the
7 tn Heb “so that he might bring to pass his word which the
8 tn Heb “there was no one [following] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah, it alone.”
9 tn Heb “the man of God.”
10 tn Heb “Jeroboam extended his hand from the altar.”
11 tn Heb “saying.”
12 tn Heb “dried up” or “withered.” TEV and NLT interpret this as “became paralyzed.”
13 tn Heb “did not turn from his evil way.”
14 sn The expression common people refers to people who were not Levites. See 1 Kgs 12:31.
15 tn Heb “and one who had the desire he was filling his hand so that he became [one of] the priests of the high places.”
16 tn Heb “and the wife of Jeroboam did so; she arose and went to Shiloh and entered the house of Ahijah.”
17 tn Heb “his eyes were set because of his old age.”
18 tn Heb “I am sent to you [with] a hard [message].”
19 tn Heb “house.”
20 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Jeroboam, how he fought and how he ruled, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”
21 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Abijah, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”
22 tn Heb “and when he became king, he struck down all the house of Jeroboam; he did not leave any breath to Jeroboam until he destroyed him.”
23 tn Heb “according to the word of the
24 tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 2-3 are one sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (v. 2) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 3). The translation divides this sentence for stylistic reasons.
25 tn Heb “walked in the way of Jeroboam.”
26 tn Heb “angering me by their sins.”
27 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
28 tn Heb “walking in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he did to make Israel sin.”
29 tn Heb “and he went and served Baal and bowed down to him.”
sn The Canaanites worshiped Baal as a storm and fertility god.
30 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
31 tn Or “way.”
32 tn Heb “and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat who made Israel sin.”
