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.
Parallel translations
- WEB All Israel will mourn for him and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam will come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he is the only one of Jeroboam who shall come to the grave, because in him there is found something good toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
- NASB Then all Israel will mourn for him and bury him, for he alone of Jeroboam’s family will come to the grave, because in him something good was found toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
- NLT All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only member of your family who will have a proper burial, for this child is the only good thing that the Lord, the God of Israel, sees in the entire family of Jeroboam.
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Quick answer
All Israel will mourn and bury this child because he alone in Jeroboam's house had some good toward God. His early death is a mercy, sparing him the dynasty's shameful end.
Overview
Uniquely among Jeroboam's family, the boy is granted an honorable burial because God found something pleasing in him. His death, while a loss, spares him the violent judgment coming on the rest of the house. The verse shows God's discernment of individual hearts and His mingling of mercy within judgment.
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- 2 Chr 19:3However, 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 Chr 12:12Because 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.
- 2 Pet 2:8–9(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
- Jer 22:10Do not weep for the dead king; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for the one who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.
- Num 20:29When the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.
- Job 19:28If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’
- Phlm 1:6I pray that your partnership in the faith may become effective as you fully acknowledge every good thing that is ours in Christ.
- Jer 22:18Therefore 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!’
- Ezek 18:14–32Now suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:
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