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And He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who sinned and who made Israel sin.”
1 Kings 14:16 · New King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he has sinned, and with which he has made Israel to sin.”
  • KJV And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
  • BSB So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
  • NASB He will give up Israel because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he committed and with which he misled Israel into sin.”
  • NLT He will abandon Israel because Jeroboam sinned and made Israel sin along with him.”

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Quick answer

God will give Israel up because of Jeroboam's sins and the sins he led the nation into. The phrase 'made Israel to sin' becomes Jeroboam's lasting indictment.

Overview

Jeroboam is repeatedly remembered as the king who caused Israel to sin, a refrain throughout Kings. His personal idolatry corrupted the whole nation and sealed its eventual downfall. The verse warns of the grave responsibility of those who lead others into sin, contrasting with Christ who leads His people into righteousness.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 16

  • 1 Kgs 15:30for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and with which he made Israel to sin, because of his provocation with which he provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger.
  • 1 Kgs 15:34He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.
  • 1 Kgs 13:34This thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the surface of the earth.
  • 1 Kgs 16:2“Because I exalted you out of the dust, and made you prince over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
  • 1 Kgs 12:30This thing became a sin; for the people went even as far as Dan to worship before the one there.
  • Isa 40:24They are planted scarcely. They are sown scarcely. Their stock has scarcely taken root in the ground. He merely blows on them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.
  • Ps 81:12So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.
  • Matt 18:7“Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!
  • Exod 32:21Moses said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?”
  • Hos 9:16–17Ephraim is struck. Their root has dried up. They will bear no fruit. Even though they give birth, yet I will kill the beloved ones of their womb.”
  • Rom 14:13Therefore let’s not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling.
  • Jer 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?
  • Mic 6:16For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of Ahab’s house. You walk in their counsels, that I may make you a ruin, and her inhabitants a hissing; And you will bear the reproach of my people.”
  • Exod 32:35Yahweh struck the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
  • Hos 9:11–12As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird. There will be no birth, no one with child, and no conception.
  • Hos 5:11–12Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; Because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.

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Christ at the center

Solomon's glory, wisdom, and temple where God's presence dwells are a shadow of the greater Son of David — 'one greater than Solomon is here' — and of the true Temple, Christ himself.

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