1 Kings 14:16

“And he will give up Israel because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he sinned and with which he made Israel sin.””

1 Kings 14:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Kings 14:16, word by word

And he will give upיִתֵּןyiten

hand over

To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.

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Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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becauseגְלַלgelal

because of

Because of, on account of.

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of the sinsחַטֹּאותchatovt

sin

Failing God, not doing what he asks.

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of Jeroboamיָרָבְעָםyaravam

Jeroboam

Jeroboam: the name of two kings of Israel: Jeroboam son of Nebat, first king of the ten northern tribes (1 Kings 11–14), and Jeroboam son of Joash, much later (2 Kings 14:23-29).

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he sinnedחָטָאchata

sin

To do wrong, fail God or another.

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The context

15YHWH will strike Israel, as the reed sways in the water; and he will uproot Israel from off this good land that he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River Euphrates, because they have made their Asherahs, provoking YHWH to anger.

16 · This verse (above)

17Jeroboam’s wife got up and went and came to Tirzah. As she was coming over the threshold of the house, the boy died.

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