1 Kings 14:16
And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
Study Note
Study Note
The prophetic verdict on the northern kingdom is crystallized: God will give Israel up 'because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.' The repeated formula 'who made Israel to sin' (found over a dozen times in the Kings narrative regarding Jeroboam) identifies the golden-calf cult at Bethel and Dan (1 Kings 12:28-30) as the foundational sin whose consequences rippled through every subsequent northern king. The typological resonance with Aaron's golden calf (Exodus 32) is deliberate in the Deuteronomistic shaping of the narrative. The verse encapsulates the Deuteronomistic theology of leadership: rulers not only sin personally but create systemic frameworks that continue to generate sin long after their own deaths.
Other Translations
And he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he hath sinned, and wherewith he hath made Israel to sin.
and He giveth up Israel because of the sins of Jeroboam that he sinned, and that he caused Israel to sin.'
And he will give Israel up because of the sins which Jeroboam has done and made Israel do.
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