1 KINGS 14:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;”
And all Israel buried him and mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the prophet — All Israel mourns the child, honoring him with proper burial as prophecy indicated. The phrase בִּדְבַר־יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר בְּיַד־אַחִיָּה הַנָּבִיא (according to the word of the LORD which he spoke by Ahijah) weaves apparently contrary outcomes—death and honorable burial—into unified theological narrative.
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