And the time that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years; and he slept with his fathers. And Nadab his son reigned in his stead — Jeroboam's reign of twenty-two years ends in conventional death and succession. The verb וַיִּשְׁכַּב־עִם־אֲבֹתָיו (he slept with his fathers) employs the euphemism for death. Yet beneath formulaic language lies tragedy: Jeroboam dies as king but leaves behind a dynasty under divine judgment, a house eradicated within a generation.

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