14:12 “As for you, get up and go home. When you set foot in the city, the boy will die. 14:13 All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family 1 who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good. 14:14 The Lord will raise up a king over Israel who will cut off Jeroboam’s dynasty. 2 It is ready to happen! 3 14:15 The Lord will attack Israel, making it like a reed that sways in the water. 4 He will remove Israel from this good land he gave to their ancestors 5 and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, 6 because they angered the Lord by making Asherah poles. 7 14:16 He will hand Israel over to their enemies 8 because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit.”
14:17 So Jeroboam’s wife got up and went back to 9 Tirzah. As she crossed the threshold of the house, the boy died.
1 tn Heb “house.”
1 tn Heb “house.”
2 tn Heb “This is the day. What also now?” The precise meaning of the second half of the statement is uncertain.
1 tn The elliptical Hebrew text reads literally “and the
2 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 22, 31).
3 tn Heb “the River.” In biblical Hebrew this is a typical reference to the Euphrates River. The name “Euphrates” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “because they made their Asherah poles that anger the
1 tn Heb “and he will give [up] Israel.”
1 tn Heb “went and entered.”