1 Kings 14:15-18

14:15 The Lord will attack Israel, making it like a reed that sways in the water. ¹  He will remove Israel from this good land he gave to their ancestors ²  and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, ³  because they angered the Lord by making Asherah poles. ⁴  14:16 He will hand Israel over to their enemies ⁵  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 ⁶  Tirzah. As she crossed the threshold of the house, the boy died. 14:18 All Israel buried him and mourned for him, just as the Lord had predicted ⁷  through his servant the prophet Ahijah.

[14:15]  ¹ tn The elliptical Hebrew text reads literally “and the Lord will strike Israel as a reed sways in the water.”

[14:15]  ² tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 22, 31).

[14:15]  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.

[14:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “because they made their Asherah poles that anger the Lord”; or “their images of Asherah”; ASV, NASB “their Asherim”; NCV “they set up idols to worship Asherah.”

[14:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he will give [up] Israel.”

[14:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “went and entered.”

[14:18]  ¹³ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.”