So he started back on another road; he did not travel back on the same road he had taken to Bethel.

He found another man and said, “Wound me!” So the man wounded him severely.

After this the following episode took place. Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel adjacent to the palace of King Ahab of Samaria.

After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; he continued to appoint common people as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest.

After this the son of the woman who owned the house got sick. His illness was so severe he could no longer breathe.