Verse 1

At that time, Abijah, son of Jeroboam, became sick.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:5 : 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
  • 1 Sam 4:19-20 : 19 Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and near the time of delivery. When she heard the news that the Ark of God had been captured, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she went into labor and gave birth, overwhelmed by her labor pains. 20 As she was dying, the women attending her said, 'Don’t despair, you have given birth to a son.' But she did not answer or pay attention.
  • 1 Sam 31:2 : 2 The Philistines closely pursued Saul and his sons, and they killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua, Saul's sons.
  • 2 Sam 12:15 : 15 After Nathan had gone home, the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and the child became ill.
  • 1 Kgs 13:33-34 : 33 Even after this, Jeroboam did not turn away from his evil way. Instead, he made priests for the high places from all sorts of people. Anyone who wanted to become a priest, he consecrated, and they became priests for the high places. 34 This response became a sin to the house of Jeroboam, leading to its downfall and destruction from the face of the earth.
  • 1 Kgs 14:12-13 : 12 Now, get up and go back to your house. When you set foot in the city, the boy will die. 13 All Israel will mourn him and bury him, for he alone of Jeroboam's family will come to the grave. He is the only one in whom the LORD, the God of Israel, found something good within the house of Jeroboam.