1 Kings 14:13 “All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one b…”

1 Kings 14:13

All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

World English Bible

All Israel will mourn for him and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam will come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.

American Standard Version

And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.

Geneva Bible 1599

And al Israel shall mourne for him, and burie him: for he onely of Ieroboam shall come to the graue, because in him there is found some goodnes towarde the Lord God of Israel in the house of Ieroboam.

Darby Translation

And all Israel shall mourn for him, and they shall bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found something good toward Jehovah the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.

Young's Literal Translation

and all Israel have mourned for him, and buried him, for this one — by himself — cometh of Jeroboam unto a grave, because there hath been found in him a good thing towards Jehovah, God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.

Bible in Basic English

And all Israel will put his body to rest, weeping over him, because he only of the family of Jeroboam will be put into his resting-place in the earth; for of all the family of Jeroboam, in him only has the Lord, the God of Israel, seen some good.

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Cross references

“shall mourn”

Numbers 20:29 Jeremiah 22:10 Jeremiah 22:18

Numbers 20:29 · BSB

When the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.

Jeremiah 22:10 · BSB

Do not weep for him who is dead; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for him who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.

Jeremiah 22:18 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!…

“there is found”

2 Chronicles 19:3 2 Chronicles 12:12 Job 19:28 Ezekiel 18:14–32 Philemon 1:6 2 Peter 2:8

2 Chronicles 19:3 · BSB

However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”

2 Chronicles 12:12 · BSB

Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, and He did not destroy him completely. Indeed, conditions were good in Judah.

Job 19:28 · BSB

If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him, ’

Ezekiel 18:14–32 · BSB

Now suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:

Philemon 1:6 · BSB

I pray that your partnership in the faith may become effective as you fully acknowledge every good thing that is ours in Christ.

2 Peter 2:8 · BSB

(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12As for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die.

14Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day—yes, even today!

Read 1 Kings 14