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Ahijah tells the mother the child will die when she enters the city and all Israel will mourn him; her grief is immediate.
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1 Kings 14:12-13

The child and a grave

Judgment on Jeroboam and Rehoboam · 1 Kings 14

Story guide: Ahijah tells Jeroboam's wife that her son will die when she reaches the city, and her grief shows at once; the passage does not describe her expression.

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12But as for you, rise and go home. When you set foot in the city, the child will die.

13All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He alone of Jeroboam’s house will receive burial, because within Jeroboam’s household something good toward Yahweh, the God of Israel, has been found in him.

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