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28 Baasha killed him in the third year of the reign of Asa, the king of Judah, and he reigned in his stead.

29 As soon as he began to reign, he struck down all of Jeroboam’s household. He did not leave Jeroboam a single person who was still breathing; he wiped them out. This fulfilled what the Lord had said when he spoke through Ahijah, the Shilonite 30 because of the sins that Jeroboam committed and because he caused Israel to sin, provoking the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 15:30 In contrast to the mercy shown to David’s descendants (v. 4), God shows no mercy to Jeroboam’s household because he led his people into sin and away from the true God.