²⁵ Yet if you persist^(A) in doing evil, both you and your king^(B) will perish.”^(C)

²⁶ But Samuel said to him, “I will not go back with you. You have rejected^(A) the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you as king over Israel!”

²⁹ As soon as he began to reign, he killed Jeroboam’s whole family.^(A) He did not leave Jeroboam anyone that breathed, but destroyed them all, according to the word of the Lord given through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.