1 Kings 13 · Verse 34

1 Kings 13:34

And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
1 Kings 13:34, King James Version

1 Kings 13:34 in other translations

BSBAnd this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.
WEBThis thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off and to destroy it from off the surface of the earth.
ASVAnd this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
YLTAnd in this thing is the sin of the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the ground.
DARBYAnd by this thing there was sin on the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
BBEAnd this became a sin in the family of Jeroboam, causing it to be cut off and sent to destruction from the face of the earth.
WebsterAnd this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from the face of the earth.

What does 1 Kings 13:34 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 34 And this thing became sin - These abominations were too glaring, and too insulting to the Divine Majesty, to be permitted to last; therefore his house was cut off, and destroyed from the face of the earth. A Holy priesthood, a righteous ministry, is a blessing to any state, because it has a most powerful effect on the morals of the community; inducing order, sobriety, and habits of industry, among the people: on the contrary, the profligacy of the clergy, and false principles of religion, are the most likely to unsettle a kingdom, and to bring about destructive revolutions in the state. This is the principle on which all national establishments of religion were originally formed. The state thought proper to secure a permanency of religion, that religion might secure the safety of the state; because it was supposed from the general aversion of men from good, that, if left to themselves, they would have no religion at all. Where the religion of the country is pure, founded solely on the oracles of God, it deserves the utmost sanction of the state, as well as the attention of every individual. A Christian state has surely authority to enact, The Christian religion is and shall be the religion of this land; and, prejudice apart, should not the laws provide for the permanence of this system? Is the form of Christianity likely to be preserved in times of general profligacy, if the laws do not secure its permanence? What would our nation have been if we had not had a version of the sacred writings established by the authority of the laws: and a form of sound words for general devotion established by the same authority? Whatever the reader may do the writer thanks God for the religious establishment of his country. For abuses in church or state, he is the last to contend.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 13:23-34

God is displeased at the sins of his own people; and no man shall be protected in disobedience, by his office, his nearness to God, or any services he has done for him. God warns all whom he employs, strictly to observe their orders. We cannot judge of men by their sufferings, nor of sins by present punishments; with some, the flesh is destroyed, that the spirit may be saved; with others, the flesh is pampered, that…

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1 Kings 13:34 in the original Hebrew

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וַיְהִי֙vay.Hiand it becameH1961
בַּדָּבָ֣רba.da.Varby the matterH1697
הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
לְחַטַּ֖אתle.cha.Tat<into> [the] sin ofH2403
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יָרָבְעָ֑םya.ra.ve.'AmJeroboamH3379
וּלְהַכְחִיד֙u.le.hakh.Chidand to annihilate [it]H3582
וּלְהַשְׁמִ֔ידu.le.hash.Midand to destroy [it]H8045
מֵעַ֖לme.'Alfrom onH5921
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] surface ofH6440
הָאֲדָמָֽה\׃\ \פha.'a.da.Mahthe groundH127

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 13:34

  • 1 Kings 15:29-30

    And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger.

  • 1 Kings 14:10

    Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.

  • 1 Kings 12:30

    And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

  • 2 Kings 17:21

    For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the Lord, and made them sin a great sin.

  • 2 Kings 10:31

    But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.

  • 1 Kings 12:26

    And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

  • Proverbs 13:6

    Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
became sin.
12:30; 2Ki 10:31; 17:21
to cut it off.
12:26; 14:10; 15:29,30; Pr 13:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Kings 13:33

    After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

  • 1 Kings 13:34

    And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

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1 Kings 13:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y esto fué causa de pecado á la casa de Jeroboam; por lo cual fué cortada y raída de sobre la haz de la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et par cela il y eut du péché sur la maison de Jéroboam, pour l’exterminer et pour la détruire de dessus la face de la terre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und diese Sache wurde dem Hause Jerobeams zur Sünde, und zur Vertilgung und zur Vernichtung vom Erdboden hinweg.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et propter hanc causam peccavit domus Jeroboam, et eversa est, et deleta de superficie terræ.