1 Kings 14:20

And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years [Bähr remarks that the exploits of this long reign find no mention in Scripture; the historian dwells exclusively on the sin, the consequences of which were of so much greater moment]: and he slept with his fathers [Jeroboam's end would appear to have been untimely. After his defeat by Abijah, we are told, "the Lord struck him, and he died," which may either mean that he died by a lingering disease ( 2 Chronicles 21:18 , 2 Chronicles 21:19 ) or more suddenly ( 2 Samuel 12:15 ), but which certainly implies that he died "by the visitation of God." I have suggested elsewhere that the "stroke" was not improbably his son's death, which was at once so tragical and such a bitter foretaste of judgment to come. He may have "warred and reigned" ( 1 Kings 14:19 ) after this event. He may also have steadily drooped to his grave], and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.

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