¹⁶ He will give up Israel because of the sin of Jeroboam which he sinned and which he caused Israel to sin.”

¹⁷ Then the wife of Jeroboam got up, went, and came to Tirzah. As she was coming to the threshold of the house, the boy died. ¹⁸ They buried him and all of Israel mourned for him, according to the word of Yahweh which he had spoken by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.