1 Kings 14:20 Meaning and Explanation
“And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.”
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Read Full Chapter →After a twenty-two year reign Jeroboam dies and his son Nadab succeeds him.
What Does 1 Kings 14:20 Mean?
Jeroboam's reign of twenty-two years comes to its end. He sleeps with his fathers, the gentle biblical phrase for death, and his son Nadab takes the throne in his place.
The man who was warned of disaster on his house dies in his bed, yet the sentence over his line still stands, as the next chapter will show. Time does not cancel God's word; it carries it to fulfillment. Each generation passes the throne to the next, but the same God reigns over them all. The phrase slept with his fathers quietly hints that death is not the end of the story for those the Lord keeps, but a rest from which He has power to raise.
1 Kings 14:20 in the Original Language
shakab (שָׁכַב), 'slept' -- 'lay down,' the gentle idiom for death that pictures rest rather than extinction.
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What does 1 Kings 14:20 mean?
After a twenty-two year reign Jeroboam dies and his son Nadab succeeds him.