16. Jeroboam sinned, and then he made the people of Israel sin. So the Lord will let the people of Israel be defeated.”
17. Then Jeroboam’s wife traveled back to Tirzah. When she entered her home, the boy died.
18. They buried him. And all Israel had a time of sadness for him. This happened as the Lord said it would. The Lord had said these things through his servant, the prophet Ahijah.