Verse Lens · Concise explanation
1 Kings 13:34 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 34. 34And 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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Quick Meaning
This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Jeroboam persists and endangers his house.”
Jeroboam does not turn after the sign, the meal, or the lion
This verse is one part of that explanation in 1 Kings 13:33–34. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- 1 Kings 13:33–34
Read 1 Kings 13:34 with 13:33–34. The selected wording supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Reports that Jeroboam still appointed any willing person to high-place priesthood; connects that continuing policy with the coming destruction of Jeroboam's house.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Jeroboam persists and endangers his house,” 1 Kings 13:34 closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition through the wording “And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: 1 Kings 13:23–32 establishes this prior movement: Records the host saddling a donkey for the departing man after the meal; reaffirms the oracle against Bethel and other northern high places. 1 Kings 13:33–34 continues the same royal, temple, household, prophetic, or military movement; that demonstrated relationship, rather than database adjacency alone, explains its placement.
Read 1 Kings 13:33–34 together
Why these verses belong together: Jeroboam persists and endangers his house is the complete reviewed scene, prayer, oracle, list, or regnal notice bounded at 13:33–13:34.
Verse 33. 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.
Verse 34. 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.
What Remains True
Public power and worship remain accountable to truth, covenant faithfulness, affected people, and consequences rather than title, success, wealth, or majority support. This unit tests that truth through reports that Jeroboam still appointed any willing person to high-place priesthood; connects that continuing policy with the coming destruction of Jeroboam's house. In 1 Kings 13:34, the concrete line “And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy…” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 1 Kings 13:33–34 — Jeroboam persists and endangers his houseSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 1 Kings 13:33–34, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Kings
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording and morphology used for lexical, grammatical, name, clause, and older-English checks; this is not a critical apparatus or historical proof.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 13:33–34
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: 1 Kings with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Only printed unit-level translation, lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, and verse-numbering notes; silence is not evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible 1 Kings PDF, printed pp. 610–612, translation and translator notes for 13:33–34
Open source ↗