20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept [1] with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.

Other Translations of 1 Kings 14:20

New International Version

20 He reigned for twenty-two years and then rested with his ancestors. And Nadab his son succeeded him as king.

English Standard Version

20 And the time that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years. And he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.

The Message

20 He ruled for twenty-two years. He died and was buried with his ancestors. Nadab his son was king after him.

New King James Version

20 The period that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years. So he rested with his fathers. Then Nadab his son reigned in his place.

New Living Translation

20 Jeroboam reigned in Israel twenty-two years. When Jeroboam died, his son Nadab became the next king.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 14:20

Commentary on 1 Kings 14:7-20

(Read 1 Kings 14:7-20)

Whether we keep an account of God's mercies to us or not, he does; and he will set them in order before us, if we are ungrateful, to our greater confusion. Ahijah foretells the speedy death of the child then sick, in mercy to him. He only in the house of Jeroboam had affection for the true worship of God, and disliked the worship of the calves. To show the power and sovereignty of his grace, God saves some out of the worst families, in whom there is some good thing towards the Lord God of Israel. The righteous are removed from the evil to come in this world, to the good to come in a better world. It is often a bad sign for a family, when the best in it are buried out of it. Yet their death never can be a loss to themselves. It was a present affliction to the family and kingdom, by which both ought to have been instructed. God also tells the judgments which should come upon the people of Israel, for conforming to the worship Jeroboam established. After they left the house of David, the government never continued long in one family, but one undermined and destroyed another. Families and kingdoms are ruined by sin. If great men do wickedly, they draw many others, both into the guilt and punishment. The condemnation of those will be severest, who must answer, not only for their own sins, but for sins others have been drawn into, and kept in, by them.