It seems that soon after the events of the man of God recorded in 1 Kings 13, Jeroboam received another jolt – his son was struck with a serious sickness (1 Kings 14:1). The word used of the age of his son in verse 12 is used of Ishmael at 17 years old and it is quite feasible that he was a teenag...
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