The Meaning of 1 Kings 13:34 Explained

1 Kings 13:34

KJV: 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.

YLT: And in this thing is the sin of the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the ground.

Darby: And by this thing there was sin on the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

ASV: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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 does 1 Kings 13:34 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 13:20-34 - Sign Upon Sign Unheeded
There is a tragic note in this paragraph. The man of God had performed God's errand bravely and well, and his words were verified by the result; but he perished as a castaway. See 1 Corinthians 9:27. If only he had obeyed God's word, as it came directly to himself, he might have been entrusted with many similar errands; but "Alas, my brother!" was a true elegy on the part of the man who had led to his downfall. How careful we should be never to dissuade a young soul from some heroic purpose which has formed itself in his imagination! Too many young men have perished on the threshold of their life-work, because older prophets have cried, "Spare thyself; have mercy on thy flesh."
God never goes back on His first instructions. If He has clearly spoken to your soul, refuse to take your marching-orders from others. No man, however aged or holy, has any right to intrude into the sacred dealings of God and the individual disciple. We may always detect the false voice, because its suggestions so exactly chime in with the weakness of our nature, in its desire to eat bread, drink water, and enjoy the society of our fellows.
1 Kings 13:1-34 - Breaking Three Commandments
From a worldly point of view Naboth might have done a good stroke of business by selling his estate to. Ahab. A royal price and assured favor might have been his-but he had a conscience! Above the persuasive tones of the monarch's offer sounded the voice of God: "The land shall not be sold for ever, for the land is mine." See Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 36:7; Ezekiel 46:18.
Ahab knew perfectly well that Jezebel could not give him the property of another except by foul means, but he took pains not to inquire. Though the direct orders for Naboth's death did not come from him, yet, by his silence, he was an accomplice and an accessory; and divine justice penetrates all such specious excuses. God holds us responsible for wrongs which we do not arrest, though we have the power. The crime was blacker because of the pretext of religion, as suggested by a fast. See also 2 Kings 9:26. The blood of murdered innocence cries to God, and his requital, though delayed, is inevitable. See Revelation 6:9-10. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 13

1  Jeroboam's hand withers
6  and at the prayer of the prophet is restored
7  The prophet departs from Bethel
11  An old prophet brings him back
20  He is reproved by God
23  slain by a lion
26  buried by the old prophet
31  who confirms the prophecy
33  Jeroboam's obstinacy

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 13:34 mean?

And was thing this the sin of the house of Jeroboam so as to exterminate and destroy [it] from the face of the earth -
וַיְהִי֙ בַּדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה לְחַטַּ֖את בֵּ֣ית יָרָבְעָ֑ם וּלְהַכְחִיד֙ וּלְהַשְׁמִ֔יד מֵעַ֖ל פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָֽה פ

וַיְהִי֙  And  was 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בַּדָּבָ֣ר  thing 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
הַזֶּ֔ה  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
לְחַטַּ֖את  the  sin 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: חַטָּאָה 
Sense: sin, sinful.
בֵּ֣ית  of  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יָרָבְעָ֑ם  of  Jeroboam 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יָרָבְעָם  
Sense: the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel when the kingdom split at the death of Solomon and the 0 tribes split off from Judah and Benjamin and the kingdom under Solomon’s son Rehoboam; idolatry was introduced at the beginning of his reign.
וּלְהַכְחִיד֙  so  as  to  exterminate 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: כָּחַד  
Sense: to hide, conceal, cut off, cut down, make desolate, kick.
וּלְהַשְׁמִ֔יד  and  destroy  [it] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: שָׁמַד  
Sense: to destroy, exterminate, be destroyed, be exterminated.
פְּנֵ֥י  the  face 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
הָאֲדָמָֽה  of  the  earth 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֲדָמָה 
Sense: ground, land.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation