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# Baasha killed all the family of Jeroboam. He left none of Jeroboam's descendants breathing.
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These two sentences mean the same thing and are combined to emphasize his descendents were all killed. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# all the family of Jeroboam
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Jeroboam was King Nadab's father.
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# He left none of Jeroboam's descendants breathing
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Breathing represents being alive. Alternate translation: "He left none of Jeroboam's descendants living" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# his royal line
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"Jeroboam's royal line"
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# just as Yahweh had spoken by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite
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In [1 Kings 14:10](../14/10.md) and [1 Kings 14:11](../14/11.md) Yahweh spoke through his prophet Ahijah and told Jeroboam that he would destroy his family.
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# Ahijah the Shilonite
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"Ahijah, who was from Shiloh"
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