And this thing. — The comment of the author of the book, evidently based on the prophetic denunciation of Ahijah in 1 Kings 14:9-11, and its subsequent fulfilment. (See 1 Kings 15:25-30.)
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1 Kings 13:34
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.