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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/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# all the family of Jeroboam
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Jeroboam was King Nadab's father.
# He left none of Jeroboam's descendants breathing
Breathing represents being alive. AT: "He left none of Jeroboam's descendants living" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# his royal line
"Jeroboam's royal line"
# just as Yahweh had spoken by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite
In [1 Kings 14:10-11 ](../14/09.md ) Yahweh spoke through his prophet Ahijah and told Jeroboam that he would destroy his family.
# Ahijah the Shilonite
"Ahijah, who was from Shiloh"
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