These are the names of cities. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
# Yahweh struck him, and he died
Yahweh causing Jeroboam to die is spoken of as if Yahweh struck Jeroboam. It is possible that this refers to Yahweh causing Jeroboam to become ill. AT: "Yahweh caused Jeroboam to die" or "Yahweh caused Jeroboam to become ill, and he died" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
# he took fourteen wives for himself
The idiom "took ... wives" means that he married. AT: "he married fourteen women" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
# fourteen wives ... twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters
"14 wives ... 22 sons and 16 daughters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
# his behavior, and words
"his behavior, and his sayings" or "his behavior, and the things that he said"
# are written in the history of the prophet Iddo
This can be stated in active form. AT: "are in the history that the prophet Iddo wrote" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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