Ahijah turns to speak more about the calamity from which the son will be removed by death. Through Ahijah the Lord announces that he will cause another king to reign over Israel who will cut off, that is, destroy, Jeroboam’s household.
Unlike the prophecy of the man of God from Judah, which referred to the altar of Bethel, this judgment will begin to be accomplished today.
The Hebrew phrase that is translated into that one word is a complicated one. Literally it reads, This the day. And what even now?
We do not have to assume that God was saying that a new king would begin his rule within those 24 hours. It may mean that the process that will result in the downfall of Jeroboam's ruling family line truly begins with the divine pronouncement of the fearful event. Even that day, the wheels were in motion that would destroy all of his male descendants.
14 L'Eternel établira sur Israël un roi qui exterminera la maison de Jéroboam ce jour-là. Et n'est-ce pas déjà ce qui arrive?