1 Kings 13:34
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. 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.
After solemn warning Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way but made priests for the high places again from the lowest ranks, consecrating whosoever would so that he became a priest, appointing unqualified persons of his own choosing from anyone who was willing. This persistent wrongdoing, including the idolatrous worship he established and the continued evil of his priestly appointments, became sin to the house of Jeroboam, bringing judgment to cut it off and destroy it from off the face of the earth. In the rent altar, the palsied arm, and the terrible fate of the man of God who dared disobey an express command of Jehovah, Jeroboam should have discerned the swift displeasure of an offended God to warn him not to persist in wrongdoing. But far from repenting he persisted, sinning greatly himself and making Israel to sin.
His persistence began an apostasy that grew more marked until it ruined the kingdom of Israel. Yet God did not give Israel up at once but did all that could be done to lead them back, sending message after message through Elijah and Elisha and Hosea and Amos and Obadiah. He never left the kingdom without witnesses to His power to save from sin, and in the darkest hours preserved faithful ones who lived blameless amid idolatry as the goodly remnant through whom His eternal purpose would finally be fulfilled. The account warns that rejecting God's plain word and acting against it leads to consequences, so people must heed God's warning rather than human claims of authority.