1 Kings 14:1-6

Ahijah Prophesies against the King

1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.

2 Jeroboam said to his wife, "Arise now, and ¹disguise yourself so that they will not know that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to ²Shiloh; behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who ³spoke concerning me that I would be king over this people.

3 "⁴Take ten loaves with you, some cakes and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy."

4 Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose and went to ⁵Shiloh, and came to the house of ⁶Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see, ⁷for his eyes were dim because of his age.

5 Now the LORD had said to Ahijah, "Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to inquire of you concerning her son, for he is sick. You shall say thus and thus to her, for it will be when she arrives that ⁸she will pretend to be another woman."

6 When Ahijah heard the sound of her feet coming in the doorway, he said, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam, why do you pretend to be another woman? For I am sent to you with a harsh message.

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1 Kings 14:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 14

This chapter relates the sickness of Jeroboam's son, the application of his wife, at his instance, to the prophet Ahijah, in the child's favour, 1Ki 14:1-6, the prophecy of the prophet concerning the ruin of Jeroboam's house, and the death of the child, which came to pass, 1Ki 14:7-18, an account of the years of Jeroboam's reign, and also of Rehoboam's, 1Ki 14:19-21, and of the evil things done and suffered by the latter in his kingdom, and the calamities that came upon him for it, 1Ki 14:22-28 and the conclusion of his reign, 1Ki 14:29-31.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 8

1. 1 Samuel 28:8; 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Chronicles 18:29
2. Joshua 18:1
3. 1 Kings 11:29-31
4. 1 Samuel 9:7, 8; 1 Kings 13:7; 2 Kings 4:42
5. 1 Kings 14:2
6. 1 Kings 11:29
7. 1 Samuel 3:2; 1 Samuel 4:15
8. 2 Samuel 14:2

Footnotes 2

[a]. Lit "set"
[b]. Lit "seek a word from"