1 Kings 14:1-4

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.

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1 Kings 14:1-4 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 7

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

Footnotes 1

[a]. Lit "set"