1 Kings 14:12

12 As for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die.

1 Kings 14:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 14:12

Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house
With all haste, as soon as she could:

and when thy feet enter the city;
the city of Tirzah, very probably the king's palace stood at the entry of it, see ( 1 Kings 14:17 ) ,

the child shall die;
this is an answer to the question she was to ask, and at the same time a token of the sure and certain fulfilment of all the prophet had spoken in the name of the Lord.

1 Kings 14:12 In-Context

10 Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!

11 Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’ For the LORD has spoken.

12 As for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die.

13 All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.

14 Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day—yes, even today!