1 Kings 14:17

17 Jeroboam's wife got up, left, and went to Tirzah. When she walked across the threshold of her home, the boy died.

1 Kings 14:17 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 14:17

And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed,
&e.] Upon this speech of the prophet's to her:

and came to Tirzah;
where Jeroboam now had his court, and where their son now was; it was a royal city in the time of the Canaanites, and is commonly placed in the tribe of Manasseh, and was a very pleasant one, as its name signifies, to which there is an allusion, ( Song of Solomon 6:4 ) , (See Gill on Joshua 12:24),

and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died:
just as she was about to step over the threshold of the royal palace, which seems to have been at the entering of the city of Tirzah, ( 1 Kings 14:12 ) .

1 Kings 14:17 In-Context

15 "The LORD will strike Israel like cattails which shake in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land which he gave their ancestors. He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River because they dedicated poles to the goddess Asherah and made the LORD furious.

16 So the LORD will desert Israel because of Jeroboam's sins, the sins which he led Israel to commit."

17 Jeroboam's wife got up, left, and went to Tirzah. When she walked across the threshold of her home, the boy died.

18 All Israel buried him and mourned for him as the LORD had said through his servant, the prophet Ahijah.

19 Everything else concerning Jeroboam, his wars, and his reign is written in the official records of the kings of Israel.