1 Kings 14:6

6 When Ahijah heard her walking to the door, he said, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have bad news for you.

1 Kings 14:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 14:6

And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she
came in at the door
Of the room where the prophet was:

that he said, come in, thou wife of Jeroboam, why feignest thou thyself
to be another?
which must greatly surprise and confound her, as well as lay open to her the folly of her and her husband to imagine that she could be secreted from God, and a prophet of his; or that a prophet could tell her what was future, and yet not know her that was present; and this might serve to assure her, and so her husband, that what the prophet after delivered would certainly come to pass:

for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings;
or hard things, such as would be very disagreeable to her and her husband.

1 Kings 14:6 In-Context

4 So the king's wife did as he said and went to Ahijah's home in Shiloh. Now Ahijah was very old and blind.

5 The Lord said to him, "Jeroboam's son is sick, and Jeroboam's wife is coming to ask you about him. When she arrives, she will pretend to be someone else." Then the Lord told Ahijah what to say.

6 When Ahijah heard her walking to the door, he said, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have bad news for you.

7 Go back and tell Jeroboam that this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'Jeroboam, I chose you from among all the people and made you the leader of my people Israel.

8 I tore the kingdom away from David's family, and I gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David, who always obeyed my commands and followed me with all his heart. He did only what I said was right.