1 Kings 14:12

12 “As for you, go back home. When you set foot in your city, the boy will die.

1 Kings 14:12 in Other Translations

12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

12 Arise therefore, go to your house. When your feet enter the city, the child shall die.

12 Then Ahijah said to Jeroboam’s wife, “Go on home, and when you enter the city, the child will die.

12 "And that's it. Go on home - the minute you step foot in town, the boy will die.

12 "As for you, get up and go to your house. When your feet enter the city, the boy 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 this, I am going to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off from Jeroboam every last male in Israel—slave or free. I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is all gone.

11 Dogs will eat those belonging to Jeroboam who die in the city, and the birds will feed on those who die in the country. The LORD has spoken!’

12 “As for you, go back home. When you set foot in your city, the boy will die.

13 All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will be buried, because he is the only one in the house of Jeroboam in whom the LORD, the God of Israel, has found anything good.

14 “The LORD will raise up for himself a king over Israel who will cut off the family of Jeroboam. Even now this is beginning to happen.