1 Kings 14:12

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

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Arise	ק֖וּמִי Ku.mi	H6965	to rise (in various applications · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person feminine singular
get	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
house	לְבֵיתֵ֑ךְ le.vei.Tekh	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
feet	רַגְלַ֛יִךְ rag.La.yikh	H7272	a foot (as used in walking) · noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
enter	בְּבֹאָ֥ה be.vo.'Ah	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
city	הָעִ֖ירָה ha.'I.rah	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute + directional suffix
child	הַיָּֽלֶד hai.Ya.led	H3206	something born · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
die	וּמֵ֥ת u.Met	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

1 Kings 14:3 And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.
1 Kings 14:16-17 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
2 Kings 1:6 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus…
2 Kings 1:16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not becau…
John 4:50-52 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 14:7-20

When those that set up idols, and keep them up, go to enquire of the Lord, he determines to answer them, not according to the pretensions of their enquiry, but according to the multitude of their idols, Eze 14:4. So Jeroboam is answered here. I. The prophet anticipates the enquiry concerning the child, and foretels the ruin of Jeroboam's house for the wickedness of it. No one else durst have carried such a message: a servant would have smothered it, but his own wife cannot be suspected of ill-will to him. 1. God calls himself the Lord God of Israel. Though Israel had forsaken God, God had not cast them off, nor given them a bill of divorce for their whoredoms. He is Israel's God, and therefo…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 14:12

the child shall die--The death and general lamentation felt through the country at the loss of the prince were also predicted. The reason for the profound regret shown at his death arose, according to Jewish writers, from his being decidedly opposed to the erection of the golden calves, and using his influence with his father to allow his subjects the free privilege of going to worship in Jerusalem.

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 14:11

Shall the dogs eat - They shall not have an honorable burial: and shall not come into the sepulchres of their fathers.

John Gill on 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.

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 14:1-20

Reign of Jeroboam. - Vv. 1-18. Ahijah's prophecy against Jeroboam and the kingdom of Israel. - As Jeroboam did not desist from his idolatry notwithstanding the threatened punishment, the Lord visited him with the illness of his son, and directed the prophet Ahijah, to whom his wife had gone to ask counsel concerning the result of the illness, to predict to him not only the cutting off of his house and the death of his sick son, but also the thrusting away of Israel out of the land of its fathers beyond the Euphrates, and in confirmation of this threat caused the sick son to die when the returning mother crossed the threshold of her house again. Kg1 14:1-3 When his son fell sick, Jeroboam sai…

The Church Fathers

There is therefore no absurdity in the prophets [of the Jews] having uttered predictions even about events of no importance, to soothe those who desire such things, as when Samuel prophesies regarding three donkeys that were lost, or when mention is made in the third book of Kings respecting the sickness of a king's son. And why should not those who desired to obtain auguries from idols be severely rebuked by the administrators of the law among the Jews, as Elijah is found rebuking Ahaziah and saying, "Is it because there is not a God in Israel that you go to inquire of Baalzebub, god of Ekron?"
— Origen of Alexandria, AGAINST CELSUS 1.36

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Dictionary and topics

Abijah — Father (i.e., “possessor or worshipper”) of Jehovah. (1.) 1 Chr. 7:8. (2.) 1 Chr. 2:24. (3.) The second son of Samuel (1 Sam. 8:2; 1 Chr. 6:28). His conduct, along with that of his brother, as a…
Ahiah, Or Ahijah — (friend of Jehovah).
Ahijah — Brother (i.e., “friend”) of Jehovah. (1.) One of the sons of Bela (1 Chr. 8:7, R.V.). In A.V. called “Ahiah.” (2.) One of the five sons of Jerahmeel, who was great-grandson of Judah (1 Chr. 2:25).…
Jeroboam — Increase of the people. (1.) The son of Nebat (1 Kings 11:26-39), “an Ephrathite,” the first king of the ten tribes, over whom he reigned twenty-two years (B.C. 976-945). He was the son of a widow of…
Abijah · 1. — 1.
Jeroboam · .Ahijah’s prophecy concerning — .Ahijah’s prophecy concerning
Judgments · General references — General references

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Kings 14:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 14:7-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 14:12

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 14:11

John Gill on 1 Kings 14:12

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 14:1-20

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 14:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 14:7-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 14:12

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 14:11

John Gill on 1 Kings 14:12

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 14:1-20

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 14:11

Rashi on 1 Kings 14:10