1 Kings 14:5

And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	וַיהוָ֞ה va.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · conjunction + proper noun, a title
said	אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Ahijah	אֲחִיָּ֗הוּ 'a.chi.Ya.hu	H281	Achijah · proper noun, a man's name
wife	אֵ֣שֶׁת 'E.shet	H802	a woman · noun, common feminine singular construct
Jeroboam	יָרָבְעָ֡ם ya.ra.ve.'Am	H3379	Jarobam · proper noun, a man's name
cometh	בָּאָ֣ה ba.'Ah	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal active participle, feminine singular absolute
ask	לִדְרֹשׁ֩ lid.Rosh	H1875	properly · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
thing	דָּבָ֨ר da.Var	H1697	a word · noun, common masculine singular absolute
son	בְּנָהּ֙ be.Nah	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
sick	חֹלֶ֣ה cho.Leh	H2470	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
thus	כָּזֹ֥ה ka.Zoh	H2090	this or that · preposition + demonstrative particle
say	תְּדַבֵּ֣ר te.da.Ber	H1696	perhaps properly · verb, piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
in	כְבֹאָ֔הּ khe.vo.'Ah	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
another	מִתְנַכֵּרָֽה mit.na.ke.Rah	H5234	properly · verb, hithpael active participle, feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

2 Kings 4:27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God sai…
2 Kings 6:8-12 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
Psalms 139:1-4 O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
Acts 10:19-20 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 14:1-6

How Jeroboam persisted in his contempt of God and religion we read in the close of the foregoing chapter. Here we are told how God proceeded in his controversy with him; for when God judges he will overcome, and sinners shall either bend or break before him. I. His child fell sick, Kg1 14:1. It is probable that he was his eldest son, and heir-apparent to the crown; for at his death all the kingdom went into mourning for him, ch. 13. His dignity as a prince, his age as a young prince, and his interest in heaven as a pious prince, could not exempt him from sickness, dangerous sickness. Let none be secure of the continuance of their health, but improve it, while it continues, for the best purpo…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 14:3

And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him--This was a present in unison with the peasant character she assumed. Cracknels are a kind of sweet seed-cake. The prophet was blind, but having received divine premonition of the pretended countrywoman's coming, he addressed her as the queen the moment she appeared, apprised her of the calamities which, in consequence of the ingratitude of Jeroboam, his apostasy, and outrageous misgovernment of Israel, impended over their house, as well as over the nation which too readily followed his idolatrous innovations.

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 14:5

Feign herself to be another woman - It would have been discreditable to Jeroboam's calves, if it had been known that he had consulted a prophet of Jehovah.

John Gill on 1 Kings 14:5

And the Lord said unto Abijah,.... Either in a dream, or by an impulse upon his mind, before Jeroboam's wife came in: behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son, for he is sick; to know whether he will recover or not: thus and thus shall thou say unto her; as after expressed in some following verses: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself another woman; to the people that let her in, and introduce her to the prophet, and to the prophet himself; pretend herself to be a countrywoman come to ask a question of the prophet concerning her son that was ill of a disease.

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…
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

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 14:5

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 14:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 14:3

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 14:5

John Gill on 1 Kings 14:5

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 14:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 14:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 14:3

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 14:5

John Gill on 1 Kings 14:5

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 14:1-20

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 14:5

Rashi on 1 Kings 14:5