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1 Kings 14:1

At that time Abijah the son [and crown prince, heir] of Jeroboam became sick.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abijah;   Jeroboam;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abijah;   Ahijah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jeroboam;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Heal, Health;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jeroboam;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Shiloh (2);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abijah;   Ahijah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abijah;   Medicine;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Possession;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abijah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Abijah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Abi'jah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Abijah;   Baasha;   Jeroboam;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Pain;   Sick;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Abijah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ahijah (the Prophet);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became sick.
Hebrew Names Version
At that time Aviyah the son of Yarov`am fell sick.
King James Version
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
English Standard Version
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
New Century Version
At that time Jeroboam's son Abijah became very sick.
New English Translation
At that time Jeroboam's son Abijah became sick.
New American Standard Bible
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.
Geneva Bible (1587)
At that time Abiiah the sonne of Ieroboam fell sicke.
Legacy Standard Bible
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.
Contemporary English Version
About the same time, Abijah son of Jeroboam got sick.
Complete Jewish Bible
At this time, Aviyah the son of Yarov‘am fell ill.
Darby Translation
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam was sick.
Easy-to-Read Version
At that time Jeroboam's son Abijah became very sick.
George Lamsa Translation
AT that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
Good News Translation
At that time King Jeroboam's son Abijah got sick.
Lexham English Bible
At that time, Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill.
Literal Translation
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam was sick.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
At the same tyme was Abia the sonne of Ieroboam sicke,
American Standard Version
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
Bible in Basic English
At that time Abijah, the son of Jeroboam, became ill.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
At that time Abia the sonne of Ieroboam fel sicke.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
King James Version (1611)
At that time Abiiah the sonne of Ieroboam fell sicke.
English Revised Version
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
Berean Standard Bible
At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In that tyme Abia, sone of Jeroboam, was sijk.
Young's Literal Translation
At that time was Abijah son of Jeroboam sick,
Update Bible Version
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
Webster's Bible Translation
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
World English Bible
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
New King James Version
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.
New Living Translation
At that time Jeroboam's son Abijah became very sick.
New Life Bible
At that time Jeroboam's son Abijah became sick.
New Revised Standard
At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam fell sick.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
At that time, fell sick, Abijah son of Jeroboam.
Douay-Rheims Bible
At that time Abia, the son of Jeroboam, fell sick.
Revised Standard Version
At that time Abi'jah the son of Jerobo'am fell sick.
THE MESSAGE
At about this time Jeroboam's son Abijah came down sick. Jeroboam said to his wife, "Do something. Disguise yourself so no one will know you are the queen and go to Shiloh. Ahijah the prophet lives there, the same Ahijah who told me I'd be king over this people. Take along ten loaves of bread, some sweet rolls, and a jug of honey. Make a visit to him and he'll tell you what's going on with our boy."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.

Contextual Overview

1At that time Abijah the son [and crown prince, heir] of Jeroboam became sick.2Jeroboam said to his wife, "Please get up and disguise yourself, so that people will not know that you are Jeroboam's wife, and go to Shiloh. Ahijah the prophet is there, the one who told me that I would be king over this people. 3"Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a bottle of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy." 4Jeroboam's wife did so. She got up and went [twenty miles] to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see, because his eyes were dim from old age. 5And the LORD said to Ahijah, "Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to inquire of you about her son, because he is sick. You shall say such and such to her, for when she arrives, she will pretend to be another woman." 6So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in the doorway, he said, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why do you pretend to be another woman? For I have been sent to you [by God] with a harsh message.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that time: 1 Kings 13:33, 1 Kings 13:34

the son: 1 Kings 14:12, 1 Kings 14:13, Exodus 20:5, 1 Samuel 4:19, 1 Samuel 4:20, 1 Samuel 31:2, 2 Samuel 12:15

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 14:27 - guard 1 Kings 15:8 - Abijam 2 Kings 8:8 - inquire Jeremiah 37:17 - asked

Cross-References

Genesis 10:22
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud and Aram;
Genesis 11:2
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they settled there.
Isaiah 11:11
Then it will happen on that day that the Lord Will again acquire with His hand a second time The remnant of His people, who will remain, From Assyria, from [Lower] Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush (Ethiopia), from Elam [in Persia], from Shinar [Babylonia], from Hamath [in Aram], And from the coastlands bordering the [Mediterranean] Sea.
Isaiah 21:2
A harsh vision has been shown to me; The treacherous one deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam! Lay siege, Media! All the groaning [caused by Babylon's ruthless oppressions] I [the LORD] have brought to an end.
Isaiah 22:6
Elam took up the quiver With the chariots, infantry and horsemen; And Kir uncovered the shield.
Isaiah 37:12
'Did the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed rescue them—Gozan, Haran [of Mesopotamia], Rezeph, and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar?
Jeremiah 25:25
all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam (Persia), and all the kings of Media;
Ezekiel 32:24
"Elam [a conquest of Assyria] is there and all her hordes around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who have gone down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, who made their terror spread in the land of the living and bore their shame and defeat with those who went down to the pit.
Daniel 1:2
The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles of the house of God; and he brought them into the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and brought the articles into the treasury of his god.
Zechariah 5:11
And he said to me, "To the land of Shinar (Babylon) to build a temple for her; and when it is prepared, she shall be set there on her own pedestal."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

At that time Abijah, the son of Jeroboam, fell sick. Being smitten of God with some disease, as a punishment of Jeroboam's sin; how long this was after the above things were done cannot be said.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

At that time - The phrase here connects the narrative which follows with Jeroboam’s persistence in his evil courses. The event related is the first judgment upon him for his obduracy, the beginning of the cutting off of his house from the face of the earth.

Abijah - We see by this name that Jeroboam did not intend to desert the worship of Yahweh, since its signification is “Yahweh is my father,” or “Yahweh is my desire” Job 34:36.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XIV

Abijah, son of Jeroboam, falls sick, 1.

Jeroboam sends his wife disguised to Ahijah the prophet, and

with her a present, to inquire concerning his son, 2-4.

Ahijah discovers her by a Divine intimation and delivers to her

a heavy message concerning the destruction of Jeroboam's house,

and the death of her son, 5-16.

The child dies, according to the prediction of Ahijah, 17.

Jeroboam's reign and death, 18-20.

Rehoboam's bad reign, and the apostasy of Judah, 21-24.

Shishak, king of Egypt, invades Judea, spoils the temple, and

takes away the golden shields made by Solomon; instead of which

Rehoboam makes others of brass, 25-28.

Rehoboam's reign and death, 29-31.

NOTES ON CHAP. XIV

Verse 1 Kings 14:1. Abijah - fell sick — This was but a prelude to the miseries which fell on the house of Jeroboam; but it was another merciful warning, intended to turn him from his idolatry and wickedness.


 
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