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Contemporary English Version

1 Kings 14:1

About the same time, Abijah son of Jeroboam got 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.
Amplified Bible
At that time Abijah the son [and crown prince, heir] of Jeroboam 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.
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

1 About the same time, Abijah son of Jeroboam got sick. 2Jeroboam told his wife: Disguise yourself so no one will know you're my wife, then go to Shiloh, where the prophet Ahijah lives. Take him ten loaves of bread, some small cakes, and honey, and ask him what will happen to our son. He can tell you, because he's the one who told me I would become king. 4 She got ready and left for Ahijah's house in Shiloh. Ahijah was now old and blind, 5 but the Lord told him, "Jeroboam's wife is coming to ask about her son. I will tell you what to say to her." Jeroboam's wife came to Ahijah's house, pretending to be someone else. 6 But when Ahijah heard her walking up to the door, he said: Come in! I know you're Jeroboam's wife—why are you pretending to be someone else? I have some bad news for you.

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 11:2
but after some of them moved from the east and settled in Babylonia,
Isaiah 11:11
When that day comes, the Lord will again reach out his mighty arm and bring home his people who have survived in Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the land along the coast.
Isaiah 21:2
What a horrible vision was shown to me— a vision of betrayal and destruction. Tell Elam and Media to surround and attack the Babylonians. The Lord has sworn to end the suffering they caused.
Isaiah 22:6
The people of Elam and Kir attacked with chariots and carried shields.
Isaiah 37:12
The Assyrian kings before me destroyed the towns of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and everyone from Eden who lived in Telassar. What good did their gods do them?
Jeremiah 25:25
Zimri, Elam, Media,
Ezekiel 32:24
The graves of soldiers from Elam are there. The very sight of those godless soldiers once terrified their enemies and made them panic. But now they are disgraced and ashamed as they lie in the world of the dead, alongside others who were killed in battle.
Daniel 1:2
The Lord let Nebuchadnezzar capture Jehoiakim and take away some of the things used in God's temple. And when the king returned to Babylonia, he put these things in the temple of his own god.
Zechariah 5:11
"To Babylonia," he answered, "where they will build a house for the basket and set it down inside."

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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