1 Kings 14:5

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill, ²and Jeroboam said to his wife, "Please arise, disguise yourself so they will not recognize you as my wife, and go to Shiloh. For Ahijah the prophet is there; it was he who spoke about my kingship over this people. ³Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the boy." ⁴Jeroboam's wife did as instructed; she arose and went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah's house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age. ⁵But the LORD had said to Ahijah, "Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised."⁶So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet entering the door, he said, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you disguised? For I have been sent to you with bad news.

Bible Verse Review
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the Lord: 2 Kings 4:27, 2 Kings 6:8-12, Psalms 139:1-4, Proverbs 21:30, Amos 3:7, Acts 10:19, Acts 10:20

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 28:12 - thou art Saul 1 Kings 14:2 - disguise thyself 1 Kings 14:6 - why feignest 1 Kings 14:27 - guard 2 Kings 3:14 - I would not look Jeremiah 32:7 - Behold

Cross-References

Genesis 14:10
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country.

Genesis 14:11
The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.

Genesis 14:20
and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand." Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.

Genesis 14:23
that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'

Genesis 15:20
Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,

Deuteronomy 1:4
This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.

Deuteronomy 3:11
(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)

Deuteronomy 3:20
until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as He has to you, and they too have taken possession of the land the LORD your God is giving them, across the Jordan. Then each of you may return to the possession I have given you."

Deuteronomy 3:22
Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you."

Joshua 12:4
Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Feign herself to be another woman - literally, “she shall make herself strange,” i. e., “she shall come in disguised.” So 1 Kings 14:6.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 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.