1 Kings 14:6

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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thou wife: Job 5:13, Psalms 33:10

why feignest: 1 Kings 14:2, 1 Kings 14:5, Ezekiel 14:3-5, Ezekiel 14:7, Ezekiel 14:8, Luke 20:20-23, Acts 5:3-5, Acts 5:9, Acts 5:10, Hebrews 4:13

for I am: 1 Kings 14:10, 1 Kings 14:11, 1 Kings 13:20-22, 1 Kings 20:42, 1 Kings 21:18-24, 1 Kings 22:8, 1 Samuel 15:16, 1 Samuel 15:26, 1 Samuel 28:18, Jeremiah 21:2-7, Ezekiel 2:4, Ezekiel 2:5, Daniel 4:19-25, Daniel 4:19-25, Daniel 5:17-28, Mark 14:21

heavy tidings: Heb. hard tidings

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:45 - This is 2 Kings 1:16 - Forasmuch 2 Kings 6:32 - the sound Hosea 6:5 - have I

Cross-References

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 16:7
Now the Angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert-the spring along the road to Shur.

Genesis 21:21
And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

Genesis 36:8
So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.

Numbers 10:12
and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.

Numbers 12:16
After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.

Numbers 13:3
So at the command of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,

Deuteronomy 2:12
The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out, destroying them completely and settling in their place, just as Israel did in the land the LORD gave them as their possession.)

Habakkuk 3:3
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door,.... Of the room where the prophet was:

that he said, come in, thou wife of Jeroboam, why feignest thou thyself to be another? which must greatly surprise and confound her, as well as lay open to her the folly of her and her husband to imagine that she could be secreted from God, and a prophet of his; or that a prophet could tell her what was future, and yet not know her that was present; and this might serve to assure her, and so her husband, that what the prophet after delivered would certainly come to pass:

for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings; or hard things, such as would be very disagreeable to her and her husband.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For I am sent to thee - Rather, “I also am sent to thee.” As thou hast a message to me from thy husband, so have I a message to thee from the Lord.