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14:1 At that <01931> time <06256> Jeroboam’s <03379> son <01121> Abijah <029> became sick <02470>. 14:2 Jeroboam <03379> told <0559> his wife <0802>, “Disguise <08138> <06965> yourself so that <03588> people cannot <03808> recognize <03045> you <0859> are Jeroboam’s <03379> wife <0802>. Then go <01980> to Shiloh <07887>; Ahijah <0281> the prophet <05030>, who told <01696> me I <01931> would rule <04428> <05921> over <05921> this <02088> nation <05971>, lives there <08033>. 14:3 Take <03947> ten <06235> loaves <03027> of bread <03899>, some small cakes <05350>, and a container <01228> of honey <01706> and visit <0935> him. He <01931> will tell <05046> you what <04100> will happen <01961> to the boy <05288>.” 14:4 Jeroboam’s <03379> wife <0802> did <06213> as <03651> she was told <06965>. She went <01980> to Shiloh <07887> and visited <0935> Ahijah <0281>. Now Ahijah <0281> could <03201> not <03808> see <07200>; he had lost <06965> his eyesight <05869> in his old age <07869>. 14:5 But the Lord <03068> had told <0559> Ahijah <0281>, “Look <02009>, Jeroboam’s <03379> wife <0802> is coming <0935> to find out <01875> from you what <01697> will happen to <0413> her son <01121>, for <03588> he <01931> is sick <02470>. Tell <01696> her so-and-so <02088> <02090>. When she comes <0935>, she <01931> will be <01961> in a disguise <05234>.” 14:6 When <01961> Ahijah <0281> heard <08085> the <0853> sound <06963> of her footsteps <07272> as she came <0935> through the door <06607>, he said <0559>, “Come <0935> on in, wife <0802> of Jeroboam <03379>! Why <04100> are you <0859> pretending <05234> to be someone else? I <0595> have been commissioned <07971> to <0413> give you bad <07186> news. 14:7 Go <01980>, tell <0559> Jeroboam <03379>, ‘This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> says <0559>: “I raised <07311> you up <07311> from among <08432> the people <05971> and made <05414> you ruler <05057> over <05921> my people <05971> Israel <03478>. 14:8 I tore <07167> the kingdom <04467> away <07167> from the Davidic <01732> dynasty <01004> and gave <05414> it to you. But you are <01961> not <03808> like my servant <05650> David <01732>, who <0834> kept <08104> my commandments <04687> and followed <0310> <01980> me wholeheartedly <03824> <03605> by doing <06213> only <07535> what I approve <05869> <03477>. 14:9 You have sinned <06213> <07489> more than <0834> all <03605> who came <01961> before <06440> you. You went <01980> and angered <03707> me by making <06213> other <0312> gods <0430>, formed out of metal <04541>; you have completely disregarded <01458> <0310> <07993> me. 14:10 So <03651> I am ready to bring <0935> disaster <07451> on <0413> the dynasty <01004> of Jeroboam <03379>. I will cut off <03772> every last male <07023> <08366> belonging to Jeroboam <03379> in Israel <03478>, including even the weak <06113> and incapacitated <05800>. I will burn up <01197> the dynasty <01004> of Jeroboam <03379>, just as <0834> one burns <01197> manure <01557> until <05704> it is completely <05704> consumed <08552>. 14:11 Dogs <03611> will eat <0398> the members of your family <03379> who die <04191> in the city <05892>, and the birds <05775> of the sky <08064> will eat <0398> the ones who die <04191> in the country <07704>.”’ Indeed <03588>, the Lord <03068> has announced <01696> it! 14:12 “As for you <0859>, get up <06965> and go <01980> home <01004>. When you set <0935> foot <07272> in the city <05892>, the boy <03206> will die <04191>. 14:13 All <03605> Israel <03478> will mourn <05594> him and bury <06912> him. He is the only <0905> one in Jeroboam’s <03379> <03379> family <01004> who will receive <0935> a decent burial <06913>, for <03282> he is the only one in whom the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> found <04672> anything <01697> good <02896>.

• 1Ki 13:33--14:18 -- A Prophet Announces the End of Jeroboam's Dynasty

• Abijah

  [ebd] 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 judge in Beer-sheba, to which...
  [isbe] ABIJAH - a-bi'-ja ('abhiyah or 'abhiyahu (2 Ch 13:20,21), "my father is Yahweh," or "Yahweh is father"): The name of six or more men and two women in the Old Testament. (1) The seventh son of Becher the son of Benjamin (1 Ch...
  [nave] ABIJAH 1. Son of Jeroboam, 1 Kin. 14:1-18. 2. See: Abia; Abijam.
  

• Jeroboam

  [ebd] 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 Zereda, and while still ...
  [nave] JEROBOAM: 1. First king of Israel after the revolt. Promoted by Solomon, 1 Kin. 11:28. Ahijah's prophecy concerning, 1 Kin. 11:29-39; 14:5-16. Flees to Egypt to escape from Solomon, 1 Kin. 11:26-40. Recalled from Egypt by...
  

• AHIJAH

  [ebd] brother (i.e., "friend") of Jehovah. (1.) One of the sons of Bela (1 Chr. 8:7, R.V.). In A.V. called "Ahiah." (2.) One of the five sons of Jerahmeel, who was great-grandson of Judah (1 Chr. 2:25). (3.) Son of Ahitub (1 Sam. ...
  [isbe] AHIJAH - a-hi'-ja ('achiyah or 'achiyahu, "brother of Yahweh," "my brother is Yahweh," "Yah is brother." In the King James Version the name sometimes appears as Ahiah): (1) One of the sons of Jerahmeel the great-grandson of ...
  

• NADAB

  [isbe] NADAB - na'-dab (nadhabh, "noble"; Nadab): (1) Aaron's first-born son (Ex 6:23; Nu 3:2; 26:60; 1 Ch 6:3 (Hebrew 5:29); 24:1). He was permitted with Moses, Aaron, the 70 elders, and his brother Abihu to ascend Mt. Sinai and b...
  

• AHIAH, OR AHIJAH

  [smith] (friend of Jehovah). Son of Ahitub, grandson of Phinehas and great-grandson of Eli, succeeded his father as high priest in the reign of Saul. (1 Samuel 14:3,18) Ahiah is probably the same person as Ahimelech the son of Ah...
  

• Prophecy

  [nave] PROPHECY Concerning Jesus, See: Jesus. Concerning church, See: Church, Prophecies Concerning Prosperity of. Relating to various countries, nations, and cities, see under their respective titles. Respecting individuals, see...
  

• Government

  [nave] GOVERNMENT Paternal functions of, Gen. 41:25-57. Civil service school provided by, Dan. 1:3-20. Maintains a system of public instruction, 2 Chr. 17:7-9. Executive departments in. See: Cabinet; King; Ruler; Statecraft. Ju...
  

• Judgments

  [nave] JUDGMENTS On the serpent, Gen. 3:14, 15. Eve, Gen. 3:16; Adam, Gen. 3:17-19. Cain, Gen. 4:11-15; the Antediluvians, Gen. 6; 7; Sodomites, Gen. 19:23-25; Egyptians, the plagues and overthrow, Ex. 7-14; Nadab and Abihu, Lev....
  

• Lies and Deceits

  [nave] LIES AND DECEITS Ex. 23:1; Lev. 6:2-7; Lev. 19:11, 12, 16 Ex. 20:16. Job 13:4; Job 21:34; Job 27:4; Job 31:5, 6, 33; Job 36:4; Psa. 5:6, 9; Psa. 10:7; Psa. 12:2, 3; Psa. 28:3; Psa. 31:18; Psa. 34:13 1 Pet. 3:10. Psa. 36:3; P...
  

• DOG

  [ebd] frequently mentioned both in the Old and New Testaments. Dogs were used by the Hebrews as a watch for their houses (Isa. 56:10), and for guarding their flocks (Job 30:1). There were also then as now troops of semi-wild dogs ...
  [isbe] DOG - kelebh; (compare Arabic kelb, "dog"); kuon; and diminutive kunarion): References to the dog, both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament, are usually of a contemptuous character. A dog, and especially a dead dog...
  [smith] an animal frequently mentioned in Scripture. It was used by the hebrews as a watch for their houses, (Isaiah 56:10) and for guarding their flocks. (Job 30:1) Then also, as now troops of hungry and semi-wild dogs used to wande...
  

• Cruse

  [ebd] a utensil; a flask or cup for holding water (1 Sam. 26:11, 12, 16; 1 Kings 19:6) or oil (1 Kings 17:12, 14, 16). In 1 Kings 14:3 the word there so rendered means properly a bottle, as in Jer. 19:1, 10, or pitcher. In 2 Kings...
  [isbe] CRUSE - kroos: A small earthen vessel or flask, usually for holding liquids: tsappachath; as water, 1 Sam 26:11,12,16; 1 Ki 19:6; it being porous, the liquid is kept cool; also for holding oil, as in 1 Ki l7:12,14,16. In 1 K...
  [nave] CRUSE, a vessel for liquids, 1 Sam. 26:11; 1 Kin. 14:3; 2 Kin. 2:20.
  

• SHILOH (2)

  [isbe] SHILOH (2) - (The most usual form is shiloh, but it appears 8 times as shilo, and 3 times as Shilow; Selo, Selom): A town in the lot of Ephraim where Israel assembled under Joshua at the close of the war of conquest (Josh 18...
  

• Cracknel

  [isbe] CRACKNEL - krak'nel: Occurs in 1 Ki 14:3, where Jeroboam bids his wife go to Abijah to inquire concerning their son: "And take with thee ten loaves and cracknels" (King James Version margins "cakes," the English Revised Vers...
  [nave] CRACKNEL, a biscuit or cake, hard baked, 1 Kin. 14:3.
  

• Burial

  [isbe] BURIAL - ber'-i-al (qebhurah; compare New Testament to entaphidsai): I. IMMEDIATE BURIAL CONSIDERED URGENT 1. Reasons for This 2. The Burial of Jesus 3. The Usual Time 4. Duties of Next of Kin II. PREPARATIONS FOR BURIAL 1. ...
  [nave] BURIAL Rites of, Jer. 34:5. Soon after death, Deut. 21:23; Josh. 8:29; John 19:38-42; Acts 5:9, 10. With spices, 2 Chr. 16:14; Mark 16:1; Luke 23:56. Bier used at, 2 Sam. 3:31; Luke 7:14. Attended by relatives and friend...
  

• Bread

  [isbe] BREAD - bred (lechem; artos): I. DIETARY PREEMINENCE II. MATERIALS 1. Barley 2. Wheat 3. Three Kinds of Flour III. BREAD-MAKING 1. Grinding 2. Kneading 3. Baking (1) Hot Stones (2) Baking Pans 4. Ovens (1) The Bowl-Oven (2) ...
  [nave] BREAD Called the Staff of Life, Ezek. 4:16; 5:16; 14:13. Kinds of Bread of affliction, 1 Kin. 22:27; Psa. 127:2; Hos. 9:4; Isa. 30:20; made with yeast, Lev. 7:13; 23:17; Hos. 7:4; Amos 4:5; Matt. 13:33; not made with yeast...
  

• Dung

  [ebd] (1.) Used as manure (Luke 13:8); collected outside the city walls (Neh. 2:13). Of sacrifices, burned outside the camp (Ex. 29:14; Lev. 4:11; 8:17; Num. 19:5). To be "cast out as dung," a figurative expression (1 Kings 14:10;...
  [nave] DUNG Deut. 23:13; 1 Sam. 2:8; 1 Kin. 14:10; 2 Kin. 6:25; 18:27; Neh. 2:13; 3:13, 14; 12:31; Job 20:7; Psa. 113:7; Prov. 30:12; Isa. 4:4; 25:10; 28:8; 36:12; Lam. 4:5; Ezek. 4:12, 15; Nah. 3:6; Zeph. 1:17; Luke 13:8; Jas. 1:...
  

• Blindness

  [isbe] BLINDNESS - blind'-ness (`awar, and variants; tuphlos): The word blind is used as a verb, as Jn 12:40, usually in the sense of obscuring spiritual perception. In reference to physical blindness it is used as a noun frequentl...
  [nave] BLINDNESS Disqualified for priestly office, Lev. 21:18. Of animals, disqualified for a sacrifice, Lev. 22:22; Deut. 15:21; Mal. 1:8. Miraculously inflicted upon the Sodomites, Gen. 19:11; Syrians, 2 Kin. 6:18-23; Saul of T...
  

• Prophets

  [nave] PROPHETS Called Seers, 1 Sam. 9:19; 2 Sam. 15:27; 24:11; 2 Kin. 17:13; 1 Chr. 9:22; 29:29; 2 Chr. 9:29; 12:15; 29:30; Isa. 30:10; Mic. 3:7. Schools of, 1 Kin. 20:35; 2 Kin. 2:3-15; 4:1, 38; 9:1. Kept the chronicles, 1 Chr....
  

• SICK; SICKNESS

  [isbe] SICK; SICKNESS - sik, sik'-nes (chalah (Gen 48:1, etc.), choli (Dt 28:61, etc.), tachalu' (Dt 29:21, etc.), machalah (Ex 23:25, etc.), daweh (Lev 15:33, etc.), 'anash (2 Sam 12:15, etc.); astheneo (Mt 10:8, etc.;. compare 2 ...
  

• SENT

  [isbe] SENT - (shalach; apostello): "Sent" in the Old Testament is the translation of shalach, "to send" (of presents, messengers, etc., Gen 32:18; 44:3; Jdg 6:14; 1 Ki 14:6; Est 3:13; Prov 17:11; Jer 49:14; Ezek 3:5; 23:40; Dan 10...
  

• Ahijah's Prophecy against Jeroboam

  

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