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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>. 14:14 The Lord <03068> will raise up <06965> a king <04428> over <05921> Israel <03478> who <0834> will cut off <03772> Jeroboam’s <03379> dynasty <01004>. It <02088> is ready to happen! 14:15 The Lord <03068> will attack <05221> Israel <03478>, making it like a reed <07070> that <0834> sways <05110> in the water <04325>. He will remove <05428> Israel <03478> from <05921> this <02063> good <02896> land <0127> he gave <05414> to their ancestors <01> and scatter <02219> them beyond <05676> the Euphrates River <05104>, because <0834> <03282> they angered <03707> the Lord <03068> by making <06213> Asherah poles <0842>. 14:16 He will hand <05414> Israel <03478> over <05414> to their enemies because <01558> of the sins <02403> which <0834> Jeroboam <03379> committed <02398> and which <0834> he made Israel <03478> commit <02398>.” 14:17 So Jeroboam’s <03379> wife <0802> got up <06965> and went back <0935> <01980> to Tirzah <08656>. As she crossed <0935> the threshold <05592> of the house <01004>, the boy <05288> died <04191>. 14:18 All <03605> Israel <03478> buried <06912> him and mourned <05594> for him, just as <0834> the Lord <03068> had predicted <01696> through <03027> his servant <05650> the prophet <05030> Ahijah <0281>.

• 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 ...
  [isbe] JEROBOAM - jer-o-bo'-am (yarobh`am; Septuagint Hieroboam, usually assumed to have been derived from riyb and `am, and signifying "the people contend," or, "he pleads the people's cause"): The name was borne by two kings of I...
  [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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Tirzah

  [isbe] TIRZAH - tur'-za (tirtsah; Thersa): (1) A royal city of the Canaanites, the king of which was slain by Joshua (12:24). It superseded Shechem as capital of the Northern Kingdom (1 Ki 14:17, etc.), and itself gave place in tur...
  [smith] an ancient Canaanite city, whose king is enumerated among those overthrown in the conquest of the country. (Joshua 12:24) It reappears as a royal city, the residence of Jeroboam and of his successors, (1 Kings 14:17,18) an...
  [nave] TIRZAH 1. A daughter of Zelophehad, Num. 26:33; 36:11; Josh. 17:3. Special legislation in regard to the inheritance of, Num. 27:1-11; 36; Josh. 17:3, 4. 2. A city of Canaan. Captured by Joshua, Josh. 12:24. Becomes the re...
  

• Reed

  [ebd] (1.) "Paper reeds" (Isa. 19:7; R.V., "reeds"). Heb. 'aroth, properly green herbage growing in marshy places. (2.) Heb. kaneh (1 Kings 14:15; Job 40:21; Isa. 19:6), whence the Gr. kanna, a "cane," a generic name for a reed of...
  [isbe] REED - red: (1) achu, translated "reed-grass" (Gen 41:2,18; Job 8:11 margin). See FLAG. (2) 'ebheh, translated "swift," margin "reed" (Job 9:26). The "ships of reed" are the light skiffs made of plaited reeds used on the Nil...
  [nave] REED A water plant, Isa. 19:6, 7; 35:7; Jer. 51:32. Used as a measuring device of six cubits, Ezek. 40:3-8; 41:8; 42:16-19; 45:1; Rev. 11:1; 21:15, 16. Mockingly given to Jesus as a symbol of royalty, Matt. 27:29. Jesus s...
  

• ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF

  [ebd] (B.C. 975-B.C. 722). Soon after the death of Solomon, Ahijah's prophecy (1 Kings 11:31-35) was fulfilled, and the kingdom was rent in twain. Rehoboam, the son and successor of Solomon, was scarcely seated on his throne when ...
  [isbe] ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF - || I. THE FIRST PERIOD 1. The Two Kingdoms 2. The Ist Dynasty 3. The IInd Dynasty 4. Civil War II. PERIOD OF THE SYRIAN WARS 1. The IIIrd Dynasty 2. World-Politics 3. Battle of Karkar 4. Loss of Territor...
  [smith] I. the kingdom. --The prophet Ahijah of Shiloh, who was commissioned in the latter days of Solomon to announce the division of the kingdom, left one tribe (Judah) to the house of David, and assigned ten to Jeroboam. (1 Kin...
  

• 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.
  

• 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...
  

• 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.
  

• CALF, GOLDEN

  [isbe] CALF, GOLDEN - kaf, gol'-d'-n: I. THE NAME II. ANCIENT CALF WORSHIP 1. Narrative of Aaron's Golden Calf 2. Jeroboam's Golden Calves III. ATTITUDE OF ELIJAH TO THE BULL SYMBOLS IV. ATTITUDE OF AMOS AND HOSEA TO THE BULL SYMBO...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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....
  

• Ahijah's Prophecy against Jeroboam

  

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