1 Kings 14:17 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 14:17

Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.

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ASV

And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.

KJV

And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Jeroboam had by this time removed from Shechem, and established a new capital in Tirzah, one of the old Canaanite towns Jos 12:24 - a town of great reputation for beauty, counted in that respect on a par with Jerusalem Son 6:4. Tirzah is perhaps to be identified with “Telluzah,” a place in the mountains about 9 miles distant from Shechem (Nablous) (or with Teiasir - Conder). It may have been the palatial residence of the kings rather than the actual capital of the country. It remained the capital until Omri built Samaria 1Ki 16:23-

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Tirzah - An ancient and royal city, in a pleasant place, where the kings of Israel had a palace, whither Jeroboam was now removed from Shechem, either for his pleasure, or for his son's recovery, by the healthfulness of the place. The threshold - Of the king's house, which probably was upon, or by the wall of the city, and near the gate.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתָּ֙קָם֙	va.Ta.kom	and she arose	H6965 →
אֵ֣שֶׁת	'E.shet	[the] wife of	H802 →
יָרָבְעָ֔ם	ya.ra.ve.'Am	Jeroboam	H3379 →
וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ	va.Te.lekh	and she went	H1980 →
וַתָּבֹ֣א	va.ta.Vo'	and she came	H935 →
תִרְצָ֑תָה	tir.Tza.tah	Tirzah towards	H8656 →
הִ֛יא	hi'	she	H1931 →
בָּאָ֥ה	ba.'Ah	[was] coming	H935 →
בְסַף־	ve.saf-	at [the] threshold of	H5592 →
הַבַּ֖יִת	ha.Ba.yit	the house	H1004 →
וְהַנַּ֥עַר	ve.ha.Na.'ar	and the lad	H5288 →
מֵֽת׃	Met	he died	H4191 →

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Through
Song of Solomon 6:4
You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.
leads to
- Song of Solomon 6:10
  Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?
- Psalms 48:2
  Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
- Revelation 21:2
  I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
- Lamentations 2:15
  All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the…
Through
1 Kings 16:15
In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,
leads to
- 1 Kings 15:27
  Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.
- Joshua 19:44
  Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
Through
1 Kings 16:23
In the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.
leads to
- 1 Kings 16:8
  In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
1 Kings 15:21
When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.
leads to
- 1 Kings 16:15–18
  In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,

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