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1 Kings 14:4

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Jeroboam’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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.

KJV

And Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.

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This verse in 1 Kings 14

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him--This was a present in unison with the peasant character she assumed. Cracknels are a kind of sweet seed-cake.

This site's exposition

Ahijah could not see

on 1 Kings 14:4-6

Ahijah is blind with age. The Lord tells him who is coming, and he knows her by “the sound of her feet entering the door”. The prophet who tore a new cloak into twelve pieces, at 11:29-31, cannot be fooled by a disguise made for eyes he no longer has.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And Jeroboam's wife did so, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Abijah,....

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַתַּ֤עַשׂand she did

    vataasH6213 →2628 times

  • כֵּן֙thus

    kenH3651 →771 times

  • אֵ֣שֶׁת[the] wife of

    ʾeshetH802 →781 times

  • יָרָבְעָ֔םJeroboam

    yaraveamH3379 →104 times

  • וַתָּ֙קָם֙and she arose

    vatakomH6965 →628 times

  • וַתֵּ֣לֶךְand she went

    vatelekhH1980 →1546 times

  • שִׁלֹ֔הShiloh

    shilohH7887 →32 times

  • וַתָּבֹ֖אand she went

    vatavo'H935 →2568 times

  • בֵּ֣ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • אֲחִיָּ֑הAhijah

    ʾachiyahH281 →24 times

  • וַאֲחִיָּ֙הוּ֙and Ahijah

    vaachiyahuH281 →24 times

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יָכֹ֣לhe was able

    yakholH3201 →194 times

  • לִרְא֔וֹתto see

    lirotH7200 →1300 times

  • כִּ֛יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • קָ֥מוּthey were fixed

    kamuH6965 →628 times

  • עֵינָ֖יוeyes his

    ʾeinavH5869 →887 times

  • מִשֵּׂיבֽוֹ׃ סfrom old age his

    miseivoH7869 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

13 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Kings 11:29During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field.4 works1 Samuel 4:15Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.3 works1 Samuel 3:2And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.3 worksJeremiah 7:12–14But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.2 worksGenesis 27:1When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.2 worksJoshua 18:1Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,2 works
The other 7 cross-references, with their words ▾
Genesis 48:10Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.2 works1 Kings 14:2and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now get up, 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.2 worksEcclesiastes 12:3on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,2 worksDeuteronomy 34:7Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.2 works1 Samuel 4:3–4When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”2 worksPsalms 90:10The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.2 worksEzekiel 14:2And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Genesis 27:1

    When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 3:2

      And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Genesis 48:10

      Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 3:2

    And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 27:1

      When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Psalms 90:10

      The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Samuel 4:15

      Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.

  • Through

    1 Kings 11:29

    During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them…

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 14:2

      and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now get up, 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…

    • 2 Chronicles 9:29

      As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the…

    • 1 Kings 12:15

      So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the…

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
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This page draws on F. W. Farrar, The First Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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