1 Kings 14:2
in 1 Kings 14and 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, who spake concerning me that I should be king over this people.
KJV
And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people.
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This verse in 1 Kings 14
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Disguise thyself - Jeroboam fears that even Ahijah the Shilonite, who in some sort made him king, will scarcely give his queen a favorable answer. The king’s conscience tells him that he has not performed the conditions on which he was promised “a sure house” 1Ki 11:38.
This site's exposition
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick
on 1 Kings 14:1-3
Jeroboam's son falls sick, the first crack in the house the prophet promised him at 11:38, a sure house, the same phrase once spoken over David. Jeroboam does not repent of the altars at Bethel and Dan; instead he sends his wife in disguise to the very prophet who anointed him king, carrying ordinary peasant fare, ten loaves and cracknels and a cruse of honey, as if plain gifts could hide a king's wife from a man of God. The errand answers chapter 13's refusal to hear a man of God with a private visit to a different one, made in secret rather than in public defiance.
This site's exposition
disguise yourself so they will not
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown see a father's fear for his son mixed with the cunning of a king who had turned from God. Albert Barnes adds that Jeroboam knew he had broken the terms Ahijah gave him at 11:38. Shiloh had once held the Tent of Meeting.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam fell sick," and [the king], being worried for the health of his son, sent his wife to the prophet Ahijah because he was confident that through the prayers of that holy man he would obtain from God, whom …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The withering of this branch of the family would, perhaps, be as sore an affliction to him as the withering of that branch of his body, ch. xiii. Such is the force of natural affection; our children are ourselves but once removed. Jeroboam's great desire, under this affliction, is to know what shall become of the child, whether he will live or die.
And Jeroboam said to his wife,....
"He was once the messenger of good tidings, surely he will be so again." Those that by sin disqualify themselves for comfort, and yet expect their ministers, because they are good men, should speak peace and comfort to them, greatly wrong both themselves and their ministers.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself--His natural and intense anxiety as a parent is here seen, blended with the deep and artful policy of an apostate king.
The words behind it
25 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יָרָבְעָ֜ם | yaraveam | Jeroboam | H3379 → | 104 times |
| לְאִשְׁתּ֗וֹ | leishto | to wife his | H802 → | 781 times |
| ק֤וּמִי | kumi | arise | H6965 → | 628 times |
| נָא֙ | na' | please | H4994 → | 404 times |
| וְהִשְׁתַּנִּ֔ית | vehishtanit | and you will disguise yourself | H8138 → | 21 times |
| וְלֹ֣א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יֵֽדְע֔וּ | yedeu | people will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כִּי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אַ֖תְּ | ʾati | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| אֵ֣שֶׁת | ʾeshet | [are] [the] wife of | H802 → | 781 times |
| יָרָבְעָ֑ם | yaraveam | Jeroboam | H3379 → | 104 times |
| וְהָלַ֣כְתְּ | vehalakht | and you will go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| שִׁלֹ֗ה | shiloh | Shiloh | H7887 → | 32 times |
| הִנֵּה־ | hineh- | there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| שָׁם֙ | sham | [is] there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| אֲחִיָּ֣ה | ʾachiyah | Ahijah | H281 → | 24 times |
| הַנָּבִ֔יא | hanavi' | the prophet | H5030 → | 314 times |
| הֽוּא־ | hu'- | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| דִבֶּ֥ר | diber | he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| עָלַ֛י | ʾalai | on me | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| לְמֶ֖לֶךְ | lemelekh | to king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָעָ֥ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יָרָבְעָ֜םJeroboam
yaraveamH3379 →104 times
לְאִשְׁתּ֗וֹto wife his
leishtoH802 →781 times
ק֤וּמִיarise
kumiH6965 →628 times
נָא֙please
na'H4994 →404 times
וְהִשְׁתַּנִּ֔יתand you will disguise yourself
vehishtanitH8138 →21 times
וְלֹ֣אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
יֵֽדְע֔וּpeople will know
yedeuH3045 →945 times
כִּי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אַ֖תְּyou
ʾatiH859 →1094 times
אֵ֣שֶׁת[are] [the] wife of
ʾeshetH802 →781 times
יָרָבְעָ֑םJeroboam
yaraveamH3379 →104 times
וְהָלַ֣כְתְּand you will go
vehalakhtH1980 →1546 times
שִׁלֹ֗הShiloh
shilohH7887 →32 times
הִנֵּה־there!
hineh-H2009 →843 times
שָׁם֙[is] there
shamH8033 →834 times
אֲחִיָּ֣הAhijah
ʾachiyahH281 →24 times
הַנָּבִ֔יאthe prophet
hanavi'H5030 →314 times
הֽוּא־he
hu'-H1931 →1879 times
דִבֶּ֥רhe spoke
diberH1696 →1141 times
עָלַ֛יon me
ʾalaiH5921 →5755 times
לְמֶ֖לֶךְto king
lemelekhH4428 →2525 times
עַל־over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָעָ֥םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
1 Kings 22:30And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 35:22
Josiah, however, did not turn away from him; instead, in order to engage him in battle, he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 23:24
“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 28:8
So Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 35:22
Through
2 Samuel 14:2So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 11:6
He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
- Amos 1:1
These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son…
- 2 Chronicles 11:6
Through
2 Chronicles 18:29And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 20:38
and the prophet went and waited on the road for the king, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 20:38
Through
1 Samuel 28:8So Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring…
it leads to
- Isaiah 8:19
When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
- 1 Chronicles 10:13
So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
- Isaiah 8:19
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 14:1; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.