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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/1_kings/14.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/1_kings/14.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_kings/14.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />At that time Jeroboam’s son Abijah became very sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_kings/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_kings/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_kings/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_kings/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_kings/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_kings/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_kings/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_kings/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />At that time Abijah the son [and crown prince, heir] of Jeroboam became sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_kings/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_kings/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_kings/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_kings/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />About the same time, Abijah son of Jeroboam got sick. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_kings/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_kings/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />At that time Abijah, son of Jeroboam, got sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_kings/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />At that time King Jeroboam's son Abijah got sick. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_kings/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Right at that time, Jeroboam's son Abijah became ill, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_kings/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_kings/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />At that time Jeroboam's son Abijah became sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_kings/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_kings/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_kings/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_kings/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam was sick,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_kings/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> At that time was Abijah son of Jeroboam sick,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_kings/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />In that time Abijah son of Jeroboam was sick.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_kings/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />At that time Abia the son of Jeroboam fell sick. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_kings/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />In that time Abijah, the son of Jeroboam, became ill.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />At that time Abijah, son of Jeroboam, took sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam fell sick.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />AT that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_kings/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />At that time Abia, the son of Yorbaam, became ill.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_kings/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/14-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=5513" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/14.htm">Ahijah's Prophecy Against Jeroboam</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hî (Art:: Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">At that</a> <a href="/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256: bā·‘êṯ (Prep-b, Art:: N-cs) -- Time. From ad; time, especially now, when, etc.">time</a> <a href="/hebrew/29.htm" title="29: ’ă·ḇî·yāh (N-proper-ms) -- Or prolonged Abiyahuw; from 'ab and Yahh; father of Jah; Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses.">Abijah</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇen- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">son</a> <a href="/hebrew/3379.htm" title="3379: yā·rā·ḇə·‘ām (N-proper-ms) -- From riyb and am; people will contend; Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings.">of Jeroboam</a> <a href="/hebrew/2470.htm" title="2470: ḥā·lāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence to be weak, sick, afflicted; or to grieve, make sick; also to stroke, entreat.">became ill,</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>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 spoke about my kingship over this people.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-29.htm">1 Kings 11:29-31</a></span><br />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 were alone in the open field. / And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces, / and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/12-15.htm">1 Kings 12:15</a></span><br />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 Shilonite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/13-1.htm">1 Kings 13:1-3</a></span><br />Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD. / And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’” / That day the man of God gave a sign, saying, “The LORD has spoken this sign: ‘Surely the altar will be split apart, and the ashes upon it will be poured out.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/15-29.htm">1 Kings 15:29-30</a></span><br />As soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone who breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite, / because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/10-29.htm">2 Kings 10:29-31</a></span><br />but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan. / Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.” / Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-15.htm">2 Chronicles 10:15</a></span><br />So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/11-4.htm">2 Chronicles 11:4</a></span><br />that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers. Each of you must return home, for this is My doing.’” So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-20.htm">2 Chronicles 13:20</a></span><br />Jeroboam did not again recover his power during the days of Abijah, and the LORD struck him down and he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/7-9.htm">Amos 7:9-11</a></span><br />The high places of Isaac will be deserted, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with My sword.” / Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words, / for this is what Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-11.htm">Hosea 13:11</a></span><br />So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-25.htm">Matthew 12:25</a></span><br />Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-17.htm">Luke 11:17</a></span><br />Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and a house divided against a house will fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-47.htm">John 11:47-50</a></span><br />Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs. / If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.” / But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all! ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/5-38.htm">Acts 5:38-39</a></span><br />So in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone. Let them go! For if their purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail. / But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.</p><p class="hdg">that time</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/13-33.htm">1 Kings 13:33,34</a></b></br> After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became <i>one</i> of the priests of the high places… </p><p class="hdg">the son</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/14-12.htm">1 Kings 14:12,13</a></b></br> Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: <i>and</i> when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a></b></br> Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God <i>am</i> a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth <i>generation</i> of them that hate me;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/4-19.htm">1 Samuel 4:19,20</a></b></br> And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, <i>near</i> to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/8-2.htm">Abijah</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-2.htm">Abi'jah</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-46.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-6.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-34.htm">Jeroboam</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-34.htm">Jerobo'am</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-6.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-42.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/14-31.htm">Abijah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/3-10.htm">Abi'jah</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-17.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-5.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-2.htm">Jeroboam</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-5.htm">Jerobo'am</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-5.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-20.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/14-1.htm">Abijah being sick, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/14-2.htm">Jeroboam sends his wife, disguised, with presents to the prophet Ahijah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/14-5.htm">Ahijah forewarned by God, denounces God's judgment</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/14-17.htm">Abijah dies, and is buried</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/14-19.htm">Nadab succeeds Jeroboam</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/14-21.htm">Rehoboam's wicked reign,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/14-25.htm">Shishak raids Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/14-29.htm">Abijam succeeds Rehoboam</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_kings/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>At that time</b><br>This phrase situates the events within a specific period in the narrative of 1 Kings. It follows the account of Jeroboam's reign over the northern kingdom of Israel, which was marked by idolatry and disobedience to God. The timing is significant as it occurs during a period of divine judgment against Jeroboam's house, as prophesied by Ahijah the prophet (<a href="/1_kings/11-29.htm">1 Kings 11:29-39</a>).<p><b>Abijah son of Jeroboam</b><br>Abijah, whose name means "Yahweh is my father," is the son of Jeroboam, the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel after the division of the united monarchy. Jeroboam's reign was characterized by the establishment of alternative worship centers in Bethel and Dan, leading Israel into sin (<a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28-30</a>). Abijah's mention here highlights the personal impact of Jeroboam's actions on his family, as the consequences of his idolatry extend to his offspring.<p><b>became ill</b><br>The illness of Abijah serves as a catalyst for the unfolding events in the chapter. In the ancient Near Eastern context, illness was often seen as a sign of divine displeasure or judgment. This aligns with the broader biblical theme where physical ailments sometimes reflect spiritual realities or divine intervention (e.g., <a href="/2_samuel/12-15.htm">2 Samuel 12:15-18</a>). The illness prompts Jeroboam to seek a prophetic word, indicating a recognition of the need for divine insight, despite his previous rejection of God's commands.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/abijah.htm">Abijah</a></b><br>The son of Jeroboam, the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel after the division of the united monarchy. His illness sets the stage for the events that follow in this chapter.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeroboam.htm">Jeroboam</a></b><br>The first king of the northern kingdom of Israel, known for leading Israel into idolatry. His reign is marked by a departure from the worship of Yahweh, which has significant consequences for his family and the nation.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The northern kingdom, distinct from Judah in the south. Under Jeroboam's rule, Israel experiences political and spiritual turmoil.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/illness.htm">Illness</a></b><br>The event of Abijah's illness is significant as it prompts Jeroboam to seek prophetic insight, revealing his continued reliance on God’s prophets despite his idolatrous practices.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Jeroboam's failure to follow God's commands leads to personal and national consequences. This serves as a reminder of the importance of obedience to God's word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Despite Jeroboam's idolatry, he still seeks a prophet's insight, highlighting the enduring role of God's messengers in guiding and warning His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/parental_responsibility.htm">Parental Responsibility</a></b><br>Jeroboam's actions have direct implications for his son, Abijah. This underscores the impact of parental choices on their children’s spiritual and physical well-being.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Even in the midst of disobedience, God remains in control, using circumstances to fulfill His purposes and bring about His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/seeking_god_in_crisis.htm">Seeking God in Crisis</a></b><br>The illness of Abijah prompts a search for divine insight, illustrating the human tendency to turn to God in times of trouble, and the importance of maintaining a consistent relationship with Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_high_places_remain_in_1_kings_15_14.htm">In 1 Kings 15:14, why are the high places said to remain, yet 2 Chronicles 14:3 claims Asa removed them?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_little_evidence_of_jeroboam-rehoboam_war.htm">Why is there little external evidence supporting any major conflict between Jeroboam and Rehoboam as described in 1 Kings 14:30?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_666_talents_year_for_solomon_plausible.htm">In 1 Kings 10:14, how plausible is Solomon receiving 666 talents of gold in one year, and does any archeological data support such immense wealth?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_ahijah_recognize_jeroboam's_wife.htm">How could Ahijah, who was nearly blind (1 Kings 14:4-5), immediately recognize Jeroboam's wife in disguise?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) <span class= "bld">Abijah </span>("whose father is Jehovah").--The coincidence of names in the sons of Jeroboam and Rehoboam is curious. Possibly it may be more than coincidence, if (as seems likely) the births of both took place about the same time, when Jeroboam was in favour with Solomon.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">At that time</span> [or <span class="accented">about</span> (<span class="hebrew">כְּ</span>) <span class="accented">that time</span>. The king is now settled at Tirzah (ver. 17). In <a href="/1_kings/12-25.htm">1 Kings 12:25</a> we left him residing at Shechem. The time referred to is that somewhat indefinite period mentioned in <a href="/1_kings/13-33.htm">1 Kings 13:33, 34</a>. These opening words clearly connect the sickness with Jeroboam's impenitence. What led the king to move his Court to Tirzah, Shechem being, as we have already seen, not only the capital of Ephraim, but "the natural capital of Palestine," "its central situation, its accessibility, and its wonderfully fine water supply" giving it "advantages not enjoyed by any other city in the land" (Conder), we are not told; but it is interesting and instructive to find that it has one conspicuous disadvantage as a capital, viz., that it is "commanded by a hill on either side so close to the town, that the old geographer, Marino Sanuto, in the fourteenth century, considers the place to be untenable by any military force, because stones might be rolled clown upon the houses, from either Ebal or Gerizim" (Conder, p. 16. Cf. <a href="/judges/9-36.htm">Judges 9:36</a>). It is very probable that this consideration suggested the transfer, of which Ewald despaired of discovering the cause ("Hist. Israel," 4:23)] <span class="cmt_word">Abijah</span> [Rawlinson sees in the name, which means "Jehovah is his father," an indication that Jeroboam "did not intend to desert the worship of Jehovah." But the name was probably bestowed long before the schism possibly in Egypt. It is more likely that it connects itself, if with anything, with the message of Jehovah to him (<a href="/1_kings/11-28.htm">1 Kings 11:28</a>). But the name was not uncommon - it was borne by a son of Rehoboam (ver. 31; compare <span class="accented">Ahijah</span>, below), and inferences from names must necessarily be precarious] <span class="cmt_word">the son of Jeroboam fell sick</span>. [The historian undoubtedly means us to see the finger of God in this sickness. This was one of the penalties of disobedience (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Deuteronomy 28:22, 58-61</a>; <a href="/exodus/23-25.htm">Exodus 23:25</a>]. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_kings/14-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">At that</span><br /><span class="heb">הַהִ֔יא</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">time</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּעֵ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(bā·‘êṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6256.htm">Strong's 6256: </a> </span><span class="str2">Time, now, when</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Abijah</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבִיָּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇî·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_29.htm">Strong's 29: </a> </span><span class="str2">Abijah -- 'Yah is my father', an Israelite name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">son</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶן־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇen-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Jeroboam</span><br /><span class="heb">יָרָבְעָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(yā·rā·ḇə·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3379.htm">Strong's 3379: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jeroboam -- 'the people increase', the name of two Israelites kings</span><br /><br /><span class="word">became ill,</span><br /><span class="heb">חָלָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2470.htm">Strong's 2470: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be weak or sick</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/14-1.htm">1 Kings 14:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/14-1.htm">1 Kings 14:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/14-1.htm">1 Kings 14:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/14-1.htm">1 Kings 14:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_kings/14-1.htm">1 Kings 14:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/14-1.htm">1 Kings 14:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/14-1.htm">1 Kings 14:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/14-1.htm">1 Kings 14:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/14-1.htm">1 Kings 14:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_kings/14-1.htm">1 Kings 14:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_kings/14-1.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 14:1 At that time Abijah the son (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/13-34.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 13:34"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 13:34" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/14-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 14:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 14:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>