I Kings 14:1-20
"At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
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. And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.” (I Kings 14:1-3)
When Jeroboam organized his own religion to prevent his people going to Jerusalem to worship, the Levites and most of the prophets of God left the country. When his son got sick, Jeroboam didn’t trust any of the prophets who stayed behind, but knew Ahijah could be trusted. He was aware of his sin, and was afraid the prophecy would be worse if the prophet knew who was asking so he sent his wife in disguise, hoping to fool Ahijah.
“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.
And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.” (I Kings 14:4-5)
Ahijah had lost his eyesight so no disguise would have been needed, but God deliberately revealed the effort to conceal the truth. It is a waste of time trying to fool God.
“And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel, And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes; But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back: Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone. Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it.” (I Kings 14:6-11)
Jeroboam’s wife hadn’t even got to the door when Ahijah asked her why she was pretending to be somebody else. He then instructed her to tell Jeroboam that God had chosen him to be king, because of the sin of David’s descendants, but Jeroboam had done worse. He not only practiced idolatry, he replaced the Jewish religion with it. As a result his family is going to die in ignominy. No one would even bother to bury them, just leaving them for the scavengers to eat.
“Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.” (I Kings 14:12-13)
The child Jeroboam had sent her to enquire about would die the moment she entered the city, and would be the last of Jeroboam’s family to be mourned and buried because he had not yet done anything evil.
“Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger. And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.” (I Kings 14:14-16)
God will choose another man who would destroy Jeroboams family. It wouldn’t protect Israel, because they had gone along with Jeroboam’s sin, knowing God had forbidden it.. Israel itself would be dispersed among the heathen because they had done as Jeroboam directed, in worshiping other gods. Unfortunately, many false teachers have convinced people that God won’t hold them accountable if they do what their leaders have told them.
“And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died; And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.” (I Kings 14:17-18)
The prophecy about the child’s death came about exactly as Ahijah had prophesied. Clearly the prophecy was from God, and rest would happen.
“And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.” (I Kings 14:19-20)
Scripture tells us little more about Jeroboam. I and II Chronicles are the stories of the kings of Judah. The kings of Israel usually only appear as they come in conflicty with the kings of Judah. The record of the kings of Israel mentioned here is not part of scripture, but is purely a historical record.
"At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
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. And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.” (I Kings 14:1-3)
When Jeroboam organized his own religion to prevent his people going to Jerusalem to worship, the Levites and most of the prophets of God left the country. When his son got sick, Jeroboam didn’t trust any of the prophets who stayed behind, but knew Ahijah could be trusted. He was aware of his sin, and was afraid the prophecy would be worse if the prophet knew who was asking so he sent his wife in disguise, hoping to fool Ahijah.
“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.
And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.” (I Kings 14:4-5)
Ahijah had lost his eyesight so no disguise would have been needed, but God deliberately revealed the effort to conceal the truth. It is a waste of time trying to fool God.
“And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel, And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes; But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back: Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone. Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it.” (I Kings 14:6-11)
Jeroboam’s wife hadn’t even got to the door when Ahijah asked her why she was pretending to be somebody else. He then instructed her to tell Jeroboam that God had chosen him to be king, because of the sin of David’s descendants, but Jeroboam had done worse. He not only practiced idolatry, he replaced the Jewish religion with it. As a result his family is going to die in ignominy. No one would even bother to bury them, just leaving them for the scavengers to eat.
“Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.” (I Kings 14:12-13)
The child Jeroboam had sent her to enquire about would die the moment she entered the city, and would be the last of Jeroboam’s family to be mourned and buried because he had not yet done anything evil.
“Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger. And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.” (I Kings 14:14-16)
God will choose another man who would destroy Jeroboams family. It wouldn’t protect Israel, because they had gone along with Jeroboam’s sin, knowing God had forbidden it.. Israel itself would be dispersed among the heathen because they had done as Jeroboam directed, in worshiping other gods. Unfortunately, many false teachers have convinced people that God won’t hold them accountable if they do what their leaders have told them.
“And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died; And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.” (I Kings 14:17-18)
The prophecy about the child’s death came about exactly as Ahijah had prophesied. Clearly the prophecy was from God, and rest would happen.
“And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.” (I Kings 14:19-20)
Scripture tells us little more about Jeroboam. I and II Chronicles are the stories of the kings of Judah. The kings of Israel usually only appear as they come in conflicty with the kings of Judah. The record of the kings of Israel mentioned here is not part of scripture, but is purely a historical record.
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