1 Kings 14:1
At that time Abia the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 4:19And his daughter in law the wife of Phinees, was big with child, and near her time: and hearing the news that the ark of God was taken, and her father in law, and her husband, were dead, she bowed herself and fell in labour: for her pains came upon her on a sudden.
2 Samuel 12:15And Nathan returned to his house. The Lord also struck the child which the wife of Urias had borne to David, and his life was despaired of.
1 Kings 14:12Arise thou therefore, and go to thy house: and when thy feet shall be entering into the city, the child shall die,
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 14:1
The kingdom being divided into that of Judah and that of Israel, we must henceforward, in these books of Kings, expect and attend their separate history, the succession of their kings, and the affairs of their kingdoms, accounted for distinctly. In this chapter we have, I. The prophecy of the destruction of Jeroboam's house, ver. 7-16 . The sickness of his child was the occasion of it ( ver. 1-6 ), and the death of his child the earnest of it ( ver. 17, 18 ), together with the conclusion of his reign, ver. 19, 20… Read the whole commentary →