1 Kings 14:1
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near 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 brought forth; for her pains came suddenly upon her.
2 Samuel 12:15And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bore unto David, and it was very sick.
1 Kings 14:12Arise thou therefore, get thee to thy house; and when thy feet enter 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 →