1 Kings 14:1
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 4:19His daughter-in-law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to giving birth. When she heard the news that God’s ark was taken and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and gave birth; for her pains came on her.
2 Samuel 12:15Then Nathan departed to his house. The LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and he was very sick.
1 Kings 14:12Arise therefore, and go to your house. When your feet enter into the city, the child will 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 →