1 Kings 14:12

1 Kings 14:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
• New International Version (NIV)“As for you, go back home. When you set foot in your city, the boy will die.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Arise therefore, go to your house. When your feet enter the city, the child shall die.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Arise therefore, go to your own house. When your feet enter the city, the child shall die.

Context of 1 Kings 14:12

10therefore behold, I am bringing evil on the house (royal line) of Jeroboam, and I will cut off (destroy) from Jeroboam every male, both bond and free, in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam as one sweeps away dung until it is all gone. 11The dogs will eat [the carcass of] anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat [the carcass of] anyone who dies in the field, for the Lord has spoken it.” ’ Now as for you (Jeroboam’s wife), arise, go to your own house. When your feet enter the city, the child [Abijah] will die. 13All Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he alone of Jeroboam’s family will come to [be placed in] the grave, because in him there was found something good and pleasing toward the Lord, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam. 14Moreover, the Lord will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house (royal line) of Jeroboam this day and from now on.

1 Kings 14:12 word by word

וְאַ֥תְּ ק֖וּמִי לְכִ֣י לְבֵיתֵ֑ךְ בְּבֹאָ֥ה רַגְלַ֛יִךְ הָעִ֖ירָה וּמֵ֥ת הַיָּֽלֶד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• thou therefore, getיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• thee to thine own houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• when thy feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• enterבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• the childיֶ֫לֶדyeled · youthH3206
• shall dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for 1 Kings 14:12

• 1 Kings 14:3Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a bottle of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.”
• 2 Kings 1:6They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you and tell him, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not leave the bed on which you lie, but you will certainly die.’ ” ’ ”
• John 4:50Jesus said to him, “Go; your son lives!” The man believed what Jesus said to him and started home.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 14:12

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-20Verses 7-20 Whether we keep an account of God's mercies to us or not, he does; and he will set them in order before us, if we are ungrateful, to our greater confusion. Ahijah foretells the speedy death of the child then sick, in mercy to him. He only in the house of Jeroboam had affection for the true worship of God, and disliked the worship of the calves. To show the power and sovereignty of his grace, God saves some out of the worst families, in whom…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. the child shall die--The death and general lamentation felt through the country at the loss of the prince were also predicted. The reason for the profound regret shown at his death arose, according to Jewish writers, from his being decidedly opposed to the erection of the golden calves, and using his influence with his father to allow his subjects the free privilege of going to worship in Jerusalem.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 14:12

• Abijah
• Government
• Jeroboam
• Judgments
• Prophecy

In the dictionaries

• Abijah
• Ahijah
• Cruse
• Guard
• Jeroboam
• Nadab
• Prophecy; Prophets

Commentaries on 1 Kings 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings