1 Kings 14:17

1 Kings 14:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
• New International Version (NIV)Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and left and went to Tirzah. As soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Jeroboam's wife arose and departed and came to Tirzah. And as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. When she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.

Context of 1 Kings 14:17

15“The Lord will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and He will uproot Israel from this good land which He gave to their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the [Euphrates] River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking the Lord to anger. 16He will give up Israel because of the sins of Jeroboam which he has committed, and with which he has made Israel sin [by leading them into idolatry].” So Jeroboam’s wife arose and left and came to Tirzah [the king’s residence]. As she was entering the threshold of the house, the child [Abijah] died. 18And all Israel buried him and mourned for him, in accordance with the word of the Lord which He spoke through His servant Ahijah the prophet. 19Now as for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he made war and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

1 Kings 14:17 word by word

וַתָּ֙קָם֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרָבְעָ֔ם וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ וַתָּבֹ֣א תִרְצָ֑תָה הִ֛יא בָּאָ֥ה בְסַף־הַבַּ֖יִת וְהַנַּ֥עַר מֵֽת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Jeroboam’sיָֽרָבְעָםyârob‛âm · JeroboamH3379
• wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• aroseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• and departedיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• and cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to Tirzahתִּרְצָהtirtsâh · TirzahH8656
• to the thresholdסַףsaph · thresholdH5592
• of the doorבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• the childנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
• diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for 1 Kings 14:17

• 1 Kings 6:4He also made framed (artistic) window openings for the house.
• 1 Kings 15:21When Baasha heard about it, he stopped fortifying Ramah and stayed in Tirzah.
• 1 Kings 16:6Baasha slept with his fathers [in death] and was buried in Tirzah. Elah his son became king in his place.
• Joshua 12:24the king of Tirzah, one: in all, thirty-one kings.
• 1 Kings 14:12Now as for you (Jeroboam’s wife), arise, go to your own house. When your feet enter the city, the child [Abijah] will die.
• 1 Samuel 2:20Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May the Lord give you children by this woman in place of the one she asked for which was dedicated to the Lord.” Then they would return to their own home.
• 1 Samuel 4:18When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat backwards by the side of the [city] gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 14:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Jeroboam had by this time removed from Shechem, and established a new capital in Tirzah, one of the old Canaanite towns Joshua 12:24 - a town of great reputation for beauty, counted in that respect on a par with Jerusalem 1 Kings 16:23-24. Toward the close of the kingdom it appears again as the city of Menahem, who murdered Shallum and succeeded him 2 Kings 15:14. The threshold of the door - literally,” the threshold of the house.” Compare the prophecy 1…Read the comment
• 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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-18Tirzah was located on the road from Shechem to Beth-shan. Known for its beauty (Song of Solomon 6:4), the city served as a royal retreat and became the capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kings 16:6, 8). The child died, as Ahijah had predicted.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. Tirzah--a place of pre-eminent beauty (So 6:4), three hours' travelling east of Samaria, chosen when Israel became a separate kingdom, by the first monarch, and used during three short reigns as a residence of the royal house. The fertile plains and wooded hills in that part of the territory of Ephraim gave an opening to the formation of parks and pleasure-grounds similar to those which were the "paradises" of Assyrian and Persian monarchs [Stanley]…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 14:17

• Abijah
• Jeroboam
• Prophecy
• Tirzah

In the dictionaries

• Tirzah
• Abijah
• Cruse
• Guard
• Jeroboam
• Tirza
• Ahijah
• Door
• House
• Israel, Kingdom of

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