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

10Because of this, I will bring great trouble to Jeroboam's family. I will kill every male among his descendants in Israel, whoever they are. I will completely destroy Jeroboam's family, like someone burns a heap of rubbish! 11If they die in the city, dogs will eat their bodies. If they die in the country, vultures will eat them. This is what the Lord has said will happen!” But you, Jeroboam's wife, should go back home now. As soon as you arrive back in the city, the boy will die. 13All Israel will cry because of his death and they will bury him. He is the only person from Jeroboam's family that they will bury properly. He is the only one among Jeroboam's descendants who has pleased the Lord, Israel's God. 14The Lord himself will choose another king to rule Israel. That king will destroy Jeroboam's family. This will happen very soon, even today!

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 ten loaves of bread with you. Also take some cakes and a pot of honey. When you visit Ahijah, he will tell you what will happen to our son.’
• 2 Kings 1:6They replied, ‘A man came to meet us. He told us to go back to the king who had sent us. He says to you, “This is what the Lord says: Why have you sent men to speak to Ekron's god, Baal-Zebub? You seem to think that there is no God in Israel. Because of that, you will not leave the bed that you are lying on. You will certainly die.” ’
• John 4:50Jesus replied, ‘Go home. Your son will live.’ The man believed what Jesus had said. He started to go 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