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 like cattails which shake in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land which he gave their ancestors. He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River because they dedicated poles to the goddess Asherah and made the Lord furious. 16So the Lord will desert Israel because of Jeroboam’s sins, the sins which he led Israel to commit.” Jeroboam’s wife got up, left, and went to Tirzah. When she walked across the threshold of her home, the boy died. 18All Israel buried him and mourned for him as the Lord had said through his servant, the prophet Ahijah. 19Everything else concerning Jeroboam, his wars, and his reign is written in the official records 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 latticed windows for the temple.
• 1 Kings 15:21When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying Ramah and lived in Tirzah.
• 1 Kings 16:6Baasha lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah succeeded him as king.
• Joshua 12:24the king of Tirzah. The total was 31 kings.
• 1 Kings 14:12“Get up, and go home. The moment you set foot in the city the child will die.
• 1 Samuel 2:20Eli would bless Elkanah (and his wife) and say, “May the Lord give you children from this woman in place of the one which she has given to the Lord.” Then they would go home.
• 1 Samuel 4:18When the messenger mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell from his chair backwards toward the gate. He broke his neck, and he died. (The man was old and heavy.) He had judged Israel for 40 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
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• Ahijah
• Door
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• 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