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

10I will bring disaster on your dynasty and will destroy every one of your male descendants, slave and free alike, anywhere in Israel. I will burn up your royal dynasty as one burns up trash until it is all gone. 11The members of Jeroboam’s family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the field will be eaten by vultures. I, the Lord, have spoken.’” Then Ahijah said to Jeroboam’s wife, “Go on home, and when you enter the city, the child will die. 13All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only member of your family who will have a proper burial, for this child is the only good thing that the Lord, the God of Israel, sees in the entire family of Jeroboam. 14“In addition, the Lord will raise up a king over Israel who will destroy the family of Jeroboam. This will happen today, even now!

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 him a gift of ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and ask him what will happen to the boy.”
• 2 Kings 1:6They replied, “A man came up to us and told us to go back to the king and give him this message. ‘This is what the Lord says: Is there no God in Israel? Why are you sending men to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether you will recover? Therefore, because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.’”
• John 4:50Then Jesus told him, “Go back home. Your son will live!” And the man believed what Jesus said 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