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 will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone. 11Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for Yhwh hath spoken it. Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. 13And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward Yhwh God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. 14Moreover Yhwh shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.

1 Kings 14:12 word by word

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

• 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 14:3And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.
• 2 Kings 1:6And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith Yhwh, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
• John 4:50Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.

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