1 Kings 14:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Jeroboam’s wife did as she was told. She went to Shiloh and visited Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see; he had lost his eyesight in his old age.

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  • 1 Kgs 11:29 : 29 At that time, when Jeroboam had left Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road; the two of them were alone in the open country. Ahijah was wearing a brand new robe,
  • 1 Sam 3:2 : 2 Eli’s eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,
  • 1 Sam 4:15 : 15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old and his eyes looked straight ahead; he was unable to see.
  • 1 Sam 4:3-4 : 3 When the army came back to the camp, the elders of Israel said,“Why did the LORD let us be defeated today by the Philistines? Let’s take with us the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh. When it is with us, it will save us from the hand of our enemies.” 4 So the army sent to Shiloh, and they took from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, who sits between the cherubim. Now the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
  • 1 Kgs 14:2 : 2 Jeroboam told his wife,“Disguise yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam’s wife. Then go to Shiloh; Ahijah the prophet, who told me I would rule over this nation, lives there.
  • Ps 90:10 : 10 The days of our lives add up to seventy years, or eighty, if one is especially strong. But even one’s best years are marred by trouble and oppression. Yes, they pass quickly and we fly away.
  • Eccl 12:3 : 3 when those who keep watch over the house begin to tremble, and the virile men begin to stoop over, and the grinders begin to cease because they grow few, and those who look through the windows grow dim,
  • Jer 7:12-14 : 12 So, go to the place in Shiloh where I allowed myself to be worshiped in the early days. See what I did to it because of the wicked things my people Israel did. 13 You also have done all these things, says the LORD, and I have spoken to you over and over again. But you have not listened! You have refused to respond when I called you to repent! 14 So I will destroy this temple which I have claimed as my own, this temple that you are trusting to protect you. I will destroy this place that I gave to you and your ancestors, just like I destroyed Shiloh.
  • Gen 27:1 : 1 Jacob Cheats Esau out of the Blessing When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him,“My son!”“Here I am!” Esau replied.
  • Gen 48:10 : 10 Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of his age; he was not able to see well. So Joseph brought his sons near to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
  • Deut 34:7 : 7 Moses was 120 years old when he died, but his eye was not dull nor had his vitality departed.
  • Josh 18:1 : 1 The Tribes Meet at Shiloh The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. Though they had subdued the land,

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  • 1 Kgs 14:1-3
    3 verses
    87%

    1At that time Jeroboam’s son Abijah became sick.

    2Jeroboam told his wife,“Disguise yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam’s wife. Then go to Shiloh; Ahijah the prophet, who told me I would rule over this nation, lives there.

    3Take ten loaves of bread, some small cakes, and a container of honey and visit him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.”

  • 1 Kgs 14:5-7
    3 verses
    85%

    5But the LORD had told Ahijah,“Look, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to find out from you what will happen to her son, for he is sick. Tell her such-and-such. When she comes, she will be in a disguise.”

    6When Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said,“Come on in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have been commissioned to give you bad news.

    7Go, tell Jeroboam,‘This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:“I raised you up from among the people and made you ruler over my people Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 14:16-20
    5 verses
    77%

    16He will hand Israel over to their enemies because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit.”

    17So Jeroboam’s wife got up and went back to Tirzah. As she crossed the threshold of the house, the boy died.

    18All Israel buried him and mourned for him, in keeping with the LORD’s message that he had spoken through his servant, the prophet Ahijah.

    19Jeroboam’s Reign Ends The rest of the events of Jeroboam’s reign, including the details of his battles and rule, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

    20Jeroboam ruled for twenty-two years; then he passed away. His son Nadab replaced him as king.

  • 1 Kgs 11:28-30
    3 verses
    75%

    28Jeroboam was a talented man; when Solomon saw that the young man was an accomplished worker, he made him the leader of the work crew from the tribe of Joseph.

    29At that time, when Jeroboam had left Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road; the two of them were alone in the open country. Ahijah was wearing a brand new robe,

    30and he grabbed the robe and tore it into twelve pieces.

  • 1 Kgs 14:12-14
    3 verses
    72%

    12“As for you, get up and go home. When you set foot in the city, the boy will die.

    13All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the LORD God of Israel found anything good.

    14The LORD will raise up a king over Israel who will cut off Jeroboam’s dynasty. It is ready to happen!

  • 1 Kgs 12:15
    71%

    15The king refused to listen to the people, because the LORD was instigating this turn of events so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

  • 2 Kgs 4:25
    70%

    25So she went to visit the prophet at Mount Carmel. When he saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi,“Look, it’s the Shunammite woman.

  • 2 Chr 10:15
    70%

    15The king refused to listen to the people, because God was instigating this turn of events so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

  • 2 Chr 13:20
    69%

    20Jeroboam did not regain power during the reign of Abijah. The LORD struck him down and he died.

  • 1 Kgs 12:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.

    3They sent for him, and Jeroboam and the whole Israelite assembly came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

  • 2 Chr 13:4
    68%

    4Abijah ascended Mount Zemaraim, in the Ephraimite hill country, and said:“Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel!

  • 2 Kgs 4:14
    68%

    14So he asked Gehazi,“What can I do for her?” Gehazi replied,“She has no son, and her husband is old.”

  • 2 Chr 10:2
    68%

    2When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon. Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

  • 2 Kgs 4:21-23
    3 verses
    68%

    21She went up and laid him down on the prophet’s bed. She shut the door behind her and left.

    22She called to her husband,“Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, so I can go see the prophet quickly and then return.”

    23He said,“Why do you want to go see him today? It is not the new moon or the Sabbath.” She said,“Everything’s fine.”

  • 1 Kgs 16:31
    67%

    31As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal.

  • 1 Kgs 13:34
    67%

    34This sin caused Jeroboam’s dynasty to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.

  • 1 Sam 4:15
    67%

    15Now Eli was ninety-eight years old and his eyes looked straight ahead; he was unable to see.

  • 1 Kgs 13:4
    67%

    4When the king heard the prophet’s message that he had cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam took his hand from the altar and pointed it saying,“Seize him!” Then the hand that he had pointed at him stiffened up and he could not pull it back.

  • 1 Kgs 13:1
    67%

    1Just then a prophet arrived from Judah with the LORD’s message for Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.

  • 2 Chr 21:6
    67%

    6He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab’s dynasty had done, for he married Ahab’s daughter. He did evil in the sight of the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 14:29
    67%

    29Jeroboam passed away and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah replaced him as king.

  • 2 Kgs 14:23-24
    2 verses
    67%

    23Jeroboam II’s Reign over Israel In the fifteenth year of the reign of Judah’s King Amaziah, son of Joash, Jeroboam son of Joash became king over Israel. He reigned for forty-one years in Samaria.

    24He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin.

  • 1 Kgs 11:26
    67%

    26Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of Solomon’s servants, rebelled against the king. He was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah.

  • 2 Chr 22:1
    66%

    1Ahaziah’s Reign The residents of Jerusalem made his youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, for the raiding party that invaded the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 12:26
    66%

    26Jeroboam then thought to himself:“Now the Davidic dynasty could regain the kingdom.

  • 2 Chr 11:3-4
    2 verses
    66%

    3“Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin,

    4‘The LORD says this:“Do not attack and make war with your brothers. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.”’” They obeyed the LORD and called off the attack against Jeroboam.

  • 1 Kgs 13:32
    66%

    32because the message that he announced as the LORD’s message against the altar in Bethel and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north will certainly be fulfilled.”

  • 1 Kgs 17:17
    66%

    17After this the son of the woman who owned the house got sick. His illness was so severe he could no longer breathe.

  • 1 Kgs 11:40
    66%

    40Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam escaped to Egypt and found refuge with King Shishak of Egypt. He stayed in Egypt until Solomon died.

  • 2 Kgs 1:18
    66%

    18The rest of the events of Ahaziah’s reign, including his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 22:6
    66%

    6Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Ahaziah son of King Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he had been wounded.

  • 2 Kgs 4:31
    66%

    31Now Gehazi went on ahead of them. He placed the staff on the child’s face, but there was no sound or response. When he came back to Elisha he told him,“The child did not wake up.”

  • 2 Kgs 8:29
    66%

    29King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. King Ahaziah son of Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he was ill.