And take [a]with [b]thee, ten loaves and [c]cracknels, and a bottle of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the young man.

And Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah: but Ahijah could not see, for his [d]sight was decayed for his age.

Then the Lord said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son, for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for when she cometh in, she shall feign herself to be [e]another.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 14:3 Hebrew, in thine hand.
  2. 1 Kings 14:3 According to the custom when they went to ask counsel of Prophets, 1 Sam. 9:7.
  3. 1 Kings 14:3 Or, wafers.
  4. 1 Kings 14:4 Hebrew, eyes stood.
  5. 1 Kings 14:5 Then the wife of Jeroboam.

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