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 [a]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 [b]another.

Therefore when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in at the door, he said, Come in thou [c]wife of Jeroboam: why feignest thou thus thyself to be another? I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 14:4 Hebrew, eyes stood.
  2. 1 Kings 14:5 Then the wife of Jeroboam.
  3. 1 Kings 14:6 For God ofttimes discloseth unto his the craft and subtlety of the wicked.

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