1 Kings 14 · Verse 17

1 Kings 14:17

And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
1 Kings 14:17, King James Version

1 Kings 14:17 in other translations

BSBThen Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
WEBJeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. As she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
ASVAnd Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
YLTAnd the wife of Jeroboam riseth, and goeth, and cometh to Tirzah; she hath come in to the threshold of the house, and the youth dieth;
DARBYAnd Jeroboam's wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah; when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died.
BBEThen Jeroboam's wife got up and went away and came to Tirzah; and when she came to the doorway of the house, death came to the child.
WebsterAnd Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshhold of the door, the child died;

What does 1 Kings 14:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. Tirzah--a place of pre-eminent beauty (So 6:4), three hours' travelling east of Samaria, chosen when Israel became a separate kingdom, by the first monarch, and used during three short reigns as a residence of the royal house. The fertile plains and wooded hills in that part of the territory of Ephraim gave an opening to the formation of parks and pleasure-grounds similar to those which were the "paradises" of Assyrian and Persian monarchs [Stanley]. Its site is occupied by the large village of Taltise [Robinson]. As soon as the queen reached the gate of the palace, she received the intelligence that her son was dying, according to the prophet's prediction [1Ki 14:12].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 14:7-20

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…

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1 Kings 14:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַתָּ֙קָם֙va.Ta.komand she aroseH6965
אֵ֣שֶׁת'E.shet[the] wife ofH802
יָרָבְעָ֔םya.ra.ve.'AmJeroboamH3379
וַתֵּ֖לֶךְva.Te.lekhand she wentH1980
וַתָּבֹ֣אva.ta.Vo'and she cameH935
תִרְצָ֑תָהtir.Tza.tahTirzah towardsH8656
הִ֛יאhi'sheH1931
בָּאָ֥הba.'Ah[was] comingH935
בְסַף\־ve.saf-at [the] threshold ofH5592
הַבַּ֖יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004
וְהַנַּ֥עַרve.ha.Na.'arand the ladH5288
מֵֽת\׃Methe diedH4191

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 14:17

  • 1 Kings 15:33

    In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.

  • 1 Kings 16:15

    In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

  • 1 Kings 15:21

    And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

  • 1 Kings 16:23

    In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.

  • Song of Solomon 6:4

    Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

  • 1 Samuel 4:18-20

    And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years. And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her. And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.

  • 1 Kings 14:12-13

    Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. And 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 the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

  • 1 Samuel 2:20-34

    And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The Lord give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the Lord. And they went unto their own home. And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord. Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. …

  • 1 Kings 16:6-9

    So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead. And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the Lord against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him. In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.

  • Joshua 12:24

    The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Tirzah.Tirzah was a city of Ephraim, to which tribe Jeroboam belonged; and appears to have been pleasantly situated, as it is said in So 6:4, "Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah," though its precise situation cannot now be ascertained. It seems to have been the royal city, and the seat of government for a long time after the revolt of the ten tribes, till Omri built Samaria.
15:21,33; 16:6,8,9,15,23; Jos 12:24; So 6:4
when she came.
12,13; 1Sa 2:20-34; 4:18-20

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Context

  • 1 Kings 14:16

    And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.

  • 1 Kings 14:17

    And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;

  • 1 Kings 14:18

    And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.

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1 Kings 14:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces la mujer de Jeroboam se levantó, y se fué, y vino á Thirsa: y entrando ella por el umbral de la casa, el mozo murió.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et la femme de Jéroboam se leva et s’en alla, et vint à Thirtsa: comme elle arrivait sur le seuil de la maison, l’enfant mourut.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und das Weib Jerobeams machte sich auf und ging und kam nach Tirza; sie war eben an die Schwelle des Hauses gekommen, da starb der Knabe.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Surrexit itaque uxor Jeroboam, et abiit, et venit in Thersa: cumque illa ingrederetur limen domus, puer mortuus est,