1 Kings 14 · Verse 2

1 Kings 14:2

And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people.
1 Kings 14:2, King James Version

1 Kings 14:2 in other translations

BSBand Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now get up, disguise yourself so they will not recognize you as my wife, and go to Shiloh. For Ahijah the prophet is there; it was he who spoke about my kingship over this people.
WEBJeroboam said to his wife, “Please get up and disguise yourself, so that you won’t be recognized as Jeroboam’s wife. Go to Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who said that I would be king over this people.
ASVAnd Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, who spake concerning me that I should be king over this people.
YLTand Jeroboam saith to his wife, ‘Rise, I pray thee, and change thyself, and they know not that thou art wife of Jeroboam, and thou hast gone to Shiloh; lo, there is Ahijah the prophet; he spake unto me of being king over this people;
DARBYAnd Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and go to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, who told me that I should be king over this people.
BBEAnd Jeroboam said to his wife, Now come, put on different clothing so that you may not seem to be the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh; see, Ahijah is there, the prophet who said I would be king over this people.
WebsterAnd Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou mayest not be known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and go to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, who told me that I should be king over this people.

What does 1 Kings 14:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself--His natural and intense anxiety as a parent is here seen, blended with the deep and artful policy of an apostate king. The reason of this extreme caution was an unwillingness to acknowledge that he looked for information as to the future, not to his idols, but to the true God; and a fear that this step, if publicly known, might endanger the stability of his whole political system; and a strong impression that Ahijah, who was greatly offended with him, would, if consulted openly by his queen, either insult or refuse to receive her. For these reasons he selected his wife, as, in every view, the most proper for such a secret and confidential errand, but recommended her to assume the garb and manner of a peasant woman. Strange infatuation, to suppose that the God who could reveal futurity could not penetrate a flimsy disguise!

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 14:1-6

"At that time," when Jeroboam did evil, his child sickened. When sickness comes into our families, we should inquire whether there may not be some particular sin harboured in our houses, which the affliction is sent to convince us of, and reclaim us from. It had been more pious if he had desired to know wherefore God contended with him; had begged the prophet's prayers, and cast away his idols from him; but most…

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1 Kings 14:2 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.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
יָרָבְעָ֜םya.ra.ve.'AmJeroboamH3379
לְאִשְׁתּ֗וֹle.'ish.Toto wife hisH802
ק֤וּמִיKu.miariseH6965
נָא֙na'pleaseH4994
וְהִשְׁתַּנִּ֔יתve.hish.ta.Nitand you will disguise yourselfH8138
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
יֵֽדְע֔וּye.de.'Upeople will knowH3045
כִּי\־ki-thatH3588
אַ֖תְּ'a.tiyouH859
אֵ֣שֶׁת'E.shet[are] [the] wife ofH802
יָרָבְעָ֑םya.ra.ve.'AmJeroboamH3379
וְהָלַ֣כְתְּve.ha.Lakhtand you will goH1980
שִׁלֹ֗הshi.LohShilohH7887
הִנֵּה\־hi.neh-there!H2009
שָׁם֙sham[is] thereH8033
אֲחִיָּ֣ה'a.chi.YahAhijahH281
הַנָּבִ֔יאha.na.Vi'the prophetH5030
הֽוּא\־hu'-heH1931
דִבֶּ֥רdi.Berhe spokeH1696
עָלַ֛י'a.Laion meH5921
לְמֶ֖לֶךְle.Me.lekhto kingH4428
עַל\־'al-overH5921
הָעָ֥םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
הַזֶּֽה\׃ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088

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

Cross references for 1 Kings 14:2

  • 2 Samuel 14:2

    And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

  • 1 Kings 11:29-38

    And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field: And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee: (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:) …

  • 1 Samuel 28:8

    And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.

  • 2 Chronicles 18:29

    And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.

  • Joshua 18:1

    And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.

  • Luke 12:2

    For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.

  • 1 Kings 22:30

    And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.

  • 1 Kings 14:5-6

    And 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 it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman. And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
disguise thyself.
5,6; 22:30; 1Sa 28:8; 2Sa 14:2; 2Ch 18:29; Lu 12:2
Ahijah.
11:29-38

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Context

  • 1 Kings 14:1

    At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.

  • 1 Kings 14:2

    And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people.

  • 1 Kings 14:3

    And 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.

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1 Kings 14:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y dijo Jeroboam á su mujer: Levántate ahora, disfrázate, porque no te conozcan que eres la mujer de Jeroboam, y ve á Silo; que allá está Ahías profeta, el que me dijo que yo había de ser rey sobre este pueblo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Jéroboam dit à sa femme: Lève-toi, je te prie, et déguise-toi, et qu’on ne sache pas que tu es la femme de Jéroboam, et va-t’en à Silo; voici, là est Akhija, le prophète, qui a dit de moi que je serais roi sur ce peuple.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Jerobeam sprach zu seinem Weibe: Mache dich doch auf und verstelle dich, damit man nicht wisse, daß du das Weib Jerobeams bist, und gehe hin nach Silo: Siehe, daselbst ist Achija, der Prophet; er ist es, der über mich geredet hat, daß ich König über dieses Volk sein würde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dixitque Jeroboam uxori suæ: Surge, et commuta habitum, ne cognoscaris quod sis uxor Jeroboam, et vade in Silo, ubi est Ahias propheta, qui locutus est mihi quod regnaturus essem super populum hunc.