And Jeroboam said unto his wife, Up, I pray thee, [a]and disguise thyself that they know not that thou art the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh: for there is Ahijah the Prophet, which told me (A)that I should be king over this people,

And take [b]with [c]thee, ten loaves and [d]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 [e]sight was decayed for his age.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 14:2 His own conscience bare him witness, that the Prophet of God would not satisfy his affections, which was a wicked man.
  2. 1 Kings 14:3 Hebrew, in thine hand.
  3. 1 Kings 14:3 According to the custom when they went to ask counsel of Prophets, 1 Sam. 9:7.
  4. 1 Kings 14:3 Or, wafers.
  5. 1 Kings 14:4 Hebrew, eyes stood.

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