Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
Parallel translations
- WEB Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. As she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
- KJV And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
- NKJV Then Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. When she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
- NASB Then Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. As she was entering the threshold of the house, the child died.
- NLT So Jeroboam’s wife returned to Tirzah, and the child died just as she walked through the door of her home.
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Quick answer
Jeroboam's wife returns to Tirzah, and the child dies as she crosses the threshold, just as prophesied. God's word is fulfilled exactly and immediately.
Overview
The precise fulfillment confirms Ahijah as a true prophet of Yahweh. The boy's death at the very moment foretold underscores the certainty of God's word against Jeroboam's house. It is a sober reminder that prophetic judgment is not idle threat.
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- 1 Kgs 15:33In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.
- 1 Kgs 16:15In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,
- 1 Kgs 15:21When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.
- 1 Kgs 16:23In the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.
- Song 6:4You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.
- 1 Kgs 16:6–9And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.
- 1 Sam 2:20–34And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home.
- 1 Sam 4:18–20As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.
- 1 Kgs 14:12–13As for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die.
- Josh 12:24and the king of Tirzah, one. So there were thirty-one kings in all.
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