At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,
Parallel translations
- WEB At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.
- KJV At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
- NKJV At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.
- NASB At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.
- NLT At that time Jeroboam’s son Abijah became very sick.
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Quick answer
Jeroboam's son Abijah falls sick, setting the stage for a word of judgment on the king's house. Personal crisis exposes the king's true posture toward God.
Overview
The illness of Jeroboam's son becomes the occasion for Jeroboam to seek a prophetic word. It reveals that despite his official rival worship, Jeroboam still recognizes Yahweh's true prophet when in trouble. The episode opens the account of how God deals with Jeroboam's family in keeping with the warning just given.
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Cross-references · 6
- 1 Kgs 14:12–13As for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die.
- 2 Sam 12:15After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.
- Exod 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
- 1 Sam 4:19–20Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.
- 1 Sam 31:2The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
- 1 Kgs 13:33–34Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.
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