King James Version
1 Kings 14:17 in the King James Version says “And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child d...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
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.
And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“arose”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“to the threshold”
H5592a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine)
“of the door”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“the child”
H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
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