1 Kings 14:17 - Printer Friendly

ESV: Then Jeroboam 's wife arose and departed and came to Tirzah. And as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.

NIV: Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and left and went to Tirzah. As soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy 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.

CSB: Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and left and went to Tirzah. As she was crossing the threshold of the house, the boy died.

NLT: So Jeroboam’s wife returned to Tirzah, and the child died just as she walked through the door of her home.

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.

This was originally the first half of a combined text. First Kings records the end of David's reign and the rule of Solomon. After this, the kingdom is split in two. The northern nation of Israel no longer submits to the king of the southern nation, called Judah. The prophet Elijah first appears in this book. The kings mostly fail to honor the Lord. They participate in idolatry and other sins. This will eventually result in their conquest and exile, as depicted throughout the books of Chronicles.

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