And Jeroboam said to his wife, “Please arise, and disguise yourself, that they may not recognize you as the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh. Indeed, Ahijah the prophet is there, who told me that I would be king over this people.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Disguise yourself - Jeroboam fears that even Ahijah the Shilonite, who in a way made him king, will scarcely give his queen a favorable answ…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Shiloh, the regular dwelling place of Ahijah, is hardly mentioned in Scripture after the time of Eli, and the destruction that the…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And Jeroboam said to his wife
Who she was is not known:

arise, I pray you, and disguise yourself<…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

“At that time,” when Jeroboam did evil, his child sickened. When sickness comes into our families, we should inquire whether there may not…