Now the Lord had said to Ahijah, “Here is the wife of Jeroboam, coming to ask you something about her son, for he is sick. Thus and thus you shall say to her; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will pretend to be another woman.”

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Feign herself to be another woman - This literally means, “she shall make herself strange,” that is, “she shall come in disguised.” See [Ref…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And the Lord said to Abijah
Either in a dream, or by an impulse upon his mind, before Jeroboam's wife came in:

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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…