(A)Take ten loaves with you, some pastries, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.”

And Jeroboam’s wife did so, and set out and went to (B)Shiloh, and came to the house of (C)Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see (D)because his eyes were [a]glossy from his old age. Now the Lord had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to [b]inquire of you about her son, because he is sick. You shall say such and such to her, for it will be when she arrives, that (E)she is going to make herself unrecognizable.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 14:4 Lit set
  2. 1 Kings 14:5 Lit seek a word from

Take ten loaves of bread(A) with you, some cakes and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.” So Jeroboam’s wife did what he said and went to Ahijah’s house in Shiloh.

Now Ahijah could not see; his sight was gone because of his age. But the Lord had told Ahijah, “Jeroboam’s wife is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill, and you are to give her such and such an answer. When she arrives, she will pretend to be someone else.”

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