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Bishop's Bible

1 Kings 14:17

And Ieroboams wyfe arose, and departed, and came to Thirzah: & when she came to the thressholde of the doore, the childe was dead.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abijah;   Jeroboam;   Prophecy;   Tirzah;   Thompson Chain Reference - Fulfilment of Prophecy;   Prophecy;   Tirzah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abijah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ahijah;   Jeroboam;   Palestine;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jeroboam;   Tirza;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Israel;   Jeroboam;   Tirzah (2);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abijah;   Ahijah;   Tirzah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abijah;   House;   Israel;   Tirzah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abijah ;   Ahijah ;   Tirzah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Israel kingdom of;   Tirzah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Israel, Kingdom of;   Tir'zah,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jeroboam;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Door;   House;   Israel, Kingdom of;   Jeroboam;   Samaria, City of;   Tirzah;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Abijah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ahijah (the Prophet);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and left and went to Tirzah. As she was crossing the threshold of the house, the boy died.
Hebrew Names Version
Yarov`am's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirtzah: [and] as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
King James Version
And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
English Standard Version
Then Jeroboam's wife arose and departed and came to Tirzah. And as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
New Century Version
Then Jeroboam's wife left and returned to Tirzah. As soon as she entered her home, the boy died.
New English Translation
So Jeroboam's wife got up and went back to Tirzah. As she crossed the threshold of the house, the boy died.
Amplified Bible
So Jeroboam's wife arose and left and came to Tirzah [the king's residence]. As she was entering the threshold of the house, the child [Abijah] died.
New American Standard Bible
Then Jeroboam's wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. As she was entering the threshold of the house, the child died.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Ieroboams wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah, and when shee came to the threshold of the house, the yong man dyed,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Jeroboam's wife arose and went away and came to Tirzah. As she was entering the threshold of the house, the child died.
Contemporary English Version
Jeroboam's wife left and went back home to the town of Tirzah. As soon as she set foot in her house, her son died.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yarov‘am's wife got up, left and went to Tirtzah. The moment she reached the threshold of the house, the boy died.
Darby Translation
And Jeroboam's wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah; when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died.
Easy-to-Read Version
Jeroboam's wife went back to Tirzah. As soon as she stepped into the house, the boy died.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Jeroboams wife arose and departed and came to Tirzah; and when she came to the threshold of her house, the child died;
Good News Translation
Jeroboam's wife went back to Tirzah. Just as she entered her home, the child died.
Lexham English Bible
Then the wife of Jeroboam got up, went, and came to Tirzah. As she was coming to the threshold of the house, the boy died.
Literal Translation
And Jeroboam's wife rose up and left, and came to Tirzah. She came in to the threshold of the house, and the boy died.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Ieroboams wife gat her vp, wente hir waye, & came vnto Thirza. And whan she came vpo the thresholde of the house, ye childe dyed,
American Standard Version
And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
Bible in Basic English
Then Jeroboam's wife got up and went away and came to Tirzah; and when she came to the doorway of the house, death came to the child.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah; and as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
King James Version (1611)
And Ieroboams wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when shee came to the threshold of the doore, the child died.
English Revised Version
And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: [and] as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Jeroboam's wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the wijf of Jeroboam roos, and yede, and cam in to Thersa; whanne sche entride in to the threschfold of the hows, the child was deed.
Young's Literal Translation
And the wife of Jeroboam riseth, and goeth, and cometh to Tirzah; she hath come in to the threshold of the house, and the youth dieth;
Update Bible Version
And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: [and] as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: [and] when she came to the threshhold of the door, the child died;
World English Bible
Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: [and] as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
New King James Version
Then Jeroboam's wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. When she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
New Living Translation
So Jeroboam's wife returned to Tirzah, and the child died just as she walked through the door of her home.
New Life Bible
Then Jeroboam's wife got up and left and came to Tirzah. As she came to the door of the house, the child died.
New Revised Standard
Then Jeroboam's wife got up and went away, and she came to Tirzah. As she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then arose the wife of Jeroboam, and went her way and entered Tirzah, - as, she, was coming into the entrance hall, the young man died.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the wife of Jeroboam arose, and departed, and came to Thersa: and when she was coming in to the threshold of the house, the child died,
Revised Standard Version
Then Jerobo'am's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah. And as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
THE MESSAGE
Jeroboam's wife left and went home to Tirzah. The moment she stepped through the door, the boy died. They buried him and everyone mourned his death, just as God had said through his servant the prophet Ahijah.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Jeroboam's wife arose and departed and came to Tirzah. As she was entering the threshold of the house, the child died.

Contextual Overview

7 Go, tell Ieroboam, thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel: [It repenteth me] forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince ouer my people Israel, 8 I did rent the kingdome away from the house of Dauid, & gaue it thee: Neuerthelesse, thou hast not ben as my seruaunt Dauid, which kept my commaundementes, and folowed me with all his heart, to do that onely which was right in myne eyes: 9 But hast done euil aboue al that were before thee: For thou hast gone & made thee other gods, and moulten images, to prouoke me, and hast cast me behinde thy backe: 10 Therefore beholde, I wyll bring euill vpon the house of Ieroboam, and wyll roote out from Ieroboam euen him that pysseth against the wall, and him that is in pryson and forsaken in Israel, and wyll take away the remnaunt of the house of Ieroboam, as a man taketh away doung tyll he hath caryed all. 11 Whosoeuer of Ieroboams house die in the towne, him shall the dogges eate: and he that dyeth in the fielde, shall the foules of the ayre eate: for the Lorde hath saide it. 12 Up therfore & get thee to thyne owne house: [Beholde,] when thy foote entreth into the citie, the childe shall dye, 13 And all they of Israel shall mourne for him, and burie him: For he onely of Ieroboam shal come to the sepulchre, because in him there is found goodnesse toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Ieroboam. 14 Moreouer, the Lord shal stirre him vp a king ouer Israel which shall destroy the house of Ieroboam in that day: But what is it now? 15 For the Lorde shall smyte Israel as when a reede is shaken in the water, & he shall weede Israel out of this good lande which he gaue to their fathers, & shall scatter them beyond the ryuer, because they haue made them groues, and angred the Lorde. 16 And he shall geue Israel vp because of the sinnes of Ieroboam, which did sinne, and made Israel to sinne.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Tirzah: Tirzah was a city of Ephraim, to which tribe Jeroboam belonged; and appears to have been pleasantly situated, as it is said in Song of Solomon 6:4, "Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah," though its precise situation cannot now be ascertained. It seems to have been the royal city, and the seat of government for a long time after the revolt of the ten tribes, till Omri built Samaria. 1 Kings 15:21, 1 Kings 15:33, 1 Kings 16:6, 1 Kings 16:8, 1 Kings 16:9, 1 Kings 16:15, 1 Kings 16:23, Joshua 12:24, Song of Solomon 6:4

when she came: 1 Kings 14:12, 1 Kings 14:13, 1 Samuel 2:20-34, 1 Samuel 4:18-20

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 15:14 - Tirzah

Cross-References

Judges 11:34
When Iephthah came to Misphah vnto his house, see, his daughter came out agaynst him with timbrelles and daunces, which was his onely chylde: so that beside her, he had neither sonne nor daughter.
1 Samuel 18:6
And as they came againe when Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dausing, to meete king Saul, with timbrels, with ioy, and with [instrumentes of] musicke.
2 Samuel 18:18
And this Absalom yet in his lyfe time toke and reared vp a piller, whiche is in the kinges dale: For he sayd, I haue no sonne to kepe my name in remembraunce, and he called the piller after his owne name, and it is called vnto this day Absaloms place.
Proverbs 14:20
The poore is hated euen of his owne neyghbours: but the riche hath many frendes.
Proverbs 19:4
Riches maketh many frendes: but the poore is separated from his neighbour.
Hebrews 7:1
For this Melchisedech kyng of Salem, priest of the most hye God, who met Abraham returnyng from the slaughter of the kynges, and blessed hym:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, e.] Upon this speech of the prophet's to her:

and came to Tirzah where Jeroboam now had his court, and where their son now was; it was a royal city in the time of the Canaanites, and is commonly placed in the tribe of Manasseh, and was a very pleasant one, as its name signifies, to which there is an allusion, Song of Solomon 6:4,

Song of Solomon 6:4- :,

and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died: just as she was about to step over the threshold of the royal palace, which seems to have been at the entering of the city of Tirzah, 1 Kings 14:12.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeroboam had by this time removed from Shechem, and established a new capital in Tirzah, one of the old Canaanite towns Joshua 12:24 - a town of great reputation for beauty, counted in that respect on a par with Jerusalem Song of Solomon 6:4. Tirzah is perhaps to be identified with “Telluzah,” a place in the mountains about 9 miles distant from Shechem (Nablous) (or with Teiasir - Conder). It may have been the palatial residence of the kings rather than the actual capital of the country. It remained the capital until Omri built Samaria 1 Kings 16:23-24. Toward the close of the kingdom it appears again as the city of Menahem, who murdered Shallum and succeeded him 2 Kings 15:14.

The threshold of the door - literally,” the threshold of the house.” Compare the prophecy 1 Kings 14:12. The child actually died as she crossed the threshold of the palace. Probably the palace, like that of Sargon at Khorsabad, lay at the outer edge of the town.


 
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