And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
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Interpretation
Whether we keep an account of God's mercies to us or not, he does; and he will set them in order before us, if we are ungrateful, to our greater confusion. Ahijah foretells the speedy death of the child then sick, in mercy to him.
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This thought runs through 1 Kings 14:17-20.
Glossary
- Tirzah Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell el Farah.