1 Kings 14:5
“And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door,.... Of the room where the prophet…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Feign herself to be another woman - literally, “she shall make herself strange,” i. e., “she shall come in disguised.”…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Feign herself to be another woman - It would have been discreditable to Jeroboam's calves, if it had been known that he…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17141 Kings 14:1-6
How Jeroboam persisted in his contempt of God and religion we read in the close of the foregoing chapter. Here we are…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
to ask a thing of thee The precise expression is not found again. The R.V. gives the rendering -to inquire", which is…
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