1 Kings 14:5

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3 ^aAlso take with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him; he will tell you what will become of the child.”

4 And Jeroboam’s wife did so; she arose ^aand went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were¹ glazed by reason of his age.

5 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.”

6 And so it was, when Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why do you pretend to be another person? For I have been sent to you with bad news.

7 Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ^a“Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you ruler over My people Israel,

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Feign herself to be another woman - It would have been discreditable to Jeroboam' s calves, if it had been known that he had consulted a prophet of Jehovah.

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