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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.

KJV

Dixit autem Dominus ad Ahiam : Ecce uxor Jeroboam ingreditur ut consulat te super filio suo qui ægrotat : hæc et hæc loqueris ei. Cum ergo illa intraret, et dissimularet se esse quæ erat,

Vulgate

And Jehovah said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to inquire of thee concerning her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her; for it will be, when she cometh in, that she will feign herself to be another woman.

ASV

וַ/יהוָ֞ה אָמַ֣ר אֶל אֲחִיָּ֗הוּ הִנֵּ֣ה אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרָבְעָ֡ם בָּאָ֣ה לִ/דְרֹשׁ֩ דָּבָ֨ר מֵ/עִמְּ/ךָ֤ אֶל בְּנָ/הּ֙ כִּֽי חֹלֶ֣ה ה֔וּא כָּ/זֹ֥ה וְ/כָ/זֶ֖ה תְּדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלֶ֑י/הָ וִ/יהִ֣י כְ/בֹאָ֔/הּ וְ/הִ֖יא מִתְנַכֵּרָֽה

Hebrew

And the Lord said to Ahias: Behold the wife of Jeroboam cometh in, to consult thee concerning her son, that is sick: thus and thus shalt thou speak to her. So when she was coming in, and made as if she were another woman,

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲחִיָּ֣ה
'chyh
proper_noun · 24×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
הוּ
hv
verb · 165×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
זֹ֣ה
zh
pronoun · 12×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
חָלָ֖ה
chlh
verb · 75×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָרָבְעָ֖ם
yrb'm
proper_noun · 104×
יַּכֵּ֤ר
ykr
verb · 50×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 14:2 — And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me t