17Then Jeroboam's wife got up and left and went to Tirzah. As soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.


In Context

14 "The Lord will raise up for himself a king over Israel who will cut off the family of Jeroboam. This is the day! What? Yes, even now.

15 And the Lord will strike Israel, so that it will be like a reed swaying in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that he gave to their forefathers and scatter them beyond the River, because they provoked the Lord to anger by making Asherah poles.

16 And he will give Israel up because of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit."

17 Then Jeroboam's wife got up and left and went to Tirzah. As soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.

18 They buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, as the Lord had said through his servant the prophet Ahijah.

19 The other events of Jeroboam's reign, his wars and how he ruled, are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.

1st Kings 14:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:17And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: [and] when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:17And 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;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:17And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:17And Jeroboam's wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah; when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:17And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:17And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshhold of the door, the child died;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:17Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah. As she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:17And 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:17And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;