John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 14:6
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 was: that he said, come in, thou wife of Jeroboam, why feignest thou thyself to be another ? which must greatly surprise and confound her, as well as lay open to her the folly of her and her husband to imagine that she could be secreted from God, and a prophet of his; or that a prophet could tell her what was future, and yet not know her that was present; and this might... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 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 told how God proceeded in his controversy with him; for when God judges he will overcome, and sinners shall either bend or break before him. I. His child fell sick, 1 Kgs. 14:1. It is probable that he was his eldest son, and heir-apparent to the crown; for at his death all the kingdom went into mourning for him, 1 Kgs. 13:1-34 His dignity as a prince, his age as a young prince,... read more