1 Kings 14:5

And the Lord said unto Ahijah [the attempted deceit was frustrated by a direct revelation, the same which disclosed the fate of the child. "God laughs in heaven at the frivolous fetches of crafty politicians" (Hall)]. Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son [or concerning אֶל , properly "to," ad, has the meaning of de , after verbs of speaking. Cf. Genesis 20:2 ; 1 Samuel 4:19 , etc.; Jeremiah 40:16 . Gesenius remarks on the similar use of εἰς in the New Testament: Acts 2:25 ; Ephesians 5:32 ]; for he is sick: thus and thus [cf. 18:4 ; 2 Samuel 11:25 . זֹה is a form of זאֹת ] shalt thou say unto her, for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman [Heb. make herself strange ].