At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
At that time Abijah, the son of Jeroboam, became ill.
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
Abijah - fell sick - This was but a prelude to the miseries which fell on the house of Jeroboam; but it was another merciful warning, intended to turn him from his idolatry and wickedness.
At that time - The phrase here connects the narrative which follows with Jeroboam's persistence in his evil courses. The event related is the first judgment upon him for his obduracy, the beginning of the cutting off of his house from the face of the earth.
Abijah - We see by this name that Jeroboam did not intend to desert the worship of Yahweh, since its signification is "Yahweh is my father," or "Yahweh is my desire" Job 34:36.
14:1 At that time - Presently after the things described in the former chapter; which, though related in the beginning of his reign, yet might bedone a good while after it, and so Ahijah the prophet might be very old,as he is described to be ver. 4 . It is probable he was his eldest son.