VISIT OF JEROBOAM'S WIFE TO AHIJAH. Here we have an ancient story with
Deuteronomic additions. According to the LXX (1 Kings 12:24 _g-m),_
Jeroboam sent his wife (Ano) to the prophet _before_ he became king.
Ahijah foretells the child's death, and the ruin of Jeroboam's house,
but gives no reason fo... [ Continue Reading ]
REIGN OF REHOBOAM. The formula in 1 Kings 14:21 is regularly employed
in Kings. The LXX make his age sixteen, and gives him twelve years.
The name of the king's mother is given, since she, and not the wife,
was the chief lady of the court. The title she bore was not _queen,_
but _lady (gebhirah,_ 1... [ Continue Reading ]