1 Kings 14:17

Modern

Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.

Traditional

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

Literal

And the wife of Jeroboam arose and departed and came to Tirzah; she was entering to the threshold of the house, and the child died.

Latin

Surrexit itaque uxor Jeroboam, et abiit, et venit in Thersa: cumque illa ingrederetur limen domus, puer mortuus est,

Hebrew

English

Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.

Tirzah was located on the road from Shechem to Beth-shan. Known for its beauty (Song of Solomon 6:4), the city served as a royal retreat and became the capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kings 16:6, 8).
The child died, as Ahijah had predicted.

Theme notes and profiles

1 Kings 15:33
In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.
1 Kings 15:21
When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.
1 Kings 16:23
In the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.
1 Kings 16:15
In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,
Song of Solomon 6:4
You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.
1 Samuel 2:20–34
And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home.
1 Samuel 4:18–20
As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.
Joshua 12:24
…and the king of Tirzah, one. So there were thirty-one kings in all.
1 Kings 14:12–13
As for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die.
1 Kings 16:6–9
And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.

Jeroboam: First king of the northern kingdom of Israel

Tirzah: Canaanite city that became the capital of Israel