1 Kings 14:1-5 - At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill, and Jeroboam said to his wife, "Go, disguise yourself, so you won't be recognized as the wife of Jeroboam. Then go to Shiloh. Ahijah the prophet is there—the one who told me I would be king over this people. Take ten loaves of bread with you, some cakes and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy." So Jeroboam's wife did what he said and went to Ahijah's house in Shiloh.
Now Ahijah could not see; his sight was gone because of his age. But the LORD had told Ahijah, "Jeroboam's wife is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill, and you are to give her such and such an answer. When she arrives, she will pretend to be someone else."
I wonder why Jeroboam thought his wife should go to a blind man in a disguise. Perhaps it was not so much to hide from Ahijah as from others along the way. I wonder why he didn't go himself. Why didn't he want to be seen going to a prophet of God? Was it because of all the wrong he knew he'd done?
I wonder why Jeroboam wanted to know how Abijah's illness would turn out. Was there a need for an immediate answer? Was his son obviously deathly ill?
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