“Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. As she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Kings 14 contains 31 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.