Discovery Box1 Kings 14:1-4 
Context14:1 1 At that time Jeroboam’s son Abijah became sick. 14:2 Jeroboam told his wife, “Disguise 2 yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam’s wife. Then go to Shiloh; Ahijah the prophet, who told me I would rule over this nation, lives there. 3 14:3 Take 4 ten loaves of bread, some small cakes, and a container of honey and visit him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.”
14:4 Jeroboam’s wife did as she was told. She went to Shiloh and visited Ahijah. 5 Now Ahijah could not see; he had lost his eyesight in his old age. 6
1 tc Some
2 tn Heb “Get up, change yourself.”
3 tn Heb “look, Ahijah the prophet is there, he told me [I would be] king over this nation.”
4 tn Heb “take in your hand.”
5 tn Heb “and the wife of Jeroboam did so; she arose and went to Shiloh and entered the house of Ahijah.”
6 tn Heb “his eyes were set because of his old age.”
