Abijah (Jeroboam's son)
Jeroboam I's son who died young
Abijah was the son of Jeroboam I. When the boy fell ill, Jeroboam sent his wife in disguise to the prophet Ahijah, who predicted that the child would die—the only one from Jeroboam's house to receive a honorable burial, because there was something good in him.
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The prophecy of his death
The prophet Ahijah predicted that Jeroboam's sick son Abijah would die as soon as his mother returned home, and so it happened.
1At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam fell ill.
בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא חָלָ֖ה אֲבִיָּ֥ה בֶן־יָרָבְעָֽם׃
12Now get up and go home. The moment you set foot in the city, the child will die.
וְאַ֥תְּ ק֖וּמִי לְכִ֣י לְבֵיתֵ֑ךְ בְּבֹאָ֥ה רַגְלַ֛יִךְ הָעִ֖ירָה וּמֵ֥ת הַיָּֽלֶד׃
13All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He alone of Jeroboam's house will be laid in a grave, because in him, of all the house of Jeroboam, something good toward the LORD, the God of Israel, was found.
וְסָֽפְדוּ־ל֤וֹ כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְקָבְר֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ כִּֽי־זֶ֣ה לְבַדּ֔וֹ יָבֹ֥א לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם אֶל־קָ֑בֶר יַ֣עַן נִמְצָא־ב֞וֹ דָּבָ֣ר ט֗וֹב אֶל־יְהוָ֛ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּבֵ֥ית יָרָבְעָֽם׃