Question: Whose son died as soon as his wife stepped over her threshold?
Answer:: Jeroboam (1 Kings 14:17)
Comments: Israel’s king Jeroboam’s son becomes ill so he deploys his wife, incognito, to the prophet Ahijah, to foretell the child’s future. Ahijah had previously correctly predicted Jeroboam’s assent to the throne. Here, Ahijah correctly predicts not only that the child will die, but that Jeroboam’s monarchy will dissolve as well. In Genesis, Pharaoh’s baker, who had seen a favorable prediction from Joseph, sought him to receive a similar proclamation. Like Jeroboam, he also received news of a pending death - his own (Genesis 40:16). Despite the success of the prosperity gospel in today’s society, speaking for God does not always entail pleasant news.
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