1. At that time King Jeroboam's son Abijah fell ill.
2. Jeroboam said to his wife, “Disguise yourself so that no one will recognize you, and go to Shiloh, where the prophet Ahijah lives, the one who said I would be king of Israel.
3. Take him ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey. Ask him what is going to happen to our son, and he will tell you.”
4. So she went to Ahijah's home in Shiloh. Old age had made Ahijah blind.