From the account of two anonymous prophets we are taken back to a story about a more familiar figure, Ahijah of Shiloh, once more interacting with Jeroboam, although this time by proxy (14:1–16). Jeroboam’s scheme to disguise his wife fits into the motif of “royal disguise” that has been seen before (Saul in 1 Samuel 28) and will occur later (Ahab in 1 Kings 22), as kings clothe themselves in other raiment in an attempt to thwart a prophetic wo…