_AT THAT TIME ABIJAH THE SON OF JEROBOAM FELL SICK._ At that time - a phrase used often loosely and indefinitely, in sacred history. This domestic incident in the family of Jeroboam probably occurred toward the end of his reign. His son Abijah was of age, and considered by the people the heir to th... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JEROBOAM SAID TO HIS WIFE, ARISE, I PRAY THEE, AND DISGUISE THYSELF, THAT THOU BE NOT KNOWN TO BE THE WIFE OF JEROBOAM; AND GET THEE TO SHILOH: BEHOLD, THERE IS AHIJAH THE PROPHET, WHICH TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD BE KING OVER THIS PEOPLE._ Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise ... disguise thyself. His... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND TAKE WITH THEE TEN LOAVES, AND CRACKNELS, AND A CRUSE OF HONEY, AND GO TO HIM: HE SHALL TELL THEE WHAT SHALL BECOME OF THE CHILD._ Ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey. This was a present in unison with the peasant character she assumed. Cracknels х_ NIQUDIYM_ (H5350)] are a kind of... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JEROBOAM'S WIFE DID SO, AND AROSE, AND WENT TO SHILOH, AND CAME TO THE HOUSE OF AHIJAH. BUT AHIJAH COULD NOT SEE; FOR HIS EYES WERE SET BY REASON OF HIS AGE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND RENT THE KINGDOM AWAY FROM THE HOUSE OF DAVID, AND GAVE IT THEE: AND YET THOU HAST NOT BEEN AS MY SERVANT DAVID, WHO KEPT MY COMMANDMENTS, AND WHO FOLLOWED ME WITH ALL HIS HEART, TO DO THAT ONLY WHICH WAS RIGHT IN MINE EYES;_ Hast not been as my servant David - who, though he fell into grievou... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT HAST DONE EVIL ABOVE ALL THAT WERE BEFORE THEE: FOR THOU HAST GONE AND MADE THEE OTHER GODS, AND MOLTEN IMAGES, TO PROVOKE ME TO ANGER, AND HAST CAST ME BEHIND THY BACK:_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEREFORE, BEHOLD, I WILL BRING EVIL UPON THE HOUSE OF JEROBOAM, AND WILL CUT OFF FROM JEROBOAM HIM THAT PISSETH AGAINST THE WALL, AND HIM THAT IS SHUT UP AND LEFT IN ISRAEL, AND WILL TAKE AWAY THE REMNANT OF THE HOUSE OF JEROBOAM, AS A MAN TAKETH AWAY DUNG, TILL IT BE ALL GONE._ I will bring evil... [ Continue Reading ]
_HIM THAT DIETH OF JEROBOAM IN THE CITY SHALL THE DOGS EAT; AND HIM THAT DIETH IN THE FIELD SHALL THE FOWLS OF THE AIR EAT: FOR THE LORD HATH SPOKEN IT._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ARISE THOU THEREFORE, GET THEE TO THINE OWN HOUSE: AND WHEN THY FEET ENTER INTO THE CITY, THE CHILD SHALL DIE._ The child shall die. The death and general lamentation felt throughout the country at the loss of the prince were also predicted. The reason of the profound regret shown at his death aro... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALL ISRAEL SHALL MOURN FOR HIM, AND BURY HIM: FOR HE ONLY OF JEROBOAM SHALL COME TO THE GRAVE, BECAUSE IN HIM THERE IS FOUND SOME GOOD THING TOWARD THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL IN THE HOUSE OF JEROBOAM._ And bury him - the only one of Jeroboam's family who should receive the rites of burial (Deutero... [ Continue Reading ]
_MOREOVER THE LORD SHALL RAISE HIM UP A KING OVER ISRAEL, WHO SHALL CUT OFF THE HOUSE OF JEROBOAM THAT DAY: BUT WHAT? EVEN NOW._ The Lord shall raise him up a king ... but what? even now - namely, Baasha (1 Kings 15:27): he was already raised-he was in being, though not in power.... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THE LORD SHALL SMITE ISRAEL, AS A REED IS SHAKEN IN THE WATER, AND HE SHALL ROOT UP ISRAEL OUT OF THIS GOOD LAND, WHICH HE GAVE TO THEIR FATHERS, AND SHALL SCATTER THEM BEYOND THE RIVER, BECAUSE THEY HAVE MADE_ _ THEIR GROVES, PROVOKING THE LORD TO ANGER._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JEROBOAM'S WIFE AROSE, AND DEPARTED, AND CAME TO TIRZAH: AND WHEN SHE CAME TO THE THRESHOLD OF THE DOOR, THE CHILD DIED;_ Tirzah - the residence of an ancient king of Canaan; a place of pre-eminent beauty (Song of Solomon 6:4), and probably of great salubrity also, three hours traveling east o... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY BURIED HIM; AND ALL ISRAEL MOURNED FOR HIM, ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF THE LORD, WHICH HE SPAKE BY THE HAND OF HIS SERVANT AHIJAH THE PROPHET._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE REST OF THE ACTS OF JEROBOAM, HOW HE WARRED, AND HOW HE REIGNED, BEHOLD, THEY ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL._ The rest of the acts of Jeroboam. None of the threatenings denounced against this family produced any change in his policy or government.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE DAYS WHICH JEROBOAM REIGNED WERE TWO AND TWENTY YEARS: AND HE SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS, AND NADAB HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND REHOBOAM THE SON OF SOLOMON REIGNED IN JUDAH. REHOBOAM WAS FORTY AND ONE YEARS OLD WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN, AND HE REIGNED SEVENTEEN YEARS IN JERUSALEM, THE CITY WHICH THE LORD DID CHOOSE OUT OF ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL, TO PUT HIS NAME THERE. AND HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS NAAMAH AN AMMONITESS._ Re... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JUDAH DID EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, AND THEY PROVOKED HIM TO JEALOUSY WITH THEIR SINS WHICH THEY_ _ HAD COMMITTED, ABOVE ALL THAT THEIR FATHERS HAD DONE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THEY ALSO BUILT THEM HIGH PLACES, AND IMAGES, AND GROVES, ON EVERY HIGH HILL, AND UNDER EVERY GREEN TREE._ Groves, х_ 'ASHEERIYM_ (H842)] - Asherah, wooden or stone images of a symbolical tree, representing the host of heaven (cf. 2 Kings 21:7; 2 Kings 23:6; 2 Kings 23:15: see 'The Palaces of... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE WERE ALSO SODOMITES IN THE LAND: AND THEY DID ACCORDING TO ALL THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE NATIONS WHICH THE LORD CAST OUT BEFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF KING REHOBOAM, THAT SHISHAK KING OF EGYPT CAME UP AGAINST JERUSALEM:_ Shishak king of Egypt came up. He was the instrument in the hand of Providence for punishing the national defection. He was the first member of the 22nd dynasty, (see the notes at 2 Chron... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE TOOK AWAY THE TREASURES OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND THE TREASURES OF THE KING'S HOUSE; HE EVEN TOOK AWAY ALL: AND HE TOOK AWAY ALL THE SHIELDS OF GOLD WHICH SOLOMON HAD MADE._ He took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house. 'The spoliation made... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND KING REHOBOAM MADE IN THEIR STEAD BRASEN SHIELDS, AND COMMITTED THEM UNTO THE HANDS OF THE CHIEF OF THE GUARD, WHICH KEPT THE DOOR OF THE KING'S HOUSE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THE REST OF THE ACTS OF REHOBOAM, AND ALL THAT HE DID, ARE THEY NOT WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES OF THE KINGS OF JUDAH?_ Rest of the acts of Rehoboam ... written in ... the Chronicles - not the book so called, and comprehended in the sacred canon, but the national archives of Judah.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE WAS WAR BETWEEN REHOBOAM AND JEROBOAM ALL THEIR DAYS._ There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam. The former was prohibited from entering on an aggressive war; but as the two kingdoms kept up a jealous rivalry, he might be forced into vigilant measures of defense, and frequent skirmish... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND REHOBOAM SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS, AND WAS BURIED WITH HIS FATHERS IN THE CITY OF DAVID. AND HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS NAAMAH AN AMMONITESS. AND ABIJAM HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._ And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. This is a repetition of what was previously said (see the notes at 1... [ Continue Reading ]