1 Kings 14:1-20
Ahijah's Prophecy against Jeroboam... [ Continue Reading ]
Ahijah's Prophecy against Jeroboam... [ Continue Reading ]
At that time, after Jeroboam had refused to repent of his evil ways, ABIJAH, THE SON OF JEROBOAM, FELL SICK. It was evidently the crown prince, the successor to the throne, who became ill.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Jeroboam said to his wife, the mother being naturally very vitally interested in the welfare of her son, ARISE, I PRAY THEE, AND DISGUISE THYSELF, mainly by putting on such garments as would probably deceive the average person, THAT THOU BE NOT KNOWN TO BE THE WIFE OF JEROBOAM; AND GET THEE TO S... [ Continue Reading ]
And take with thee, namely, as presents to the seer, 1 Samuel 9:8, TEN LOAVES AND CRACKNELS, probably a kind of cake, AND A CRUSE, or bottle, OF HONEY, AND GO TO HIM; HE SHALL TELL THEE WHAT SHALL BECOME OF THE CHILD. The presents were purposely such as any ordinary woman of the people might have br... [ 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, he was on the point of turning blind; FOR HIS EYES WERE SET BY REASON OF HIS AGE, through paralysis of the optic nerves. Cf 1 Samuel 4:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord said unto Ahijah, revealing the entire matter to him before the arrival of Jeroboam's wife, BEHOLD, THE WIFE OF JEROBOAM COMETH TO ASK A THING OF THEE FOR HER SON, to get information from the representative of the Lord; FOR HE IS SICK. THUS AND THUS SHALT THOU SAY UNTO HER; FOR IT SHALL... [ Continue Reading ]
And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound, the scraping, OF HER FEET, AS SHE CAME IN AT THE DOOR, THAT HE SAID, COME IN, THOU WIFE OF JEROBOAM; WHY FEIGNEST THOU THYSELF TO BE ANOTHER? The deception deserved a reproof. FOR I AM SENT TO THEE WITH HEAVY TIDINGS, as a messenger of hard news, of misfor... [ Continue Reading ]
Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, the reproof and the prophecy being given in a rhythmical form, FORASMUCH AS I EXALTED THEE FROM AMONG THE PEOPLE, AND MADE THEE PRINCE OVER MY PEOPLE ISRAEL,... [ Continue Reading ]
and rent the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it thee, namely, the ten northern tribes, AND YET THOU HAST NOT BEEN AS MY SERVANT DAVID, who had been placed before his eyes as a model and example, 1 Kings 11:38, WHO KEPT MY COMMANDMENTS, AND WHO FOLLOWED ME WITH ALL HIS HEART, TO DO THAT... [ Continue Reading ]
but hast done evil above all that were before thee, namely, by making idolatrous worship a national institution; FOR THOU HAST GONE AND MADE THEE OTHER GODS AND MOLTEN IMAGES, the two calf figures, TO PROVOKE ME TO ANGER, AND HAST CAST ME BEHIND THY BACK, the strongest expression to denote intention... [ Continue Reading ]
therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, upon his family, upon all his descendants, AND WILL CUT OFF FROM JEROBOAM HIM THAT PISSETH AGAINST THE WALL, exterminate them down to the very last man, AND HIM THAT IS SHUT UP AND LEFT IN ISRAEL, literally, "the detained and those set... [ Continue Reading ]
Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field, out in the open country, shall the fowls of the air eat, to the disgrace of not being buried was added that of being devoured by unclean animals; for the Lord hath spoken it.... [ Continue Reading ]
Arise thou, therefore, get thee to thine own house; and when thy feet enter into the city, namely, Tirzah, the royal residence at that time, THE CHILD SHALL DIE.... [ Continue Reading ]
And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, this being at least one word of comfort; FOR HE ONLY OF JEROBOAM SHALL COME TO THE GRAVE, be buried in an honorable fashion, BECAUSE IN HIM THERE IS FOUND SOME GOOD THING TOWARD THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL IN THE HOUSE OF JEROBOAM, he had inclined to the p... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover, the Lord shall raise Him up a king over Israel who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day, during his reign; BUT WHAT? EVEN NOW; the destruction which was to begin now would be completed at the time spoken of by Jehovah; complete annihilation was only a matter of time.... [ Continue Reading ]
For the Lord shall smite Israel, by the attacks and inroads of heathen nations, AS A REED IS SHAKEN IN THE WATER, this referring to the events of the next two centuries, AND HE SHALL ROOT UP ISRAEL OUT OF THIS GOOD LAND WHICH HE GAVE TO THEIR FATHERS, AND SHALL SCATTER THEM BEYOND THE RIVER, as a re... [ Continue Reading ]
And He shall give Israel up, deliver the entire nation, BECAUSE OF THE SINS OF JEROBOAM, WHO DID SIN, AND WHO MADE ISRAEL TO SIN, this expression now becoming the stock phrase to characterize the transgression of Jeroboam.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah, which may have been a summer residence of Jeroboam; AND WHEN SHE CAME TO THE THRESHOLD OF THE DOOR, THE CHILD DIED.... [ 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.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, the royal deeds for which he was noted, how he warred, 2 Chronicles 2:13 ff. AND HOW HE REIGNED, BEHOLD, THEY ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES OF THE KINGS OF ISRAEL.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years. And he slept with his fathers, having been struck with a severe and painful illness; AND NADAB, HIS SON, REIGNED IN HIS STEAD. Jeroboam evidently died in his sins. It is a terrible thing if one who once knew the Lord and received evidenc... [ Continue Reading ]
And Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, having thus been born one year before Solomon's accession to the throne, AND HE REIGNED SEVENTEEN YEARS IN JERUSALEM, THE CITY WHICH THE LORD DID CHOOSE OUT OF ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL TO... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RULE OF REHOBOAM... [ 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. Cf 2 Chronicles 11:5; 2 Chronicles 12:1. This decay set in just as soon as Rehoboain had established his kingdom and fortified its boundarie... [ Continue Reading ]
For they also built them high places, altars for the purpose of idolatrous worship on prominent hills, AND IMAGES, memorial stones usually consecrated to the heathen idol Baal, AND GROVES, the wooden monuments of Astarte, the female nature divinity, ON EVERY HIGH HILL, AND UNDER EVERY GREEN TREE, th... [ Continue Reading ]
And there were also Sodomites in the land, men or boys from the surrounding nations who permitted themselves to be prostituted in honor of the gods; AND THEY DID ACCORDING TO ALL THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE NATIONS WHICH THE LORD CAST OUT BEFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, the original Canaanitish inhabitan... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak, king of Egypt, probably at the suggestion of Jeroboam, came up against Jerusalem;... [ Continue Reading ]
and he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house, the great quantities of precious metals stored there; HE EVEN TOOK AWAY ALL; and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made, 1 Kings 10:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
And King Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, the king's runners, WHICH KEPT THE DOOR OF THE KING'S HOUSE, the watch at the palace gate.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it was so, when the king went into the house of the Lord, that the guard bare them, accompanying the king in solemn procession, AND BROUGHT THEM BACK INTO THE GUARD-CHAMBER, evidently a room in the house of the forest of Lebanon, 1 Kings 10:17. One commentator suggests that the highly polished c... [ 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?... [ Continue Reading ]
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days, a state of war existed as long as they both lived, which resulted in at least one pitched battle under Abijah.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, with due honors. AND HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS NAAMAH, AN AMMONITESS, the statement being repeated probably on account of the fact that site introduced the idol worship of Moloch in Jerusalem. AND ABIJAM, HIS SON,... [ Continue Reading ]