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 only which was right in Mine eyes,
Verse 1 Kings 14:8. _AND RENT THE KINGDOM AWAY FROM THE HOUSE OF DAVID_] That is, _permitted_ it to be rent, because of the folly and insolence of Rehoboam....
CHAPTER 14 THE PASSING OF JEROBOAM AND REHOBOAM _ 1. Sickness and death of Jeroboam's son (1 Kings 14:1)_ 2. Jeroboam's reign and death (1 Kings 14:19) 3. Rehoboam's apostasy, punishment and death...
VISIT OF JEROBOAM'S WIFE TO AHIJAH. Here we have an ancient story with Deuteronomic additions. According to the LXX (1 Kings 12:24 _g-m),_ Jeroboam sent his wife (Ano) to the prophet _before_ he becam...
B. THE MESSAGE OF GOD'S PROPHET 14:6-16 TRANSLATION (6) And it came to pass when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet coming at the door, that he said, Enter, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending t...
_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...
THE SINS OF JEROBOAM AND REHOBOAM AND THEIR PUNISHMENT 2. Shiloh] The modern Seilûn, N. of Bethel and E. of the road leading from Bethel to Shechem (Judges 21:19)....
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 14 AHIJAH *PROPHESIES THE END OF JEROBOAM’S RULE OVER *ISRAEL V1 At that time, King Jeroboam’s son Abijah became ill. V2 Jeroboam said t...
I EXALTED THEE. — There is throughout a close allusion to Ahijah’s prophecy (1 Kings 11:31; 1 Kings 11:37), which promised Jeroboam “a sure house, like that of David,” on condition of the obedience of...
וָ אֶקְרַ֤ע אֶת ־הַ מַּמְלָכָה֙ מִ בֵּ֣ית
DOOM OF THE HOUSE OF NEBAT 1 Kings 14:1 "Whom the gods love die young." -EPICTET. THE other story about Jeroboam is full of pathos; and though here, too, there are obvious signs that, in its presen...
THE BLIND PROPHET SEES JEROBOAM'S DOOM 1 Kings 14:1 How blind we become when we sin against our conscience! Each act of willful sin puts another shade on the window of the soul. “Their foolish heart...
In the story now recorded God is seen acting in judgment. The sickness of the son of Jeroboam was the first stroke of punishment and in connection therewith the prophet Ahijah uttered the doom of the...
(6) And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound 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? for I am sent to thee wit...
Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 14, 15, AND 16. In spite of this testimony, Jeroboam perseveres in his sin. The only one of his sons in whom any piety is seen dies; and the judgment of God...
AND RENT THE KINGDOM AWAY FROM THE HOUSE OF DAVID, AND GAVE IT THEE,.... Even ten parts out of twelve: AND YET THOU HAST NOT BEEN AS MY SERVANT DAVID, WHO KEPT MY COMMANDMENTS, AND WHO FOLLOWED ME WI...
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] on...
_Thou hast not been as my servant David_ Who, though he fell into some sins, yet, 1st, He constantly persevered in the true worship of God; from which thou art revolted; 2d, He heartily repented of, a...
1 Abijah being sicke, Ieroboam sendeth his wife disguised with Presents to the prophet Ahijah at Shiloh. 5 Ahijah forewarned by God, denounceth Gods iudgement. 17 Abijah dieth and is buried. 19 Nad...
JEREBOAM WARNED THROUGH HIS SON'S DEATH Though God had sought to reach Jereboam's conscience by the message and actions of the man of God, this produced no effect. So God used another means, by the se...
7-20 Whether we keep an account of God's mercies to us or not, he does; and he will set them in order before us, if we are ungrateful, to our greater confusion. Ahijah foretells the speedy death of t...
AS MY SERVANT DAVID; who though he fell into some sins, yet, first, he constantly persevered in the true worship of God, from which thou art revolted; secondly, he heartily repented of and turned from...
1 Kings 14:8 tore H7167 kingdom H4467 away H7167 (H8799) house H1004 David H1732 gave H5414 (H8799) servant...
JEROBOAM'S WIFE APPROACHES AHIJAH THE PROPHET CONCERNING THE SICKNESS OF THEIR SON (1 KINGS 14:1). The life story of Jeroboam concludes with a quite remarkable story. It would appear that there was on...
CONTENTS: Prophecy against Jeroboam and partial fulfillment. Judah's apostacy under Rehoboam and his death. CHARACTERS: God, Ahijah, Jeroboam, Rehoboam, Shishak, wife and son of Jeroboam. CONCLUSION:...
1 Kings 14:2. _Ahijah the prophet;_ an illustrious man of God, now full of days, and full of grace. 1 Kings 14:3. _Ten loaves._ A rustic present, that it might not excite suspicion of a royal visit. I...
_David kept my commandments _. .. _ thou hast gone and made thee other gods._ SERVITUDE OR SERVICE-WHICH? The people of God had left their God, and He had left them, so that Shishak, the King of Egyp...
_At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick._ A GOOD BOY AND A BAD FAMILY One beautiful flower in a desert; one lovely rose amongst thorns; one fruitful branch on a corrupt tree. We are going...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 14:1__ Jeroboam had been promised a dynasty (“house”) just like David’s (1 Kings 11:38). His desire to have a temple (“house”) just like David’s, however, led him into
THE REIGNS OF JEROBOAM AND REHOBOAM CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 14:1. ABIJAH, THE SON OF JEROBOAM—Natural heir to the kingdom. His sickness, therefore, seemed to imperil the continuance...
EXPOSITION THE DEATH OF JEROBOAM'S SON.—The protest of the prophet of Judah, the signs which supported it, and above all the solemn visitation, with its strange portents, which straightway followed it...
So at that time his son Abijah became sick. And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that they won't know you as the wife of Jeroboam; and go to Shiloh: for there is a...
1 Kings 11:30; 1 Kings 11:31; 1 Kings 11:33; 1 Kings 15:5; 1 Kin
David — Who though he fell into some sins, yet, first, he constantly persevered in the true worship of God; from which thou art revolted. Secondly, he heartily repented of, and turned from all his sin...