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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

1 Kings 13:33

After this thing, i.e. after all these things; the singular number put for the plural; after so many, and evident, and successive miracles; which is noted to aggravate his infidelity and apostacy. Made again of the lowest of the people priests; he abated not so much as a circumstance in his idolatrous worship. Whosoever would; without any respect to tribe or family, or integrity of body, or mind, or life; all which were to be regarded in the priesthood. He consecrated him, Heb. he filled his hand; of which phrase see Exodus 28:41, Exodus 29:9,33.

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See also 1 Kings 13:33 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Kings 13:33. _JEROBOAM RETURNED NOT FROM HIS EVIL WAY_] There is something exceedingly obstinate and perverse, as well as blinding and infatuating, in idolatry. The prediction lately delivere...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WHOSOEVER WOULD, HE CONSECRATED HIM - i. e., he exercised no discretion, but allowed anyone to become a priest, without regard to birth, character, or social position. We may suspect from this that th...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    2. JEROBOAM AND REHOBOAM AND THEIR REIGN CHAPTER 13 The Man of God from Judah _ 1. The man of God and Jeroboam (1 Kings 13:1)_ 2. The temptation and lying message (1 Kings 13:11) 3. Judgment annou...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 Kings 12:25 to 1 Kings 13:34. THE SIN OF JEROBOAM. THE PROPHET AT BETHEL. The sources cannot be exactly determined. Some (see Cent.B) may belong to the annals of the northern kingdom, but the tone i...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BECAME ONE OF THE PRIESTS. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, reads "became priest"....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Jeroboam goes on in his evil way (Not in Chronicles) 33. _made again of the lowest of the people_ R.V. MADE AGAIN FROM AMONG ALL THE PEOPLE. See note on 1 Kings 12:31 above. _he consecrated him_ The...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    E. THE DEPRECATION OF JEROBOAM 13:33-34 TRANSLATION (33) After this thing, Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but again made priests of the high places from all classes of the people. Anyone w...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AFTER THIS THING JEROBOAM RETURNED NOT FROM HIS EVIL WAY, BUT MADE AGAIN OF THE LOWEST OF THE PEOPLE PRIESTS OF THE HIGH PLACES: WHOSOEVER WOULD, HE CONSECRATED HIM, AND HE BECAME ONE OF THE PRIESTS...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    13:33 classes (b-16) Lit. 'the ends,' as in ch. 12.31....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DISOBEDIENT PROPHET 2. Josiah] for the fulfilment see 2 Kings 23:15. Some 300 years separated the prediction from the event, and the mention by name of the king destined to accomplish it is unlike...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    CONSECRATED] see on Exodus 28:41; Exodus 29:24....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 13 A *PROPHET WARNS JEROBOAM The *kingdom that David and Solomon used to rule had divided into two *kingdoms. The northern *tribes were...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WHOSOEVER WOULD. — See 1 Kings 12:32. The emphatic tone of the words, “whosoever would, he consecrated him,” possibly indicates that, in spite of all that Jeroboam and his prophet could do, there was...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אַחַר֙ הַ דָּבָ֣ר הַ זֶּ֔ה לֹֽא ־שָׁ֥ב

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    JEROBOAM AND THE MAN OF GOD 1 Kings 13:1 "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God." - 1 John 4:1 WE are told that Jeroboam, whose position probably made him r...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    SIGN UPON SIGN UNHEEDED 1 Kings 13:20 There is a tragic note in this paragraph. The man of God had performed God's errand bravely and well, and his words were verified by the result; but he perished...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In this chapter are two lessons of supreme value; first, the patient grace of God, and, second, the solemn responsibility of such as bear His message. The first of these is brought out in the story of...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    After this thing Jeroboam (u) returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became [one] of the pri...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER XIII. _ Way. Every thing promotes the salvation of the just, while the wicked pervert the most gracious designs of Providence to their own ruin. The king concluded that the prediction deserve...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (33) After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the prie...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _JEROBOAM’S SIN_ ‘After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way.’ 1 Kings 13:33 ‘After this thing,’ viz., such a succession of miracles and prophecies as we can hardly find elsewhere in...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    But the testimony and the judgment of God tarried not according to the mercy of God towards His people. Prophecy immediately re-appears; for the faithful love of God to His people never grows weary. H...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AFTER THIS THING JEROBOAM RETURNED NOT FROM HIS EVIL WAY,.... From the idolatrous practices he had started, and was establishing; though he had seen his altar rent, and the ashes poured out as the man...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became [one] of the priests...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _After this_ That is, after all these things; the singular number being put for the plural; after so many evident and successive miracles; _Jeroboam returned not from his evil ways_ He was not at all...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Ieroboams hand, that offered violence to him that prophesied against his altar at Bethel, withereth, 6 and at the prayer of the Prophet is restored. 7 The Prophet, refusing the kings intertainment...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    After this thing, this happening, JEROBOAM RETURNED NOT FROM HIS EVIL WAY, he was not repentant, BUT MADE AGAIN OF THE LOWEST OF THE PEOPLE, from the mass, from all classes, PRIESTS OF THE HIGH PLACES...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PROPHET PUNISHED FOR HIS DISOBEDIENCE...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    A SOLEMN MESSAGE FROM GOD (vs.1-10) God would not leave Jereboam without clear witness to God's abhorrence of the evil that Jereboam had introduced in Israel. The Lord sent a man of God from Judah to...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    MADE AGAIN: _ Heb._ returned and made CONSECRATED HIM: _ Heb._ filled his hand...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    23-34 God is displeased at the sins of his own people; and no man shall be protected in disobedience, by his office, his nearness to God, or any services he has done for him. God warns all whom he em...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 13:33 After H310 event H1697 Jeroboam H3379 turn H7725 (H8804) evil H7451 way H1870 again H7725 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    A SUMMARY EMPHASISING JEROBOAM'S FAILURE TO REPENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES (1 KINGS 13:33). Having told the full story of Jeroboam's failure to obey YHWH, and the prophetic witness that had cast condemna...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Warning of punishment for idolatry. Disobedience and death of the prophet. CHARACTERS: God, Jeroboam, disobedient prophet, lying prophet. CONCLUSION: If we offer to God that which is an ab...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Kings 13:1. _Bethel._ See the notes on 1 Kings 12 1 Kings 12. The man of God from Judah is called Jaddo by Josephus. 1 Kings 13:2. _Josiah._ Cyrus is m

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Jeroboam turned not from his way._ JEROBOAM: A CHARACTER STUDY Jeroboam had decidedly a fine start with a flattering prospect of success, a rare opportunity for excelling both temporally and spiritu...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 13:1 Just as Solomon had stood at his altar in Jerusalem (1 Kings 8:22), Jeroboam now stands at the altar of his new temple in Bethel, ready to dedicate it to his gods. However

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _HOMILETICS OF 1 Kings 13:33_ AN INVETERATE SINNER I. THAT AN INVETERATE SINNER IS INDIFFERENT ALIKE TO ENTREATY AND WARNING. “After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way.” There is some...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE DISOBEDIENCE AND DEATH OF THE MAN OF GOD.—The seduction of the man of God, who has borne such fearless witness against Jeroboam's ecclesiastical policy, and his tragical end, are now na...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And so there came a young man out of Judah by the word of the LORD to Bethel: where Jeroboam was standing by the altar ready to burn incense. And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, an...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 12:31; 2 Chronicles 11:15; 2 Chronicles 13:9; 2 Timothy 3:13;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    After this — That is, after all these things: the singular number put for the plural; after so many, and evident, and successive miracles. Made again — He abated not so much as a circumstance in his i...

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