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Verse 1 Kings 14:13. _IN HIM THERE IS FOUND_ SOME _GOOD THING_] Far be
it from God to destroy the righteous with the wicked; God respects
even a _little good_, because it is a seed from himself. The k...
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The child was evidently a prince of some promise. It is probable that
he was heir to the throne....
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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...
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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...
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GRAVE. a burying-place. Hebrew. _keber,_ not _sheol._...
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_And all Israel shall mourn for him_ Abijah, though called -a child"
in 1Ki 14:3; 1 Kings 14:12; 1 Kings 14:17 must have been of such an
age as to exhibit qualities that made him beloved of the people...
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DISCOURSE: 341
ABIJAH’S PIETY REWARDED
1 Kings 14:13. _He only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, became in
him there is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel in
the house of Jeroboam...
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BECAUSE IN HIM THERE IS FOUND SOME GOOD THING TOWARD THE LORD— It
appears evidently from the same mode of expression, 2 Chronicles
19:3., that the meaning here must be, that he was the only person in...
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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...
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_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...
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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)....
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HE ONLY.. GRAVE] Abijah, for his goodness, was taken away from the
evil to come (cp. Isaiah 57:1), though it is possible that the reward
of his piety is meant to be not a timely death, but an honourab...
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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...
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BECAUSE IN HIM THERE IS FOUND SOME GOOD THING. — There is something
singularly pathetic in this declaration of early death, in peace and
with due mourning, as the only reward which can be given to pie...
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וְ סָֽפְדוּ ־לֹ֤ו כָל ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְ
קָבְר֣ו
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 (k)
[some] good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of
Jer...
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_Word from. Hebrew or "thought towards." (Grotius) --- He has
entertained sentiments of piety (Calmet) in the midst of a wicked
court; therefore, God will hasten to draw him out of the midst of
iniqui...
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(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...
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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...
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_ONE GOOD AMONG THE BAD_
‘In him there is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel
in the house of Jeroboam.’
1 Kings 14:13
I. LOOK FIRST AT THE DESCRIPTION OF ABIJAH’S PIETY.—The ‘good...
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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...
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AND ALL ISRAEL SHALL MOURN FOR HIM, AND BURY HIM,.... Give him an
honourable interment, and follow him to the grave with lamentation,
because he was the heir apparent to the throne, and an hopeful pri...
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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 Jeroboa...
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_All Israel shall mourn for him_ For the loss of so worthy and hopeful
a person, and for the sad calamities which will follow his death,
which possibly his moderation, and wisdom, and virtue, might ha...
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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...
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Ahijah's Prophecy against Jeroboam...
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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 FO...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 14:13 Israel H3478 mourn H5594 (H8804) bury H6912 (H8804)
Jeroboam H3379 come H935 (H8799) grave...
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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...
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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:...
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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...
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_And all Israel shall mourn for him._
EARLY CUT OFF, BUT LONG REMEMBERED
That the grace of God may convert a man in the prime of life, ay, and
bring even a grey-headed sinner to the foot of the cros...
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_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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Chronicles 12:12; 2 Chronicles 19:3; 2 Peter 2:8; 2 Peter 2:9;...
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Shall mourn — For the loss of so worthy and hopeful a person, and
for the sad calamities which will follow his death, which possibly his
moderation, and wisdom, and virtue, might have prevented. So th...