1 KINGS CHAPTER 15 Abijam followeth his father's sins; God however
keepeth promise: he dieth, and Asa his son succeedeth him, 1 KINGS
15:1. His good reign, 1 KINGS 15:9. Baasha wareth against him: he
maketh a league with Ben-hadad, 1 KINGS 15:16. He dieth, and
Jehoshaphat succeedeth him, 1 KINGS 15:... [ Continue Reading ]
THREE YEARS: SEE POOLE ON "1 KINGS 15:1". OF ABISHALOM, or, of
_Absalom_, as he is called, 2 CHRONICLES 11:21. And because he is here
mentioned as a known person, without any addition of his kindred or
quality, some conceive that this was Absalom's daughter, called
properly _Tamar_, 2 SAMUEL 14:27,... [ Continue Reading ]
IN ALL THE SINS OF HIS FATHER; which his father lived in; either,
first, Before his humiliation. Or rather, secondly, After his
deliverance from Shishak, when, though he did not openly renounce the
worship of God, he seems to have relapsed into his former sins; which
otherwise would not have been re... [ Continue Reading ]
A LAMP, i.e. a son and successor to perpetuate his name and memory,
which otherwise had gone into obscurity. The same phrase is used
above, 1 KINGS 11:36 2 KINGS 8:19 2 CHRONICLES 21:7. TO ESTABLISH
JERUSALEM, i.e. that he might maintain that city, and temple, and
worship, as a witness for God in th... [ Continue Reading ]
QUEST. How is this true, seeing David sinned in the matter of Nabal,
1SA 25, and Achish, 1SA 27, and Mephibosheth, and his indulgence to
his children, Adonijah, Amnon, and Absalom, and in the numbering of
the people? Answ. This and the like phrases are not to be understood
as exclusive of every sinf... [ Continue Reading ]
Which was said 1 KINGS 14:30, and may be here repeated, to signify the
cause and original of the war between Abijam and Jeroboam, which is
implied here, and particularly described 2CH 13. Abijam continued the
war which Rehoboam had begun, and pushed it on to a decisive battle.
But the place may be t... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CHRONICLES OF THE KINGS OF JUDAH; in their annals; whence they
were long after this time translated into the sacred Book of
Chronicles. SEE POOLE ON "1 KINGS 14:19".... [ Continue Reading ]
No text from Poole on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
In or towards the end of the year. SEE POOLE ON "1 KINGS 15:1".... [ Continue Reading ]
i. e. His grandmother s, as appears from 1 KINGS 15:2, who is called
his mother, as David is called Abijam's father, 1 KINGS 15:3, and this
Asa's father, 1 KINGS 15:11. And so the names of father, and mother,
and sons, and daughters are oft taken, both in sacred and profane
authors, for grandparents... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE LORD; as to the government of
his kingdom and life, and the reformation and establishment of God's
worship.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SODOMITES, of whom see 1 KINGS 14:24, not all of them, but those
whom he could find out; but some escaped his observation and censure,
as appears from 1 KINGS 22:46.... [ Continue Reading ]
HER HE REMOVED FROM BEING QUEEN, i.e. he took from her either the name
and authority of queen-regent, which she, having been Rehoboam's wife,
and Abijam's mother, took to herself during Asa's minority, and abused
to the patronage of idolatry; or the dignity of the queen-mother, and
those guards, or... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HIGH PLACES WERE NOT REMOVED. OBJECT. He did take these away, 2
CHRONICLES 14:3. ANSW. He took away those which were devoted to the
worship of idols, as is there said, he took away the altars of the
strange gods, and the highplaces, to wit, where they were worshipped:
but as for those high place... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH HIS FATHER HAD DEDICATED, Abijam, to wit, when he was in
distress, and going to fight with Jeroboam, 2CH 13 though afterwards
he did not perform his vows, nor bring in what he had devoted; whether
because he was prevented by death, or because he afterwards relapsed
to idolatry, as may seem pro... [ Continue Reading ]
So long as they two lived and reigned together; which is not so to be
understood, as if there were a solemn and declared war continuing all
that time, (for Asa was quiet in a great measure for his first ten
years, 2 CHRONICLES 14:1, till the Israelites had recovered themselves
from that dreadfull bl... [ Continue Reading ]
BAASHA WENT UP AGAINST JUDAH; perceiving Asa's great success, of which
see 2CH 14 2CH 15, and the defection of many of his own subjects to
him upon that occasion, 2 CHRONICLES 15:9, he began to bestir himself,
and commenceth a war against him. BUILT, i.e. repaired and fortified,
Ramah, a city of Ben... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE SILVER AND THE GOLD THAT WERE LEFT; these poor remainders,
which either Shishak had left at that time, 1 KINGS 14:26, or Abijam,
or Asa, or others, both of Israel and Judah, had dedicated; which
probably was not inconsiderable, because Asa had got great spoils from
Zerah, 2CH 14, and he and... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE IS A LEAGUE BETWEEN ME AND THEE, AND BETWEEN MY FATHER AND THY
FATHER; whereby it appears, that albeit he was an adversary to Israel
all Solomon's days, 1 KINGS 11:25, yet after the division of the
kingdoms of Israel and Judah he was in league with both of them;
either because his designs lay... [ Continue Reading ]
The northern parts of Baasha's kingdom, which were nearest to his own
kingdom of Damascus, and most remote from those parts where Baasha was
now employed, which were in the most southern parts of his dominions.... [ Continue Reading ]
Now the royal city of Israel. See 1 KINGS 14:17. There he abode to
defend his own kingdoms, and durst not return to oppose Asa, lest the
Syrian king should make a second and worse invasion. So Asa met with
success in his ungodly course, as on the other side good men sometimes
meet with disappointmen... [ Continue Reading ]
NONE WAS EXEMPTED; all sorts of persons were obliged to come, except
those who were disenabled by age, or infirmity, or absence, or by the
public service of the king and kingdom in other places. ASA BUILT WITH
THEM GEBA OF BENJAMIN, AND MIZPAH, i.e. repaired and strengthened
them, for they were buil... [ Continue Reading ]
NEVERTHELESS; notwithstanding the great things which he had done, and
the glory and prosperity which he enjoyed, he felt the effects of
human infirmity, and of his own sins; of which see 2 CHRONICLES
16:12,13.... [ Continue Reading ]
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Not complete, as appears from 1 KINGS 15:28,33.... [ Continue Reading ]
i.e. In the worship of the calves which his father had made.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF THE HOUSE OF ISSACHAR, i.e. of the tribe, which is oft called a
house, as JUDGES 10:9 PSALMS 135:20 HOSEA 1:7. Which belonged to the
Philistines; who, taking advantage of the division between Israel and
Judah, had retaken this town, which belonged to the tribe of Dan,
JOSHUA 19:44, and belonged t... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE THIRD YEAR OF ASA: how this agrees with 2 CHRONICLES 16:1, see
in the notes there. DID BAASHA SLAY HIM; which he did, not to fulfil
God's threatening, but only to advance himself; and therefore this is
called murder, 1 KINGS 16:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANY THAT BREATHED, i.e. any of the males of that family. See
DEUTERONOMY 20:16 JOSHUA 10:40. According unto the saying of the Lord:
so God overruled Baasha's ambition and cruelty, to fulfil his own
counsel and prediction.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH HE MADE ISRAEL SIN; so that same wicked policy which he used to
establish the kingdom in his family proved his and their ruin; which
is very frequently the event of ungodly counsels.... [ Continue Reading ]
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