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Verse 1 Kings 14:11. _SHALL THE DOGS EAT_] They shall not have an
honourable burial: and shall not come into the sepulchres of their
fathers....
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The dogs are the chief scavengers of Oriental cities (compare Psalms
59:6, Psalms 59:14). And the vulture is the chief scavenger in the
country districts, assisted sometimes by kites and crows (see Jo...
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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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_shall the dogs eat_ It was this circumstance which rendered it so
horrible to the Oriental mind to be cast out unburied. The dogs of an
Eastern city were many and devoured all they found....
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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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_HIM THAT DIETH OF JEROBOAM IN THE CITY SHALL THE DOGS EAT; AND HIM
THAT DIETH IN THE FIELD SHALL THE FOWLS OF THE AIR EAT: FOR THE LORD
HATH SPOKEN IT._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE....
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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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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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HIM THAT DIETH. — The same judgment is repeated in 1 Kings 16:4; 1
Kings 21:24. (Comp. also Jeremiah 36:30.) The “dogs” are the
half-wild’ dogs, the scavengers of every Eastern city; the “fowls
of the...
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הַ מֵּ֨ת לְ יָֽרָבְעָ֤ם בָּ † עִיר֙...
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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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Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him
that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: (i) for the
LORD hath spoken [it].
(i) They will lack the honour of burial i...
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_Devour. They shall have the burial of asses, Jeremias xxii. 19._...
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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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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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HIM THAT DIETH OF JEROBOAM IN THE CITY SHALL THE DOGS EAT, AND HIM
THAT DIETH IN THE FIELDS SHALL THE FOWLS OF THE AIR EAT,.... The
meaning is, that they should have no burial:
FOR THE LORD HATH SPOK...
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_Will cut off him that is shut up_ Those who had escaped the fury of
their enemies invading them, either because they were _shut up_ in
caves, or castles, or strong towns: or, because they were _left_...
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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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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...
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Ahijah's Prophecy against Jeroboam...
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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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So both sorts shall die unburied....
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1 Kings 14:11 dogs H3611 eat H398 (H8799) Jeroboam H3379 dies H4191
(H8801) city H5892 birds H5775 air...
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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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“ Him who dies of Jeroboam in the city will the dogs eat, and him
who dies in the field will the birds of the heavens eat. For YHWH has
spoken it.”
Furthermore the deaths of all his household would be...
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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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_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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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 14:11 Jeroboam’s dynasty will come to a
dishonorable end, since the bodies mentioned will not be buried but
will be eaten by DOGS and BIRDS. (See...
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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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1 Kings 16:4; 1 Kings 21:19; 1 Kings 21:23; 1 Kings 21:24; Ez
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Eat — So both sorts shall die unburied....