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Verse 1 Kings 14:28. _THE GUARD BARE THEM_] The guard probably were
just _three hundred_, answering to the number of the shields....
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It appears from this verse that Rehoboam, notwithstanding that he
encouraged, and perhaps secretly practiced, idolatry (1 Kings 14:22,
compare 1Ki 15:3, 1 Kings 15:12;...
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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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REIGN OF REHOBOAM. The formula in 1 Kings 14:21 is regularly employed
in Kings. The LXX make his age sixteen, and gives him twelve years.
The name of the king's mother is given, since she, and not the...
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_And it was_so, _when_ For -when" the R.V. gives, AS OFTEN AS. The
Hebrew word is not common. It occurs 1Sa 18:30; 2 Kings 4:8; in the
latter place the A.V. gives -as oft as," and in the former the R....
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I. THE FIRST THREE KINGS OF JUDAH 14:21-15:24
(931-870 B.C.)
The first three kings of Judah ruled for sixty-one years. In this
section the author speaks of (1) the apostasy of Rehoboam (1 Kings
14:21-...
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_AND KING REHOBOAM MADE IN THEIR STEAD BRASEN SHIELDS, AND COMMITTED
THEM UNTO THE HANDS OF THE CHIEF OF THE GUARD, WHICH KEPT THE DOOR OF
THE KING'S HOUSE._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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WHEN THE KING WENT. — Hence we see that Rehoboam still worshipped in
the house of the Lord. If his idolatry were like that of his father,
it would not have prevented this; but in 2 Chronicles 12:6; 2...
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וַ יְהִ֛י מִ דֵּי ־בֹ֥א הַ מֶּ֖לֶךְ
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THE EARLIER KINGS OF JUDAH
1 Kings 14:21; 1 Kings 15:1
THE history of "the Jews" begins, properly speaking, from the reign of
Rehoboam, and for four centuries it is mainly the history of the
Davidic...
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SOUTH RIVALS WORTH IN SINNING
1 Kings 14:17
Rehoboam's mother's name signifies _beauty_, and she may have been
attractive in her person; but we are twice told that she was an
Ammonitess, as if to emp...
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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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(25) And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that
Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: (26) And he took away
the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of th...
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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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AND IT WAS SO, WHEN THE KING WENT INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD,.... The
temple; for though he had fallen into idolatry, he had not wholly
forsaken the worship of God in the temple, and perhaps by the la...
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_When the king went to the house of the Lord_ It appears from this,
that he had not quite forsaken the worship or God; but still, at least
occasionally, attended at the temple: or, if he had forsaken...
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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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THE RULE OF REHOBOAM...
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And it was so, when the king went into the house of the Lord, that the
guard bare them, accompanying the king in solemn procession, AND
BROUGHT THEM BACK INTO THE GUARD-CHAMBER, evidently a room in th...
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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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TORN:
_ Heb._ broken...
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21-31 Here is no good said of Rehoboam, and much said to the
disadvantage of his subjects. The abounding of the worst crimes, of
the worst of the heathen, in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen
f...
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WHEN THE KING WENT INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD; by which it seems the
affliction had done him some good, and brought him back to the worship
of God, which he had forsaken....
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1 Kings 14:28 whenever H1767 king H4428 entered H935 (H8800) house
H1004 LORD H3068 guards H7323 (H8801) carried...
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THE REIGN OF REHOBOAM OF JUDAH C. 930-913 BC (1 KINGS 14:21).
The sad thing about Rehoboam's reign would be its extreme bankruptcy.
He reigned over a country which went to the excess in religious
apos...
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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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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 14:21__ The text now returns to Rehoboam’s
reign and what has been happening in Judah.
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 14:21. From incidents associated with the kingdom of ISRAEL,
the historian now turns to JUDAH.
1 Kings 14:28. NAAMAH AN AMMONITESS—_Sept._ reads: “Daughter of...
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EXPOSITION
THE REIGN OF REHOBOAM.—
1 KINGS 14:21
AND REHOBOAM, THE SON OF SOLOMON, REIGNED IN JUDAH. REHOBOAM WAS FORTY
[or twenty. See on 1 Kings 12:1] and one years old when he
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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 12:11...
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To the house, &c. — By which it seems the affliction had done him
some good, and brought him back to the worship of God, which he had
forsaken....