Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Kings 14:3
And take — A present, after the manner, but mean, as became an ordinary country woman, which she personated. It had been more pious to enquire, why God contended with him.
And take — A present, after the manner, but mean, as became an ordinary country woman, which she personated. It had been more pious to enquire, why God contended with him.
Verse 1 Kings 14:3. _TEN LOAVES_] Probably common or household bread. _CRACKNELS_] נקדים _nikkuddim, spotted_, or _perforated_ bread; thin cakes, pierced through with many holes, the same as is call...
See the marginal reference The presents here were selected for the purpose of deception, being such as a poor country person would have been likely to bring. Jeroboam counted also on Ahijah’s blindnes...
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...
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...
CRUSE. flask, or bottle. HE. Some codices, with Septuagint, read "and he"....
_cracknels_ The word so rendered is found only here and in Joshua 9:5, of the bread of the Gibeonites, which _became mouldy_. Some take the word there in the sense of _crumbling_, so dry that it crumb...
TAKE WITH THEE TEN LOAVES, &C.— What the presents were which were made to the ancient prophets, we are not always told; but all the particulars of that made to Ahijah, by Jeroboam's queen, are here gi...
I. THE DECREE AGAINST JEROBOAM 14:1-20 The commencement of the divine retribution against the house of Jeroboam is related in this unit. The same prophet who foretold Jeroboam's reign over Israel now...
_AND TAKE WITH THEE TEN LOAVES, AND CRACKNELS, AND A CRUSE OF HONEY, AND GO TO HIM: HE SHALL TELL THEE WHAT SHALL BECOME OF THE CHILD._ Ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey. This was a pre...
TAKE WITH THEE] The gift proffered by the queen was a small one to suit her disguise: contrast 2 Kings 5:5. CRUSE] a flask or bottle (and so in 1 Kings 17:12)....
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)....
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...
AND TAKE. — The presentation of this offering, designedly simple and rustic in character, accords with the custom (1 Samuel 9:7) of approaching the prophet at all times with some present, however trif...
וְ לָקַ֣חַתְּ בְּ֠ יָדֵךְ עֲשָׂרָ֨ה לֶ֧חֶם וְ
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...
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...
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...
And take with (b) thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child. (b) According to the custom when they went to ask counsel of...
_Cracknels. Hebrew nikkudim, "cakes full of holes," &c., Josue ix. 12. (Calmet) --- Septuagint give a double translation, "cakes and raisins." Arabic, "fruits." Syriac adds "dried." It was customary t...
(1) В¶ At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. (2) And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee t...
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...
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...
AND TAKE WITH THEE TEN LOAVES, AND CRACKNELS, AND A CRUSE OF HONEY, AND GO TO HIM,.... It being usual to carry a present to a prophet when he was inquired of on any account, see 1 Samuel 9:7 and this...
And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child. Ver. 3. _And take with thee ten loaves._] A poor country present,...
_Take with thee ten loaves_, &c. It was usual for those that went to inquire of a prophet to make him some present as a token of their respect for him, 1 Samuel 9:7. The present which she was here dir...
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...
Ahijah's Prophecy against Jeroboam...
And take with thee, namely, as presents to the seer, 1 Samuel 9:8, TEN LOAVES AND CRACKNELS, probably a kind of cake, AND A CRUSE, or bottle, OF HONEY, AND GO TO HIM; HE SHALL TELL THEE WHAT SHALL BEC...
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...
WITH: _ Heb._ in thine hand CRACKNELS: Or, cakes CRUSE: Or, bottle...
1-6 "At that time," when Jeroboam did evil, his child sickened. When sickness comes into our families, we should inquire whether there may not be some particular sin harboured in our houses, which th...
A CRUSE OF HONEY; a present, after the manner, JUDGES 13:17 1 SAMUEL 9:7,8 2 KINGS 5:15, 2 KINGS 8:8; but mean, as became an ordinary country
1 Kings 14:3 take H3947 (H8804) you H3027 ten H6235 loaves H3899 cakes H5350 jar H1228 honey H1706 go...
“ And take with you ten loaves, and cakes, and a cruse of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the child.” He also told his wife to take with her a good supply of provisions for...
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...
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:...
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...
_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...
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
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...
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...
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...
1 Kings 13:7; 1 Samuel 9:7; 1 Samuel 9:8; 2 Kings 1:2; 2 Kings 4:42;...