Verse 29. _HE SMOTE ALL THE HOUSE OF JEROBOAM_] This was according to Ahijah's prophetic declaration; see 1 Kings 14:10; 1 Kings 14:14. Thus God made use of one wicked man to destroy another....
4. KINGS OF ISRAEL Chapter S 15:25-16 _ 1. Nadab, King of Israel (1 Kings 15:25)_ 2. Baasha, King of Israel (1 Kings 15:34; 1 Kings 16:1) 3. Elah, King of Israel ...
ABIJAM AND ASA OF JUDAH, AND NADAB AND BAASHA OF ISRAEL. Abijam, called Abijah (2 Chronicles 13:1), had a short and evil reign. It would appear, notwithstanding 1 Kings 15:8, that he was succeeded by...
THAT BREATHED. Hebrew. _neshamah._ App-16. THE SAYING. Compare 1 Kings 14:7....
_when he reigned,_that _he smote_ R.V. THAT AS SOON AS HE WAS KING HE SMOTE. Being an usurper he would desire to make his power secure by removing at once everyone who might become a rival. This is ex...
II. THE KINGS OF ISRAEL 15:25-16:34 (910-870 B.C.) Chronologically 1 Kings 15:25 to 1 Kings 16:34 is parallel to 1 Kings 15:9-24. To state the matter differently, the reigns of Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zi...
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN HE REIGNED, THAT HE SMOTE ALL THE HOUSE OF JEROBOAM; HE LEFT NOT TO JEROBOAM ANY THAT BREATHED, UNTIL HE HAD DESTROYED HIM, ACCORDING UNTO THE SAYING OF THE LORD, WHICH HE S...
THE SAYING OF THE LORD] see 1 Kings 14:7. The personal ambition of Baasha was the agency through which the Lord punished the house of Jeroboam for the sins of its founder. The decay of spiritual relig...
THE REIGNS OF ABIJAM AND ASA, NADAB AND BAASHA 2. Abishalom] i.e. Absalom. In 2 Chronicles 13:2 his mother is called Micaiah, the daughter of Uriel, and if this is correct, Absalom was probably her g...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 15 ABIJAM’S RULE AS KING OF *JUDAH V1 It was the 18th year of the rule of Jeroboam son of Nebat. At this time, Abijam became king of *Ju...
ACCORDING UNTO THE SAYING OF THE LORD. — See 1 Kings 14:10. There seems no reason to suppose that Baasha had any formal mission of vengeance, or that his conspiracy and assassination were due to any m...
וַ יְהִ֣י כְ מָלְכֹ֗ו הִכָּה֙ אֶת ־כָּל
NADAB; BAASHA; ELAH 1 Kings 15:25; 1 Kings 16:1 "Wheresoever the carcass is, there will the vultures be gathered together." - Matthew 24:28 JEROBOAM slept with his fathers and went to his own place...
WARRING BRETHREN 1 Kings 15:16 We obtain a fuller view of the events described in the earlier part of this passage by reference to 2 Chronicles 16:1. Asa's early piety, which shone out in his drastic...
In this chapter we have the continuation of a sad story in the kingdoms of Judah and Israel. Under the reign of Abijam the process of deterioration went rapidly forward. He walked in the sins of his f...
And it came to pass, when he reigned, [that] he (k) smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which...
_Jeroboam. The author of schism is punished in his posterity. (Worthington) --- The body of Nadab was left unburied, chap. xiv. 11. (Menochius)_...
(25) В¶ And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years. (26) And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked i...
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 IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN HE REIGNED, THAT HE SMOTE ALL THE HOUSE OF JEROBOAM,.... That he might have no rival, or any that could pretend any title to the crown: HE LEFT NOT JEROBOAM ANY THAT BREATHE...
And it came to pass, when he reigned, [that] he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he...
_He smote all the house of Jeroboam_ The first thing he did when he came to the crown was, to cut off all that had any title to it, that he might secure himself in his usurped government. He did not t...
1 Abiiams wicked reigne. 7 Asa succeedeth him. 9 Asas good reigne. 16 The warre betweene Baasha and him, causeth him to make a league with Benhadad. 23 Iehoshaphat succeedeth Asa. 25 Nadabs wicke...
THE RULE OF NADAD AND BAASHA IN ISRAEL...
And it came to pass, when he reigned, after he had entered upon his rule, THAT HE SMOTE ALL THE HOUSE OF JEROBOAM, putting to death all the members of his whole race; HE LEFT NOT TO JEROBOAM ANY THAT...
ABIJAM'S MUCH SHORTER REIGN (vs.1-8) Though Rehoboam's reign was short, that of Abijam was much shorter, only three years (v.2). His mother's name was Maacah, who must have had no good influence ove...
25-34 During the single reign of Asa in Judah, the government of Israel was in six or seven different hands. Observe the ruin of the family of Jeroboam; no word of God shall fall to the ground. Divin...
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 co...
1 Kings 15:29 king H4427 (H8800) killed H5221 (H8689) house H1004 Jeroboam H3379 leave H7604 (H8689) Jeroboam...
THE REIGN OF NADAB OF ISRAEL C.910-908 BC (1 KINGS 15:25). Nadab was the son of Jeroboam following the proclamation of Ahijah the prophet that God would cut off the house of Jeroboam. He was thus doom...
CONTENTS: Accession of Abijam and Asa over Judah. War with Baasha. League with Syria. Accession of Nadab over Israel and Baasha over Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Abijam, Asa, Nadab, Baasha, Ben-hadad. C...
1 Kings 15:4. _For David's sake;_ for the sake of the covenant which God had given to David. Forgetful children may for a time have their father's mercies. David was indeed the light and joy of Israel...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 15:27. GIBBETHON, WHICH BELONGED TO THE PHILISTINES—A town given to the Levites (Joshua 19:44), situate within the tribe of Dan. 1 Kings 15:29. Smote all the...
EXPOSITION THE REIGNS OF NADAB, BAASHA, ELAH, ZIMRI, AND OMRI, KINGS OF ISRAEL.—After bringing up the history of the kings of Judah, which has engaged his pen since 1 Kings 14:21, to
And he walked in the sins, which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely towards the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. Nevertheless for David's sake the LORD gave hi...
1 Kings 14:9; 2 Kings 10:10; 2 Kings 10:11; 2 Kings 10:31; 2
Any — Any of the males of that family. According, &c. — So God overruled Baasha's ambition and cruelty, to fulfil his own prediction....