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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

1 Kings 13:34

This persistence in wrong, after the warning given him, brought a judgment, not only on Jeroboam himself, but on his family. Jeroboam’s departure from the path of right forfeited the crown 1 Kings 11:38; and in that forfeiture was involved naturally the destruction of his family, for in the East, as already observed, when one dynasty supplants another, the ordinary practice is for the new king to destroy all the males belonging to the house of his predecessor. See 1 Kings 15:29.

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See also 1 Kings 13:34 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Kings 13:34. _AND THIS THING BECAME SIN_] These abominations were too glaring, and too insulting to the Divine Majesty, to be permitted to last; therefore his house was cut off, and destroyed...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    2. JEROBOAM AND REHOBOAM AND THEIR REIGN CHAPTER 13 The Man of God from Judah _ 1. The man of God and Jeroboam (1 Kings 13:1)_ 2. The temptation and lying message (1 Kings 13:11) 3. Judgment annou...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 Kings 12:25 to 1 Kings 13:34. THE SIN OF JEROBOAM. THE PROPHET AT BETHEL. The sources cannot be exactly determined. Some (see Cent.B) may belong to the annals of the northern kingdom, but the tone i...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BECAME SIN. became the sin. See note on 1 Kings 12:30....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Hebrew text here also is not clear. Literally it is -in this thing there came to be &c." But the A.V. and all other versions translate as though the Hebrew were the same as in the beginning of 1 K...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND THIS THING BECAME SIN— Nothing can be more striking than the blindness and ingratitude of Jeroboam. Instead of relying on the promises which God had made him, to preserve the kingdom in his family...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    E. THE DEPRECATION OF JEROBOAM 13:33-34 TRANSLATION (33) After this thing, Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but again made priests of the high places from all classes of the people. Anyone w...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DISOBEDIENT PROPHET 2. Josiah] for the fulfilment see 2 Kings 23:15. Some 300 years separated the prediction from the event, and the mention by name of the king destined to accomplish it is unlike...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 13 A *PROPHET WARNS JEROBOAM The *kingdom that David and Solomon used to rule had divided into two *kingdoms. The northern *tribes were...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND THIS THING. — The comment of the author of the book, evidently based on the prophetic denunciation of Ahijah in 1 Kings 14:9, and its subsequent fulfilment. (See 1 Kings 15:25.)...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יְהִי֙ בַּ † דָּבָ֣ר הַ זֶּ֔ה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    JEROBOAM AND THE MAN OF GOD 1 Kings 13:1 "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God." - 1 John 4:1 WE are told that Jeroboam, whose position probably made him r...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    SIGN UPON SIGN UNHEEDED 1 Kings 13:20 There is a tragic note in this paragraph. The man of God had performed God's errand bravely and well, and his words were verified by the result; but he perished...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In this chapter are two lessons of supreme value; first, the patient grace of God, and, second, the solemn responsibility of such as bear His message. The first of these is brought out in the story of...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Earth. Hebrew, "to destroy it from the face of the earth." The Vulgate insinuates that it had taken place before the author wrote. In the third year of Asa, 22 years after this revolt, Bansa slew the...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS My soul! pause over the perusal of this chapter, and contemplate in what a variety of views thou mayest gather spiritual improvement from it under the blessed Spirit's teaching. In the a...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (33) After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the prie...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    But the testimony and the judgment of God tarried not according to the mercy of God towards His people. Prophecy immediately re-appears; for the faithful love of God to His people never grows weary. H...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THIS THING BECAME SIN UNTO THE HOUSE OF JEROBOAM,.... All the above things were sins in themselves, as building high places, and putting priests in them, whoever would; but the sense is, that thes...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut [it] off, and to destroy [it] from off the face of the earth. Ver. 34. _And this thing became sin._] This his obstinacy and pertinacy...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _This thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam_ An occasion of sin, and a mean of hardening all his posterity in their idolatry; or, rather, _it became a punishment_, as the word sin often signifies....

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Ieroboams hand, that offered violence to him that prophesied against his altar at Bethel, withereth, 6 and at the prayer of the Prophet is restored. 7 The Prophet, refusing the kings intertainment...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, it was charged against him, EVEN TO CUT IT OFF, AND TO DESTROY IT FROM OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH. His guilt brought upon him and upon his entire f...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PROPHET PUNISHED FOR HIS DISOBEDIENCE...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    A SOLEMN MESSAGE FROM GOD (vs.1-10) God would not leave Jereboam without clear witness to God's abhorrence of the evil that Jereboam had introduced in Israel. The Lord sent a man of God from Judah to...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    23-34 God is displeased at the sins of his own people; and no man shall be protected in disobedience, by his office, his nearness to God, or any services he has done for him. God warns all whom he em...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THIS THING BECAME SIN; either an occasion of sin, and means of hardening all his posterity in their idolatry; or, a _punishment_, for so the word _sin_ is oft used. This his obstinate continuance in h...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 13:34 thing H1697 sin H2403 house H1004 Jeroboam H3379 exterminate H3582 (H8687) destroy H8045 (H8687) fa

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    A SUMMARY EMPHASISING JEROBOAM'S FAILURE TO REPENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES (1 KINGS 13:33). Having told the full story of Jeroboam's failure to obey YHWH, and the prophetic witness that had cast condemna...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Warning of punishment for idolatry. Disobedience and death of the prophet. CHARACTERS: God, Jeroboam, disobedient prophet, lying prophet. CONCLUSION: If we offer to God that which is an ab...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Kings 13:1. _Bethel._ See the notes on 1 Kings 12 1 Kings 12. The man of God from Judah is called Jaddo by Josephus. 1 Kings 13:2. _Josiah._ Cyrus is m

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Jeroboam turned not from his way._ JEROBOAM: A CHARACTER STUDY Jeroboam had decidedly a fine start with a flattering prospect of success, a rare opportunity for excelling both temporally and spiritu...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 13:1 Just as Solomon had stood at his altar in Jerusalem (1 Kings 8:22), Jeroboam now stands at the altar of his new temple in Bethel, ready to dedicate it to his gods. However

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _HOMILETICS OF 1 Kings 13:33_ AN INVETERATE SINNER I. THAT AN INVETERATE SINNER IS INDIFFERENT ALIKE TO ENTREATY AND WARNING. “After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way.” There is some...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE DISOBEDIENCE AND DEATH OF THE MAN OF GOD.—The seduction of the man of God, who has borne such fearless witness against Jeroboam's ecclesiastical policy, and his tragical end, are now na...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And so there came a young man out of Judah by the word of the LORD to Bethel: where Jeroboam was standing by the altar ready to burn incense. And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, an...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 12:26; 1 Kings 12:30; 1 Kings 14:10; 1 Kings 15:29; 1

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Sin — Either, an occasion of sin, and means of hardening all his posterity in their idolatry: or, a punishment, for so the word sin is often used. This his obstinate continuance in his idolatry, after...

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