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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...
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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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CRUSE. flask, or bottle.
HE. Some codices, with Septuagint, read "and he"....
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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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)....
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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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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...
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וְ לָקַ֣חַתְּ בְּ֠ יָדֵךְ עֲשָׂרָ֨ה
לֶ֧חֶם וְ
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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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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...
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_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...
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(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...
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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 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...
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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,...
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_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...
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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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Ahijah's Prophecy against Jeroboam...
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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...
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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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WITH:
_ Heb._ in thine hand
CRACKNELS:
Or, cakes
CRUSE:
Or, bottle...
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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...
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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
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1 Kings 14:3 take H3947 (H8804) you H3027 ten H6235 loaves H3899 cakes
H5350 jar H1228 honey H1706 go...
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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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“ 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...
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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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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 13:7; 1 Samuel 9:7; 1 Samuel 9:8; 2 Kings 1:2; 2 Kings 4:42;...
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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....