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CHAPTER XIV
_Abijah, son of Jeroboam, falls sick_, 1.
_Jeroboam sends his wife disguised to Ahijah the prophet, and_
_with her a present, to inquire concerning his son_, 2-4.
_Ahijah discovers her...
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AT THAT TIME - The phrase here connects the narrative which follows
with Jeroboam’s persistence in his evil courses. The event related
is the first judgment upon him for his obduracy, the beginning of...
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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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1 Kings 14:1-20. Jeroboam's inquiry concerning his sick child. The
prophet's answer. Close of Jeroboam's reign (Not in Chronicles)
1. _At that time_ The order of the narrative shews that the writer of...
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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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_AT THAT TIME ABIJAH THE SON OF JEROBOAM FELL SICK._
At that time - a phrase used often loosely and indefinitely, in sacred
history. This domestic incident in the family of Jeroboam probably
occurred...
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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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ABIJAH (“whose father is Jehovah”). — The coincidence of names
in the sons of Jeroboam and Rehoboam is curious. Possibly it may be
more than coincidence, if (as seems likely) the births of both took
p...
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בָּ † עֵ֣ת הַ הִ֔יא חָלָ֖ה אֲבִיָּ֥ה...
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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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At. The Septuagint omit the 20 verses following. But Grabe's edition
has them marked with asterisks, (Haydock) as being supplied from
Theodotion, &c. The Vatican copy gives a great part, with some
cir...
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CONTENTS
In this chapter begins the history of Israel and Judah in the division
of the two kingdoms; so that attention should be paid in the reading
to distinguish to which the subject belongs. The c...
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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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AT THAT TIME ABIJAH, THE SON OF JEROBOAM, FELL SICK. Being smitten of
God with some disease, as a punishment of Jeroboam's sin; how long
this was after the above things were done cannot be said....
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At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
Ver. 1. _At that time._] While Jeroboam did evil as he could, walking
contrary to God, God also walked as contrary to him; for is it fit
that he sho...
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_At that time_ Presently after the things related in the foregoing
chapter, which, though apparently connected with the beginning of his
reign, yet might possibly be done a good while after it, and so...
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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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At that time, after Jeroboam had refused to repent of his evil ways,
ABIJAH, THE SON OF JEROBOAM, FELL SICK. It was evidently the crown
prince, the successor to the throne, who became ill....
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Ahijah's Prophecy against Jeroboam...
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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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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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1 KINGS CHAPTER 14 Jeroboam sendeth his wife disguised, and with
presents, to the prophet Ahijah at Shiloh, to inquire concerning his
son, who was sick, 1 KINGS 14:1. He, forewarned by God, denounceth...
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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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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 13:33; 1 Kings 13:34; 1 Kings 14:12; 1 Kings 14:13; 1 S
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At that time — Presently after the things described in the former
chapter; which, though related in the beginning of his reign, yet
might be done a good while after it, and so Ahijah the prophet might...