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Verse 1 Kings 15:12. _THE SODOMITES_] הקדשים _hakkedeshim_;
literally, _the_ _holy_ or _consecrated ones_. See on 1 Kings 14:24....
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3. ABIJAM AND ASA, KINGS OF JUDAH
CHAPTER 15
_ 1. Abijam of Judah (1 Kings 15:1; 2 Chronicles 13)_
2. Asa of Judah (1 Kings 15:9;...
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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 ...
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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...
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_and he took_(R.V. PUT) _away_ The same word is so rendered in 2
Chronicles 15:8, of these very reforms. Literally it means -caused to
pass by."
_idols that his fathers had made_ Not only those in Ju...
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C. THE REFORMATION UNDER ASA 15:9-24
At the outset of his reign, Asa launched a national movement to bring
his people back to the old paths of fidelity to God. But as time went
on, Asa's religious fer...
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_AND HE TOOK AWAY THE SODOMITES OUT OF THE LAND, AND REMOVED ALL THE
IDOLS THAT HIS FATHERS HAD MADE._
And he took away the sodomites out of the land х_ HAQªDEESHIYM_
(H6945)] - male prostitutes, pri...
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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...
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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...
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וַ יַּעֲבֵ֥ר הַ קְּדֵשִׁ֖ים מִן ־הָ
אָ֑רֶץ
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A BETTER DAY DAWNS
1 Kings 15:1
Again we meet with those references to David that we found in the
previous chapter. See 1 Kings 15:3; 1 Kings 15:11. His name lingers as
sweet fragrance in the air, or...
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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...
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_Effeminate. See chap. xiv. 24. Yet his zeal could not entirely
eradicate this evil. There was room for the exertions of his son
Josaphat, chap. xxii. 47. (Calmet) --- The king punished with death
suc...
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(9) В¶ And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned
Asa over Judah. (10) And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem.
And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom....
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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 HE TOOK AWAY THE SODOMITES OUT OF THE LAND,.... Which were in the
times of Rehoboam, 1 Kings 14:24, and continued in his father's reign;
those he took away, either by driving them out of the land,...
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And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the
idols that his fathers had made.
Ver. 12. _And he took away the sodomites._] See 1 Kings 14:24. How
far from this zeal of good Asa...
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_He took away the sodomites_ All whom he could find out; but some
escaped his observation, as appears from 1 Kings 22:46. _And removed
all the idols his father had made_ If his father had made them, h...
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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...
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And he took away the sodomites, the public male prostitutes who had
come in under Rehoboam, out of the land, AND REMOVED ALL THE IDOLS
THAT HIS FATHERS HAD MADE....
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THE RULE OF ASA IN JUDAH...
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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...
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9-24 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. That is right
indeed which is so in God's eyes. Asa's times were times of
reformation. He removed that which was evil; there reformation begins,
a...
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THE SODOMITES, of whom see 1 KINGS 14:24, not all of them, but those
whom he could find out; but some escaped his observation and censure,
as appears from 1 KINGS 22:46....
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THE REIGN OF GOOD KING ASA OF JUDAH C. 911-870 BC (1 KINGS 15:9).
In Asa we have the first king following David who made a genuine
effort to turn the people back to YHWH. He removed the most blatant
e...
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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...
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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...
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_Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord._
THE CHARACTER OF ASA
In Asa, King of Judah, we have one of the most melancholy, yet perhaps
one of the most marvellous instances on record in t...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 15:1 Abijam and Asa. The history of the
kings of Judah continues. Abijam (vv. 1 Kings 15:1) is a bad Judean
king. He follows the idolatry of the
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 15:12 HE PUT AWAY THE MALE CULT PROSTITUTES.
See note on 14:24.
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 15:12. THE SODOMITES—_vide_ Notes on 1 Kings 14:24. ALL THE
IDOLS—גִּלּוּלִים, a word for despicable things. The
Rabbins render it mud-gods; _Ewald_ renders i...
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EXPOSITION
THE REIGNS OF ABIJAM AND ASA, KINGS OF JUDAH.
_The Reign of Abijam_.
1 KINGS 15:1
NOW IN THE EIGHTEENTH YEAR OF KING JEROBOAM, THE SON OF NEBAT, REIGNED
ABIJAM [see n
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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...
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1 Kings 11:7; 1 Kings 11:8; 1 Kings 14:23; 1 Kings 14:24; 1 Kings 15:3
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Sodomites — All whom he could find out; but some escaped his
observation, as appears from 1 Kings 22:46. Idols, &c. — And if his
father had made them, he had the more need to remove them, that he
migh...