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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

1 Kings 14:8

Thou hast not been as my servant David Who, though he fell into some sins, yet, 1st, He constantly persevered in the true worship of God; from which thou art revolted; 2d, He heartily repented of, and turned from all his sins, whereas thou art obstinate and incorrigible.

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See also 1 Kings 14:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Kings 14:8. _AND RENT THE KINGDOM AWAY FROM THE HOUSE OF DAVID_] That is, _permitted_ it to be rent, because of the folly and insolence of Rehoboam....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. THE MESSAGE OF GOD'S PROPHET 14:6-16 TRANSLATION (6) And it came to pass when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet coming at the door, that he said, Enter, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending t...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND RENT THE KINGDOM AWAY FROM THE HOUSE OF DAVID, AND GAVE IT THEE: AND YET THOU HAST NOT BEEN AS MY SERVANT DAVID, WHO KEPT MY COMMANDMENTS, AND WHO FOLLOWED ME WITH ALL HIS HEART, TO DO THAT ONLY...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I EXALTED THEE. — There is throughout a close allusion to Ahijah’s prophecy (1 Kings 11:31; 1 Kings 11:37), which promised Jeroboam “a sure house, like that of David,” on condition of the obedience of...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וָ אֶקְרַ֤ע אֶת ־הַ מַּמְלָכָה֙ מִ בֵּ֣ית

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

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

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (6) And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee wit...

  • 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

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND RENT THE KINGDOM AWAY FROM THE HOUSE OF DAVID, AND GAVE IT THEE,.... Even ten parts out of twelve: AND YET THOU HAST NOT BEEN AS MY SERVANT DAVID, WHO KEPT MY COMMANDMENTS, AND WHO FOLLOWED ME WI...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and [yet] thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do [that] on...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Ahijah's Prophecy against Jeroboam...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    and rent the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it thee, namely, the ten northern tribes, AND YET THOU HAST NOT BEEN AS MY SERVANT DAVID, who had been placed before his eyes as a model and...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    7-20 Whether we keep an account of God's mercies to us or not, he does; and he will set them in order before us, if we are ungrateful, to our greater confusion. Ahijah foretells the speedy death of t...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    AS MY SERVANT DAVID; who though he fell into some sins, yet, first, he constantly persevered in the true worship of God, from which thou art revolted; secondly, he heartily repented of and turned from...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 14:8 tore H7167 kingdom H4467 away H7167 (H8799) house H1004 David H1732 gave H5414 (H8799) servant...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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:...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _David kept my commandments _. .. _ thou hast gone and made thee other gods._ SERVITUDE OR SERVICE-WHICH? The people of God had left their God, and He had left them, so that Shishak, the King of Egyp...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 11:30; 1 Kings 11:31; 1 Kings 11:33; 1 Kings 15:5; 1 Kin

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    David — Who though he fell into some sins, yet, first, he constantly persevered in the true worship of God; from which thou art revolted. Secondly, he heartily repented of, and turned from all his sin...

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