1 Kings 11:29

_AND IT CAME TO PASS AT THAT TIME WHEN JEROBOAM WENT OUT OF JERUSALEM, THAT THE PROPHET AHIJAH THE SHILONITE FOUND HIM IN THE WAY; AND HE HAD CLAD HIMSELF WITH A NEW GARMENT; AND THEY TWO WERE ALONE IN THE FIELD:_ The prophet Ahijah the Shilonite, х_ HA-SHIYLONIY_ (H7888)] (see the notes at 2 Samuel 15:12) - i:e., a native or inhabitant of Shilo (Seilun) [Septuagint, Seeloo; Josephus, 'Antiquities,' b.5:, ch. 1:, secs. 19, 20, Siloun; but 'Antiquities,' b. 8:, ch. 7:, sec. 7, Siloo (cf. 1 Kings 14:2; 1 Kings 14:4. The Septuagint has: Achia ho Seeloonitees (see the notes at Josh

26-40 In telling the reason why God rent the kingdom from the house of Solomon, Ahijah warned Jeroboam to take heed of sinning away his preferment. Yet the house of David must be supported; out of it the Messiah would arise. Solomon sought to kill his successor. Had not he taught others, that whatever devices are in men's hearts, the counsel of the Lord shall stand? Yet he himself thinks to defeat that counsel. Jeroboam withdrew into Egypt, and was content to live in exile and obscurity for awhile, being sure of a kingdom at last. Shall not we be content, who have a better kingdom in reserve?...

Verse 29. _WHEN JEROBOAM WENT OUT OF JERUSALEM_] On what errand he was going out of Jerusalem, we know not. _AHIJAH THE SHILONITE_] He was one of those who wrote the history of the reign of Solomon, as we find from 2 Chronicles 9:29, and it is supposed that it was by him God spake twice to Solomon; and particularly delivered the message which we find in this chapter, 1 Kings 11:11....

AT THAT TIME - Probably after Jeroboam’s return from Egypt (see 1 Kings 11:40). THE SHILONITE - An inhabitant of Shiloh in Mount Ephraim, the earliest and most sacred of the Hebrew sanctuaries (Joshua 18:10; Jdg 18:31; 1 Samuel 4:3, etc.)...

EXPOSITION SOLOMON'S ADVERSARIES.—As the historian has collected together in 1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 8:1, all the information he can convey respecting the _temple, _and in 1 Kings 9:1; 1 Kings 10:1. all the scattered notices respecting Solomon's _power _and _greatness, _so here he arranges in one section the history of Solomon's _adversaries_._ _It must not be supposed that the following records stand in due chronological order. The enmities here mentioned did no

AND IT CAME TO PASS AT THAT TIME, WHEN JEROBOAM WENT OUT OF JERUSALEM,.... Either to enter upon his new office: or having been with Solomon to pay in the revenues, and to make up his accounts with him was going back to the country to do the duty of his office: THAT THE PROPHET AHIJAH THE SHILONITE FOUND HIM IN THE WAY; not accidentally, but purposely was in the way to meet him, and converse with him; this prophet was of the city of Shiloh, and where was now his abode, see 1 Kings 14:2 AND HE HAD CLAD HIMSELF WITH A NEW GARMENT; not Jeroboam, but the prophet, and that by the direction of the Lord, for the following purpose: AND THEY TWO WERE ALONE IN THE FIELD: it is possible Jeroboam might have some servants with him; but Ahijah desiring some private conversation with him, he sent them onwards, or bid them stay at some distance; who

7. SOLOMON'S FAILURE: JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED AND THE BEGINNING OF DISRUPTION CHAPTER 11 _ 1. Solomon's polygamy and departure from God (1 Kings 11:1)_ 2. Hadad the Edomite (1 Kings 11:14) 3. Rezon the second adversary (1 Kings 11:23) 4. Jeroboam (1 Kings 11:26) 5. Solomon's reign and death (1 Kings 11:41) “But--.” An ominous word with which this chapter begins. It introduces us to the sad picture of Solomon's great apostasy. “He shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people

SIN OF SOLOMON, AND THE ADVERSARIES RAISED UP IN CONSEQUENCE. From various differences in the arrangement of the earlier verses in the LXX and Heb., it has been supposed that in its original form the narrative merely recorded the fact that Solomon had a number of wives, and that he built sanctuaries and offered sacrifice to their gods. In its present form the influence of a Deuteronomic editor is unmistakable. But the account of Solomon's adversaries (1 Kings 11:14 ff.) must be derived from an earlier source; and even as it stands does not necessarily mean that they were raised up in punishment of his sin. Hadad, the Edomite (1 Kings 11:14) must have troubled him early in his reign (1 Kings 11:21 f.), and Rezon wa

AHIJAH. He afterwards rebuked Jeroboam (1 Kings 14:6). SHILONITE. a native of Shiloh, where the Tabernacle and Ark bad been placed (Joshua 18:1). Compare 1 Samuel 4:3....

_at that time_ i.e. While the building-works at the Millo and the completion of the wall was in progress. _Ahijah the Shilonite_ This prophet, whose home was in Shiloh (see 1 Kings 14:2), is mentioned in connexion with this prophecy to Jeroboam and again when Jeroboam has become king, and sends his wife to inquire of the prophet about the issue of his child's sickness. A writing of his is spoken of in 2 Chronicles 9:29 as -the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite". This may have contained other prophecies beside those which have been preserved to us. He was evidently a person of much importance and influence during this and the following reign. _found him in the way_ Here the LXX. adds -and he drew him aside out of the way": an addition which may have been made to explain how it came