1 Kings 14:26

_AND HE TOOK AWAY THE TREASURES OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND THE TREASURES OF THE KING'S HOUSE; HE EVEN TOOK AWAY ALL: AND HE TOOK AWAY ALL THE SHIELDS OF GOLD WHICH SOLOMON HAD MADE._ He took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house. 'The spoliation made seems to have extended to more things than the articles enumerated here. Although the cost of the targets and shields would be somewhere about 239,000 pound sterling, it is said, "he took all," - probably meaning all that was required to pay his expenses-not all that was in the house,' (Napier, 'Ancient Workers in Metal,' p. 114: see the notes at 2 Chronicles 12:1.)...

21-31 Here is no good said of Rehoboam, and much said to the disadvantage of his subjects. The abounding of the worst crimes, of the worst of the heathen, in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen for his temple and his worship, shows that nothing can mend the hearts of fallen men but the sanctifying grace of the Holy Spirit. On this alone may we depend; for this let us daily pray, in behalf of ourselves and all around us. The splendour of their temple, the pomp of their priesthood, and all the advantages with which their religion was attended, could not prevail to keep them close to it; nothing less than the pouring out the Spirit will keep God's Israel in their allegiance to him. Sin exposes, makes poor, and weakens any people. Shishak, king of Egypt, came and took away the treasures. Sin makes the gold become dim, changes the most fine gold, and turns it into brass....

Verse 1 Kings 14:26. _HE TOOK AWAY THE TREASURES_] All the treasures which Solomon had amassed, both in the temple and in his own houses; a booty the most immense ever acquired in one place. _ALL THE SHIELDS OF GOLD WHICH SOLOMON HAD MADE._] These were _three hundred_ in number, and were all made of beaten gold. See a computation of their value in _Clarke's note on "_1 Kings 10:17_"_....

The circumstances of Shishak’s invasion, related here with extreme brevity, are given with some fulness by the author of Chronicles (marginal reference). It is still a question whether the submission of the Jewish king is or is not expressly recorded in the Karnak inscription. Midway in the list of cities and tribes occurs the entry “YUDeH-MALK” which it has been proposed to translate “Judah, king.” Others regard it as the name of a Palestinian town not otherwise known to us....

EXPOSITION THE REIGN OF REHOBOAM.— 1 KINGS 14:21 AND REHOBOAM, THE SON OF SOLOMON, REIGNED IN JUDAH. REHOBOAM WAS FORTY [or twenty. See on 1 Kings 12:1] AND ONE YEARS OLD WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN, AND HE REIGNED [this reign is related at greater length in 2 Chronicles 11:1; 2 Chronicles 12:1.] SEVENTEEN YEARS [cf. 1 Kings 15:1] IN Jerusalem, the c

AND HE TOOK AWAY THE TREASURES OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD,.... Which perhaps Jeroboam had informed him of, and for the sake of which he came, as well as to make a diversion in favour of Jeroboam, who had contracted an intimacy with him when in Egypt; and who might have no regard for Rehoboam, who was not a son of Pharaoh's daughter, and so no relation to him: these were the treasures which David had left to his son Solomon, and had dedicated for the temple, even gold, silver, and vessels, which he put among the treasures of the house of the Lord, and perhaps added to them, 1 Kings 7:51, and the treasures of the king's house; the riches, gold, silver, and jewels, whatever of worth and value he had in his chests and cabinets: HE EVEN TOOK AWAY ALL: that he could find and come at; for that there were some left is plain from...

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 (1 Kings 14:21) We come now to the passing of both kings, Jeroboam of Israel and Rehoboam of Judah. Abijah (Jehovah is my father), the son of wicked Jeroboam, was sick. “That child was the one green spot in Jeroboam's life and home; the one germ of hope. And as his father loved him truly, so all Israel had set their hopes on him. Upon the inner life of this child, its struggles and its victories, lies the veil of Scripture silence; and best that it should be so. But now his pulses were b

REIGN OF REHOBOAM. The formula in 1 Kings 14:21 is regularly employed in Kings. The LXX make his age sixteen, and gives him twelve years. The name of the king's mother is given, since she, and not the wife, was the chief lady of the court. The title she bore was not _queen,_ but _lady (gebhirah,_ 1 Kings 15:13). Being an Ammonitess, Naamah would naturally have encouraged her son in idolatry. But in 1 Kings 14:23, whereas it is usual in Kings to give the verdict on the king he did good, he did evil, in this case Judah is blamed; the LXX, however, says Rehoboam did evil, etc. The sins of Judah are enumerated as building high places, setting up pillars (_maçç eboth),_ and Asherim (A.V. groves) on every hi

ALL. "all [he could find]". ALL THE SHIELDS. Some codices, with three early printed editions, and Vulgate, omit "all"....

_he even took away all_ Instead of these words the LXX. gives: -and the golden shields which David took from the hands of the servants of Hadadezer king of Zobah and brought them to Jerusalem." On these captures of David see 2 Samuel 8:7. On the shields of gold made by Solomon cf. 1 Kings 10:17. At the close of the verse the LXX. adds that Shishak -brought" his booty -into Egypt....