Sesac. See chap. xi. 40. He was allied to Jeroboam, (Calmet) so that he might come to his assistance, (Haydock) being attracted by the ivory throne, (Rabbins) and immense riches of Jeroboam. (Calmet) --- Roboam was informed by Semeias, that resistance would be fruitless; and being humbled, he repaired more frequently to the temple, ver. 18. But his piety was of short duration, as it was influenced only by fear, 2 Paralipomenon xii. 14.
The examination of the famous inscription of Shishak at Karnak has resulted in the proof that the expedition commemorated was directed against Palestine, and has further thrown a good deal of light on...
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...
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...
SHISHAK. Founder of the twenty-second dynasty. AGAINST. See note on Judges 1:8, and App-53....
Shishak king of Egypt invades Judah. Death of Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 12:2-4; 2 Chronicles 12:9-16) 25. _Shishak king of Egypt_ See on 1 Kings 11:40. Shishak is there represented as givin
SHISHAK, KING OF EGYPT— It may seem something strange, that Shishak, who was so nearly allied to Rehoboam, should come up against him and take his royal city; but Rehoboam, we must remember, was not t...
I. THE FIRST THREE KINGS OF JUDAH 14:21-15:24 (931-870 B.C.) The first three kings of Judah ruled for sixty-one years. In this section the author speaks of (1) the apostasy of Rehoboam (1 Kings 14:21-...
_AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF KING REHOBOAM, THAT SHISHAK KING OF EGYPT CAME UP AGAINST JERUSALEM:_ Shishak king of Egypt came up. He was the instrument in the hand of Providence for puni...
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)....
SHISHAK] see on 1 Kings 11:40. A list of towns taken by Shishak has been preserved in an inscription by the conqueror himself at Karnak in Egypt. Among them were Keilah, Socoh, Aijalon, Beth-horon. Gi...
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...
SHISHAK. — His invasion is narrated at greater length in the record of Chronicles (2 Chronicles 12:2), which contains a description of his army, and a notice of the preservation of Jerusalem from dest...
וַ יְהִ֛י בַּ † שָּׁנָ֥ה הַ חֲמִישִׁ֖ית...
THE EARLIER KINGS OF JUDAH 1 Kings 14:21; 1 Kings 15:1 THE history of "the Jews" begins, properly speaking, from the reign of Rehoboam, and for four centuries it is mainly the history of the Davidic...
SOUTH RIVALS WORTH IN SINNING 1 Kings 14:17 Rehoboam's mother's name signifies _beauty_, and she may have been attractive in her person; but we are twice told that she was an Ammonitess, as if to emp...
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...
(25) And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: (26) And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of th...
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...
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...
AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF KING REHOBOAM,.... Two years after he and his people fell into the above wicked practices: THAT SHISHAK, KING OF EGYPT CAME UP AGAINST JERUSALEM; of whom see...
And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, [that] Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: Ver. 25. _Shishak king of Egypt._] Diodorus Siculus calleth him Sasokis; Justin, Susaki...
_In the fifth year of King Rehoboam_ Presently after his and his people's apostacy, which was not till his fourth year; while apostate Israel enjoyed peace, and some kind of prosperity; of which diffe...
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...
THE RULE OF REHOBOAM...
And it came to pass in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak, king of Egypt, probably at the suggestion of Jeroboam, came up against Jerusalem;...
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...
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 f...
IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF KING REHOBOAM; presently after his and his people's apostacy, which was not till his fourth year; when the apostical Israelites enjoyed peace and some kind of prosperity, at first...
1 Kings 14:25 fifth H2549 year H8141 King H4428 Rehoboam H7346 Shishak H7895 king H4428 Egypt H4714 up H5927 ...
THE REIGN OF REHOBOAM OF JUDAH C. 930-913 BC (1 KINGS 14:21). The sad thing about Rehoboam's reign would be its extreme bankruptcy. He reigned over a country which went to the excess in religious apos...
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:...
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...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 14:21__ The text now returns to Rehoboam’s reign and what has been happening in Judah. ⇐...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 14:25 SHISHAK KING OF EGYPT has often been identified with the pharaoh Sheshonq I (945–924 B.C.), founder of the Twenty-second Dynasty in Egypt. His army apparently passed thro...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 14:21. From incidents associated with the kingdom of ISRAEL, the historian now turns to JUDAH. 1 Kings 14:28. NAAMAH AN AMMONITESS—_Sept._ reads: “Daughter of...
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
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...
1 Kings 11:40; 2 Chronicles 12:2...
Fifth year — Presently after his and his people's apostacy, which was not 'till his fourth year: while apostate, Israel enjoyed peace and some kind of prosperity, of which difference, two reasons may...