1 Kings 14:2
GET THEE TO SHILOH. He had no confidence in his own gods. They were only political expedients.... [ Continue Reading ]
GET THEE TO SHILOH. He had no confidence in his own gods. They were only political expedients.... [ Continue Reading ]
CRUSE. flask, or bottle. HE. Some codices, with Septuagint, read "and he".... [ Continue Reading ]
WERE SET. Compare 1 Samuel 4:15. One of the nine afflicted with blindness. See note on Genesis 19:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
DOOR. entrance.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL Not merely kings, but all other rulers. No anachronism. OTHER GODS. Jehovah does not recognize the calves as being what Jeroboam intended, mere political expedients. See note on 1 Kings 14:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIM THAT, &C.. every male. SHUT UP AND LEFT. The commentators speak of the text being obscure or corrupt. But _'azab_ is. _Homonym,_ meaning: (1) _to leave_ (as in Genesis 2:24; Genesis 39:6; Nehemiah 5:10; Psalms 49:10. Mai. 1 Kings 4:1); and (2) _to restore, repair, fortify_ (as in Nehemiah 3:8; E... [ Continue Reading ]
GRAVE. a burying-place. Hebrew. _keber,_ not _sheol._... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT WHAT? EVEN NOW. Here again the text is supposed to be obscure. It is on account of the Figures of speech (App-6) used: (1) Ellipsis. "But what [am. saying That day'?] Even now [hath He raised him up]". (2) Note the Figure of speech _Amphidiorthosis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
SMITE ISRAEL, [SHAKING HIM] AS. REED IS SHAKEN, &C. The Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6) to be thus supplied. THIS GOOD LAND. Occurs only here and Joshua 23:13; Joshua 23:15. the river: i.e. the Euphrates. GROVES. ' _A_ sherim.... [ Continue Reading ]
MADE ISRAEL TO SIN. The first of twenty-one occurrences in these two books: 1 Kings 14:16; 1 Kings 15:26 1 Kings 15:30, 1 Kings 15:34; 1 Kings 16:19 1 Kings 16:26. 1 Kings 21:22; 1 Kings 22:52. 2Ki 3:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
TIRZAH. Afterward made the capital by Baasha (1 Kings 15:21), till Samaria was built by Omri (1 Kings 15:33. 1Ki 16:8, 1 Kings 16:15; 1 Kings 16:23; 1 Kings 16:24).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REST. See 2 Chronicles 13:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
TWO AND TWENTY YEARS. In 1 Kings 15:25 Nadab reigned two years, and began in the second year of Asa, which was the twenty-first of Jeroboam, so that Nadab's two years fall within the time of his father's twenty-two. But from 2 Chronicles 13:20 we learn that Jeroboam was stricken with. languishing di... [ Continue Reading ]
MOTHER'S NAME. Mentioned here and in the case of each successive king (Compare 1 Kings 15:10; 1 Kings 22:42; 2 Kings 8:26, &c.); because the king's character stands connected with the _mother_. and because of the position which the queen dowager occupied (Compare 1 Kings 2:19; 1 Kings 15:13.Jeremiah... [ Continue Reading ]
JEALOUSY. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
GROVES. See note on Exodus 34:13, and App-42.... [ Continue Reading ]
SODOMITES. Committers of the sin of Sodom (Genesis 19). Male prostitutes, dedicated to idolatry involving this sin. Connected with the _'Asherah._ App-42. Compare Deuteronomy 23:17; Deuteronomy 15:12. Deu 22:46. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHISHAK. Founder of the twenty-second dynasty. AGAINST. See note on Judges 1:8, and App-53.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL. "all [he could find]". ALL THE SHIELDS. Some codices, with three early printed editions, and Vulgate, omit "all".... [ Continue Reading ]
REHOBOAM. Being named first he was probably the aggressor, contrary to 1 Kings 12:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
ABIJAM. Abijah.... [ Continue Reading ]