Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
1 Kings 14:14
But what? even now— Houbigant renders this, and at this very time; observing that the Hebrew particle מה meh, is not always interrogative.
But what? even now— Houbigant renders this, and at this very time; observing that the Hebrew particle מה meh, is not always interrogative.
The Hebrew text of this verse appears to be defective in this place. No satisfactory sense can be obtained from it. The true meaning of the original passage is possibly: “Yahweh shall raise up a king...
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...
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...
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...
_that day_ i.e. On which the Lord hath appointed: the day when the new king shall arise. _but what? even now_ This elliptic phrase seems to be best filled out somewhat thus. But what (am I saying? Wh...
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...
_MOREOVER THE LORD SHALL RAISE HIM UP A KING OVER ISRAEL, WHO SHALL CUT OFF THE HOUSE OF JEROBOAM THAT DAY: BUT WHAT? EVEN NOW._ The Lord shall raise him up a king ... but what? even now - namely, Ba...
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)....
BUT WHAT? EVEN NOW] i.e. is not the predicted event happening even now?...
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...
SHALL RAISE HIM UP A KING. — Baasha. (See 1 Kings 15:27.) For, like Jeroboam, he had (see 1 Kings 16:2) a probation before God, in which he failed, drawing down doom on his house. BUT WHAT? EVEN NOW....
וְ הֵקִים֩ יְהוָ֨ה לֹ֥ו מֶ֨לֶךְ֙ עַל ־יִשְׂרָ
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...
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...
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...
Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: (l) but what? even now. (l) The Lord will begin to destroy it out of hand....
_Time. Protestants, "But what? even now." The young prince, (Haydock) who was the firmest support of the family, was presently hurried away. Abia, king of Juda, slew above 500,000 of Jeroboam's subjec...
(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...
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...
MOREOVER THE LORD SHALL RAISE UP A KING OVER ISRAEL,.... Baasha is meant, 1 Kings 15:29 WHO SHALL CUT OFF THE HOUSE OF JEROBOAM THAT DAY; immediately, as soon as on the throne, he should destroy his...
_Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now._ Ver. 14. _But what? even now,_] _a_ _q.d., _ Why say I the Lord shall...
1 Kin. 14:14, 15. It is God's manner in Scripture, when threatening the wicked for their sins, to pass from those judgments that are soon to be inflicted, and are the more immediate, and which are the...
_The Lord shall raise him up a king_ This king was Baasha, 1 Kings 15:27. _Who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day_ When he is so raised up, in the very beginning of his reign. _But what?_ Do...
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...
Moreover, the Lord shall raise Him up a king over Israel who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day, during his reign; BUT WHAT? EVEN NOW; the destruction which was to begin now would be complet...
Ahijah's Prophecy against Jeroboam...
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...
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...
Baasha, 1 KINGS 15:28. WHO SHALL CUT OFF THE HOUSE OF JEROBOAM THAT DAY; when he is so raised; in the very beginning of his reign, 1 KINGS 15:29. BUT WHAT? but what do I say, _he shall raise_, as it w...
1 Kings 14:14 LORD H3068 up H6965 (H8689) king H4428 Israel H3478 off H3772 (H8686) house H1004 Jeroboam...
“ Moreover YHWH will raise him up a king over Israel, who will cut off the house of Jeroboam that day. But what? Even now.” Furthermore it was YHWH's intention to raise up a king over Israel who woul...
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...
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...
_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...
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 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...
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...
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 15:27; 2 Peter 2:3; Ecclesiastes 8:11; Ezekiel 12:22;...
A king — Baasha, 1 Kings 15:28. That day — When he is so raised; in the very beginning of his reign, 1 Kings 15:29. But what? — But what do I say, he shall raise, as it were a thing to be done at a gr...