CHAPTER XIV _Abijah, son of Jeroboam, falls sick_, 1. _Jeroboam sends his wife disguised to Ahijah the prophet, and_ _with her a present, to inquire concerning his son_, 2-4. _Ahijah discovers her by a Divine intimation and delivers to her_ _a heavy message concerning the destruction of Jeroboa... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Kings 14:3. _TEN LOAVES_] Probably common or household bread. _CRACKNELS_] נקדים _nikkuddim, spotted_, or _perforated_ bread; thin cakes, pierced through with many holes, the same as is called _Jews' bread_ to the present day, and used by them at the passover. It was customary to give prese... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Kings 14:5. _FEIGN HERSELF_ TO BE _ANOTHER_ WOMAN.] It would have been discreditable to Jeroboam's calves, if it had been known that he had consulted a prophet of Jehovah.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Kings 14:8. _AND RENT THE KINGDOM AWAY FROM THE HOUSE OF DAVID_] That is, _permitted_ it to be rent, because of the folly and insolence of Rehoboam.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Kings 14:10. _HIM THAT PISSETH AGAINST THE WALL_] Every _male_. The phrase should be thus rendered wherever it occurs.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Kings 14:11. _SHALL THE DOGS EAT_] They shall not have an honourable burial: and shall not come into the sepulchres of their fathers.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Kings 14:13. _IN HIM THERE IS FOUND_ SOME _GOOD THING_] Far be it from God to destroy the righteous with the wicked; God respects even a _little good_, because it is a seed from himself. The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Kings 14:15. _FOR THE LORD SHALL SMITE ISRAEL_] See this prophecy fulfilled, 1 Kings 15:28-11, when Baasha destroyed all the house and posterity of Jeroboam.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Kings 14:19. _THE REST OF THE ACTS OF JEROBOAM _- ARE _WRITTEN IN_ _THE - CHRONICLES_] For some important particulars relative to this reign, see 2 Chronicles 13:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Kings 14:24. _THERE WERE ALSO SODOMITES IN THE LAND_] קדשים _kedeshim,_ _consecrated persons_; persons who had devoted themselves, in practices of the greatest impurity, to the service of the most impure idols.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 o... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Kings 14:28. _THE GUARD BARE THEM_] The guard probably were just _three hundred_, answering to the number of the shields.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Kings 14:31. _NAAMAH AN AMMONITESS._] He was born of a heathen mother, and begotten of an apostate father. From such an impure fountain could sweet water possibly spring? _ABIJAM HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._] Though righteousness cannot be propagated, because it is supernatural, yet unrig... [ Continue Reading ]