Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 15:34
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
34. evil ] R.V. that which was evil. See above on 1Ki 15:26, 1Ki 16:1.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 34. Walked in the way of Jeroboam] The entail of iniquity cannot be cut off but by a thorough conversion of the soul to God; and of this, these bad kings seem to have had no adequate notion. The wicked followed the steps of the wicked, and became still more wicked; sin gathers strength by exercise and age.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And he did evil in the sight of the Lord,…. As Nadab did, whom he slew:
and walked in the way of Jeroboam; whose family he destroyed:
and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin; in worshipping the golden calves; so that it was not out of dislike to idolatry, but out of malice and ambition, that he slew the family of Jeroboam.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
REFLECTIONS
WHILE I read of the miseries of war, and behold in the succession of kings, like what is here represented in this chapter, one rising up to the destruction of another; how sweet and gracious a relief is it to my mind, to contemplate him of whom the prophet, ages before he came, thus delightfully predicted the features of his character; Behold a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind; and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place; as the shadow of great rock in a weary land.
All this, and infinitely more, blessed Jesus, art thou to thy people! Thou art a king indeed under whose government thy happy subjects live in peace and everlasting security. And thou art a covert and hiding place; a sanctuary and refuge; a fountain indeed of waters, even living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
In thee, and under thy gracious reign, whatever enemies arise, thou lightest all our battles, and makest thy people more than conquerors through thy grace enabling them. And oh! when I consider how secretly and securely in the union with thy person, and by virtue of thy finished redemption, thy subjects are eternally safe from all the possibilities of danger; how doth my soul rejoice, and my heart is made glad. Yes! blessed Jesus! I can and do speak to my soul in the sweet words of thy prophet, and enter into an heart-felt participation with the church of old of all its blissful properties; Sing O daughter of Zion; shout O Israel; be glad and rejoice – with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. The Lord hath taken away thy judgments; he hath cast out thine enemy. The king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee; thou shalt not see evil anymore.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
1Ki 15:34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
Ver. 34. And he did evil. ] See on 1Ki 14:23 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
he did evil: 1Ki 15:26
walked: 1Ki 15:26, 1Ki 12:28, 1Ki 12:29, 1Ki 13:33, 1Ki 13:34, 1Ki 14:16, Isa 1:4
Reciprocal: Deu 12:13 – General 1Ki 14:9 – hast done 1Ki 16:2 – thou hast walked 1Ki 16:19 – in his 1Ki 21:22 – made Israel to sin 1Ki 22:52 – and in the way 2Ki 3:3 – which made
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ki 15:34. And he walked in the way of Jeroboam This makes it evident that Baasha did not cut off Jeroboams family because they were idolaters, but because he aspired to the throne; which, when he had obtained, he endeavoured to establish himself in by the same impious policy which Jeroboam had used: for he reformed nothing in religion, but continued the idolatrous worship of the calves which Jeroboam had set up, to keep the people from going to worship at Jerusalem.