Bible Commentary

And it was [so], when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard chamber. 28. And it was so, when ] For ‘when’ the R.V. gives, as often as. The Hebrew word is not common. It occurs 1Sa 18:30 ; 2Ki 4:8; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 14:28”

And king Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields, and committed [them] unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s house. 27. brasen shields ] R.V. ‘ shields of brass ’ (or, rather, ‘bronze’) which is the form in 2Ch 12:10, and which represents the original more … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 14:27”

And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. 26. he even took away all ] Instead of these words the LXX. gives: ‘and the golden shields … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 14:26”

And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, [that] Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: 25 31. Shishak king of Egypt invades Judah. Death of Rehoboam (2Ch 12:2-4; 2Ch 12:9-16) 25. Shishak king of Egypt ] See on 1Ki 11:40. Shishak is there represented as giving a friendly reception … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 14:25”

And there were also sodomites in the land: [and] they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. 24. which the Lord cast (R.V. drave) out ] The change of R.V. brings the expression into harmony with nearly all the rest of the places … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 14:24”

For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. 23. high places ] We read constantly of ‘houses’ of the high places, and it is to these erections on some lofty hills that the ‘building’ here spoken of applies. See above, 1Ki 12:31. images … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 14:23”

And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done. 22. did evil ] R.V. did that which was evil. The Hebrew text is better represented by this fuller translation. provoked him to jealousy ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 14:22”

And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam [was] forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name [was] Naamah an Ammonitess. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 14:21”

And the days which Jeroboam reigned [were] two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead. 20. two and twenty years ] So that Jeroboam’s death occurred in the second year of the reign of Asa, king of Judah. Cf. 1Ki 15:9; 1Ki 15:25. It appears … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 14:20”

And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they [are] written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 19. how he warred ] His war with Abijah king of Judah is spoken of in 2Ch 13:3-20. The history in that place describes Jeroboam’s … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 14:19”