Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 14:20
1 Kings 14:20. Jeroboam reigned two and twenty years So he lived till the second year of Asa, chap. 15. He slept with his fathers He died as his fathers did, or perhaps the expression also implies, that he was buried with his ancestors. Their sepulchre, however, may appear too mean for a great king. It is probable that he died soon after his son: and we read, (2 Chronicles 13:20,) The Lord struck him; probably with some sudden and sore disease, which soon cut him off. He left his crown... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 14:19
1 Kings 14:19. Behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles Not that canonical book of Chronicles, for that was written long after this book; but a book of civil records, the annals, wherein all remarkable passages were recorded by the king’s command from day to day; out of which the sacred penman, by the direction of God’s spirit, took those passages which were most useful for God’s honour, and men’s edification. read more