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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 14:22-23

1 Kings 14:22-23. Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord In contempt and in defiance of him, and the tokens of his special presence. They provoked him to jealousy By joining other gods together with him, as the adulterous wife provokes her husband by breaking the marriage covenant. They also built them high places Followed the example of the Israelites, although they were better instructed, had the temple in their kingdom, and liberty of access to it, and the privilege of worshipping... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 14:21-31

Rehoboam’s reign in the south (14:21-31)The story returns to the kingdom of Judah. After the division of the kingdom, Rehoboam quickly strengthened the defences on his southern border, for he knew that Egypt was likely to support Jeroboam (cf. 11:40; see 2 Chronicles 11:5-12). For three years Rehoboam carried on the true worship of Yahweh. This was mainly because of the help he received from a large number of priests and Levites from the north who fled to Judah rather than participate in the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 14:21

mother's name. Mentioned here and in the case of each successive king (Compare 1 Kings 15:10 ; 1 Kings 22:42 . 2 Kings 8:26 , &c.); because the king's character stands connected with the mother ; and because of the position which the queen dowager occupied (Compare 1 Kings 2:19 , 1 Kings 15:13 .Jeremiah 13:18; Jeremiah 13:18 ). Ammonitess. Twice mentioned, and in connection with Jerusalem. See 1 Kings 14:31 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 14:22

jealousy. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Kings 14:21

THE ACCOUNT OF REHOBOAM'S EVIL REIGN IN JUDAH"And Rehoboam, 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 Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Judah did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 14:21

21. he reigned . . . in Jerusalem—Its particular designation as "the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there," seems given here, both as a reflection on the apostasy of the ten tribes, and as a proof of the aggravated wickedness of introducing idolatry and its attendant vices there. his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess—Her heathen extraction and her influence as queen mother are stated to account for Rehoboam's tendency to depart from the true... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 14:21-31

3. Rehoboam’s evil reign in Judah 14:21-31"The narrator introduces a new format and style at this point that enables him to state the essence of a king’s reign with an economy of words. The introduction and conclusion of the account of each reign conform to a fixed pattern with only slight variations. The following information is regularly given in the introduction to the reigns of the kings of Judah: (1) date of beginning of reign, (2) age at beginning of reign (not noted consistently at... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 14:1-31

The Sins of Jeroboam and Rehoboam and their Punishment2. Shiloh] The modern Seilûn, N. of Bethel and E. of the road leading from Bethel to Shechem (Judges 21:19). 3. Take with thee] The gift proffered by the queen was a small one to suit her disguise: contrast 2 Kings 5:5. Cruse] a flask or bottle (and so in 1 Kings 17:12). 9. Above all that were before thee] Solomon’s idolatry was perhaps worse than Jeroboam’s in being the worship of false gods, but it was at any rate not deliberately... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Kings 14:21

(21) And Rehoboam.—Here begins the second series of the book—a series of brief annals, touching only the main points of the history of the kings of Israel and Judah, till the appearance of Elijah (1 Kings 17:1). In respect of the kingdom of Judah, and of Israel so far as it is connected with Judah, it is largely supplemented by the fuller record of the Chronicles (2 Chronicles 11-17).During this first epoch of the existence of the two kingdoms, including about sixty years, their relations... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Kings 14:22

(22) Judah did evil.—From the Chronicles (2 Chronicles 11:17) we gather that, as might have been expected, the judgment which had fallen upon the house of David for idolatry, the rallying of the national feeling round the sacredness of the Temple, and the influx from Israel of the priests and Levites, produced a temporary reaction: “for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.” With, however, the excitement, and perhaps the sense of danger (2 Chronicles 12:1), this wholesome... read more

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