James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 14:12
THE CHILD THAT WAS TOO GOOD TO LIVE‘The child shall die.’ 1 Kings 14:12 Jeroboam has filled up the measure of his iniquity, and among the things that he has to suffer this is one of the greatest—that his child is to die. And this announcement is made to the one who can least bear it—to the mother; the one who is ready to do anything and play any false part so that she may save her son.What was to happen? Ahijah is explicit. After repeating the story of Jeroboam’s iniquity he adds: ‘Arise... read more
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 14:1-31
In the story now recorded God is seen acting in judgment. The sickness of the son of Jeroboam was the first stroke of punishment and in connection therewith the prophet Ahijah uttered the doom of the man who had so grievously sinned. In the name of God he reminded him through his wife, that his exaltation to power had been by the act of God, and declared that, because of his sin he and all his were to be swept away. In the meantime, the southern kingdom of Judah was also sinning. Thus so... read more