1 Kings 14:12-14 ASV

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Kings 14:14

GOD'S REJECTION OF JEROBOAM AS KING OF ISRAEL"Moreover Jehovah will raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now."God did not here promise that Jeroboam's successor would be a righteous king or even that he would be any better than Jeroboam, but that he would surely take care of the business of liquidating the house of Jeroboam."But what? even now" (1 Kings 14:14). The RSV translates this, "Who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam today,"... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 14:13

1 Kings 14:13. Because in him there is found some good thing toward the Lord— It appears evidently from the same mode of expression, 2 Chronicles 19:3., that the meaning here must be, that he was the only person in the family, who had expressed a dislike to the worship of the calves; an inclination and intention to abolish it whenever he should come into power; and to admit, if not oblige, his subject to go up to Jerusalem to worship as the Lord prescribed. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 14:14

1 Kings 14:14. But what? even now— Houbigant renders this, and at this very time; observing that the Hebrew particle מה meh, is not always interrogative. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 14:12

12. the child shall die—The death and general lamentation felt through the country at the loss of the prince were also predicted. The reason for the profound regret shown at his death arose, according to Jewish writers, from his being decidedly opposed to the erection of the golden calves, and using his influence with his father to allow his subjects the free privilege of going to worship in Jerusalem. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 14:13

13. all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him—the only one of Jeroboam's family who should receive the rites of sepulture. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

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

14. the Lord shall raise him up a king . . . but what? even now—namely, Baasha ( :-); he was already raised—he was in being, though not in power. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 14:1-18

The prophecy of judgment on Jeroboam’s dynasty 14:1-18Whereas the prophecy of the young prophet from Judah dealt with Jeroboam’s religious cult, this one predicted the fate of the king’s descendants. Compare Samuel’s prediction concerning unfaithful Saul’s descendants (1 Samuel 13).Jeroboam probably sent his wife to see Ahijah because that prophet had previously given a favorable prophecy to him (1 Kings 11:29-39). He probably hoped his gift (1 Kings 14:3) would win the prophet’s favor as... 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 14:13

(13) Because in him there is found some good thing.—There is something singularly pathetic in this declaration of early death, in peace and with due mourning, as the only reward which can be given to piety in the time of coming judgment. It is much like the prophetic declaration to Josiah at the time of the approaching fall of the kingdom of Judah (2 Kings 22:18-20). But, at the same time, we find in the Old Testament little indication of that general view of the prevalent sorrow and burden of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

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

(14) Shall raise him up a king.—Baasha. (See 1 Kings 15:27-30.) For, like Jeroboam, he had (see 1 Kings 16:2-4) a probation before God, in which he failed, drawing down doom on his house.But what? even now.—The exact meaning of these words has been much disputed. The LXX. renders “and what? even now;” the Vulgate has “in this day and in this time;” the Chaldee Targum, “what is now, and what besides shall be.” Modern interpretations vary greatly. On the whole, perhaps, our version gives a not... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Kings 14:14

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 14:13

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 14:14

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 14:12

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 14:13

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 14:1-18

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

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Kings 14:13

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

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