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Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Kings 14:1-18

1 Kings 14:1-18At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.A good boy and a bad familyOne beautiful flower in a desert; one lovely rose amongst thorns; one fruitful branch on a corrupt tree. We are going to speak of a boy who was like that flower, rose, or branch.I. This boy’s father was very wicked. God had been kind to this man. Instead of remembering God’s kindness and obeying Him, he tried to put away all thoughts of God from his mind, and disobeyed Him. He caused two calves of gold... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 14:12

1Ki 14:12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: [and] when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. Ver. 12. The child shall die. ] This heavy news could not but pierce through the mother’s soul as a sword. Luk 2:35 A child he is called, because dearly beloved of his parents; but he was of age enough to choose the good and refuse the evil. 1Ki 14:13 read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Kings 14:12

when thy feet: 1 Kings 14:3, 1 Kings 14:16, 1 Kings 14:17, 2 Kings 1:6, 2 Kings 1:16, John 4:50-1 Thessalonians : Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 2:34 - a sign 1 Kings 15:25 - Nadab 2 Kings 1:4 - but shalt Hebrews 11:38 - whom read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Kings 14:12

Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.When, … — Presently upon thy entrance into the city; when thou art gone but a little way in it, even as far as to the threshold of the king's door, verse17, which possibly was near the gates of the city. And by this judge of the truth of the rest of my prophecy. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 14:1-18

AHIJAH’S SECOND PROPHECY, 1 Kings 14:1-18. The mysterious prophet of Judah has just pronounced against the altar of Bethel the coming judgments of Jehovah, and now, behold, another prophet at Shiloh proclaims the miserable end of the house of Jeroboam. Mark how prominent becomes the antagonism between the prophet and the king. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 14:12

12. When thy feet enter “Her first impulse must have been to fly home to receive his dying kiss; but her second to linger, as if to protract that dear life which must close the moment she entered the city.” Kitto. read more

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