열왕기상 14:26-28 KRV

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 14:21-31

21-31 Here is no good said of Rehoboam, and much said to the disadvantage of his subjects. The abounding of the worst crimes, of the worst of the heathen, in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen for his temple and his worship, shows that nothing can mend the hearts of fallen men but the sanctifying grace of the Holy Spirit. On this alone may we depend; for this let us daily pray, in behalf of ourselves and all around us. The splendour of their temple, the pomp of their priesthood, and all... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Kings 14:21-31

The Rule of Rehoboam v. 21. And Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, having thus been born one year before Solomon's accession to the throne, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel to put His name there, a fact which is here noted on account of the idolatry which was practiced afterward on the heights of Judah. And his mother's name was Naamah, an... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Kings 14:21-31

THIRD SECTIONThe Kingdom In Judah Under Rehoboam, Abijam, And Asa(1 Kings 14:21 to 1 Kings 15:24)A.—The Rule of Rehoboam1 Kings 14:21-3121And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one8 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord [Jehovah] did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 22And Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Kings 14:17-31

South Rivals Worth in Sinning 1 Kings 14:17-31 Rehoboam’s mother’s name signifies beauty , and she may have been attractive in her person; but we are twice told that she was an Ammonitess, as if to emphasize the disastrous influence which she exercised over her son, 1 Kings 14:21 ; 1 Kings 14:31 . In the earlier part of the chapter, there are tender reminiscences of David-that he kept God’s commandments, followed Him with all his heart, did what was right in His eyes. How dear is such a... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

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

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 14:1-31

The Kingdom In Crisis And The Collapse Of An Empire (1 Kings 12:1 to 1 Kings 14:31 ). The death of Solomon, as always with the death of a king who had ruled powerfully for a long time and had been somewhat autocratic, resulted in hopes being raised among the people that things might now be made better for them. Indeed they appear to have been quite satisfied with the thought of Rehoboam being their king, as long as he would meet them halfway, and they actually gathered at Shechem to... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 14:21-31

The Reign Of Rehoboam of Judah c. 930-913 BC (1 Kings 14:21-31 ). The sad thing about Rehoboam’s reign would be its extreme bankruptcy. He reigned over a country which went to the excess in religious apostasy and sin, he saw all his treasures which had been built up by David and Solomon stripped away, and he spent much of his time fighting with Jeroboam and thus weakening Judah. And he did it while ruling in the city which YHWH had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put His Name there,... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 14:21-31

1 Kings 14:21-Obadiah : . Reign of Rehoboam.— The formula in 1 Kings 14:21 is regularly employed in Kings. The LXX make his age sixteen, and gives him twelve years. The name of the king’ s mother is given, since she, and not the wife, was the chief lady of the court. The title she bore was not queen, but lady ( gebhirah, 1 Kings 15:13). Being an Ammonitess, Naamah would naturally have encouraged her son in idolatry. But in 1 Kings 14:23, whereas it is usual in Kings to give the verdict on... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 14:26

He took away the treasures; it is implied, that first he took the city; which may seem strange considering the great strength of that city, and how much time it took Nebuchadnezzar and Titus to take it. But, first, It might cost Shishak also some time and a long siege ere he took it, though that be not here related. Secondly, It is probable that David and Solomon, in their building and altering of this city, had more respect to state and magnificence than to its defence, as having no great... read more