1 Kings 14:15

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 14:7-20

When those that set up idols, and keep them up, go to enquire of the Lord, he determines to answer them, not according to the pretensions of their enquiry, but according to the multitude of their idols, Ezek. 14:4. So Jeroboam is answered here. I. The prophet anticipates the enquiry concerning the child, and foretels the ruin of Jeroboam's house for the wickedness of it. No one else durst have carried such a message: a servant would have smothered it, but his own wife cannot be suspected of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 14:15

And the Lord shall smite Israel as a reed is shaken in the water ,.... Either by the wind or by the stream; and may signify the fluctuating and uncertain condition Israel should be in future reigns, through civil wars, and the translation of the kingdom into different families; so that there was continually disquietude and uneasiness, and no settled peace and tranquillity: and he shall root up Israel out this good land he gave to their fathers ; which was brought about, first by... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 14:15

For the Lord shall smite Israel - See this prophecy fulfilled, 1 Kings 15:28-30 , when Baasha destroyed all the house and posterity of Jeroboam. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 14:1-20

Abijah and Ahijah. Perhaps there is no single section of this book more full of lessons, and lessons of the most varied kind, than this. Let us try to gather something of what God has strawed with so liberal a hand. 1. " At that time ( 1 Kings 14:1 )"—the time of 1 Kings 13:33 . The sickness of the child distinctly connects itself with the father's persistence in sin (see Deuteronomy 7:15 ; Deuteronomy 28:22 , Deuteronomy 28:61 ). The hard and impenitent heart treasures... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 14:1-20

Affliction and judgment. I. THE STRICKEN KING . Abijah seems to have been heir to the throne, and to have been alike the king's and the people's hope. The father's heart was touched: the king saw the dynasty threatened, to establish which he had ventured so much. The voice of God, against which the car was closed, will be heard again in the quietness of the sick chamber, in the silence of death. God follows us through deepening sorrows, if haply we may turn ere we are overwhelmed by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 14:15

For [Heb. And . The prophet now proceeds to state the share of the people in the punishment. They had acquiesced in the wicked innovations of Jeroboam and had joined in the worship of the calves] the Lord shall smite Israel, as a reed [ קָנֶה κάννα , canna, cane] is shaken [The construction is pregnant, viz; "shall smite Israel so that it shall be shaken as a reed," etc. (cf. Luke 7:24 ). "The image is very striking, for Israel was brought so low that every political... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 14:15-16

The Future of Israel. The vision of the Shilonite concerning the house of Israel, now before us, seems to have come upon him suddenly. We think the exclamation, "But what? Even now!" was the half-involuntary expression of the surprise of this new revelation. This utterance should, then, have stood at the beginning of 1 Kings 14:15 rather than at the end of the verse preceding. The connecting particle "For," with which 1 Kings 14:15 now opens, favours this view. The new vision... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 14:15

The general prophecy of Moses Deuteronomy 29:28, that the disobedient Israelites would be rooted up out of their land, and cast into another land, is here for the first time repeated, and is definitively applied to the ten tribes, which are to be removed “beyond the river” (the Euphrates, 1 Kings 4:21, 1 Kings 4:24), and “scattered.” On the fulfillment of this prophecy, and especially on the “scattering” of the ten tribes, see 2 Kings 17:6 note.Groves - See Exodus 34:13 note. The grove or,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 14:15-16

1 Kings 14:15-16. For the Lord shall smite Israel For consenting to that idolatrous worship which Jeroboam set up. As a reed is shaken in the water Hither and thither, with every wind. So shall the kingdom and people of Israel be always in an unquiet and unsettled state, tossed to and fro by foreign invasions and civil wars; by opposite kings and factions, and by the dissensions of the people. The emblem expresses very forcibly the ease with which God could punish the Israelites and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 14:1-20

Jeroboam’s punishment (13:1-14:20)God soon showed that this new form of religion was totally unacceptable to him. A prophet from Judah came to Bethel and, by bold words and dramatic actions, condemned both the people and the king (13:1-10).However, there was another prophet, a much older man, who lived in Bethel and had apparently not spoken out against Jeroboam’s wrongdoing. The old prophet seems to have been jealous of the prophet from Judah, and decided to tempt him to disobey God’s command.... read more

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