1 Kings 14:2 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 14:1-6

How Jeroboam persisted in his contempt of God and religion we read in the close of the foregoing chapter. Here we are told how God proceeded in his controversy with him; for when God judges he will overcome, and sinners shall either bend or break before him. I. His child fell sick, 1 Kgs. 14:1. It is probable that he was his eldest son, and heir-apparent to the crown; for at his death all the kingdom went into mourning for him, 1 Kgs. 13:1-34 His dignity as a prince, his age as a young prince,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 14:2

And Jeroboam said to his wife ,.... Who she was is not known: arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself ; put off her royal apparel, and clothe herself like a common person, mimic the dress and language of a country woman: that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam : by any that should see her on the road, or at the city she was to go to, or by the prophet to whom she would be sent: and get thee to Shiloh ; which, according to Bunting F7 Travels, &c.; p. 161. ,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 14:1-3

The Impenitent Seeker. The day of judgment will come at the end of the world, when the heavens and earth shall be burnt up ( 2 Thessalonians 2:7-10 ; 2 Peter 3:7 ). But this has its prelude in a season of judgments which overtakes the sinner in this life. Jeroboam, having sinned away his day of grace, had now entered into such a season. But of this he seems to have been doubtful. Hence learn— I. THAT THE SINNER MAY BE SURPRISED IN HIS SEASON OF JUDGMENTS . ... 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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 14:2

Disguise thyself - Jeroboam fears that even Ahijah the Shilonite, who in some sort made him king, will scarcely give his queen a favorable answer. The king’s conscience tells him that he has not performed the conditions on which he was promised “a sure house” 1 Kings 11:38. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 14:2

1 Kings 14:2. Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, &c. “He most probably sent his wife to consult the prophet at Shiloh, because this was a secret not to be intrusted with any body else; a secret which, had it been divulged, might have endangered his whole government; because, if once his subjects came to understand that he himself had no confidence in the calves which he had set up, but in any matter of importance had recourse to true worshippers of God, it can hardly be conceived what an... 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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 14:2

get thee to Shiloh. He had no confidence in his own gods. They were only political expedients. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 14:2

1 Kings 14:2. Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself— Jeroboam most probably sent his wife to consult the prophet at Shiloh, because this was a secret not to be intrusted with any body else; a secret which, had it been divulged, might have endangered his whole government; because, if once his subjects came to understand that he himself had no confidence in the calves which he had set up, but, in any matter of importance, had recourse to true worshippers of God, it is not to be imagined what... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 14:1-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 14:2

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 14:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 14:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 14:1-20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 14:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 14:2

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 14:1-20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 14:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 14:2

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