1 Kings 16:34 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 16:34

This seems to be adduced as a proof of the general impiety of Ahab’s time. The curse of Joshua against the man who should rebuild Jericho had hitherto been believed and respected. But now faith in the old religion had so decayed, that Joshua’s malediction had lost its power. Hiel, a Bethelite of wealth and station, undertook to restore the long-ruined fortress. But he suffered for his temerity. In exact accordance with the words of Joshua’s curse, he lost his firstborn son when he began to lay... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 16:34

1 Kings 16:34. In his days, &c. This is mentioned here, 1st, As an instance of the certainty of the accomplishment of the divine predictions; that here referred to being fulfilled upward of five hundred years after it was delivered: a most striking proof of the divine prescience, as well as of the authority of those sacred writings which contain so remarkable a prophecy; 2d, It is recorded as an evidence of the horrible corruption of Ahab’s times, and of the high contempt of God which... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 16:29-34

16:29-22:53 MINISTRY OF ELIJAHJezebel’s Baalism in Israel (16:29-17:24)In a new political alliance, Ahab, the new king of Israel, married Jezebel, daughter of the king-priest of Phoenicia. Ahab not only accepted his wife’s Baalism, but also gave it official status in Israel by building a Baal temple in the capital (29-33). The Baalism imported by Jezebel was of a kind far more evil and far more dangerous to Israel’s religion than the common Canaanite Baalism practised at the high places.... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 16:34

build = to fortify and complete. It had been partially restored (Judges 3:13 . 2 Samuel 10:5 ), but now became a fortified city of Israel. in = at the cost of. which He spake . Compare Joshua 6:26 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Kings 16:34

JOSHUA'S PROPHECY WAS FULFILLED IN THE BUILDING OF JERICHO"In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof with the loss of Abiram his first-born, and set up the gates thereof with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of Jehovah which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun."The prophecy spoken by the Lord through Joshua was:"Joshua charged them ... saying, Cursed be the man before Jehovah, that riseth up and buildeth this city of Jericho: with... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 16:34

1 Kings 16:34. In his days did Hiel, &c.— The sentence which we here see executed was pronounced above four hundred and forty years before, and is a most striking proof of the divine prescience, as well as of the authority of those sacred writings which contain so remarkable a prediction. Hiel was probably a professed idolater; and therefore might undertake the rebuilding of Jericho, either at the instigation of the court, or in defiance of God, and to let the world see that whatever was... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 16:34

34. In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho—(see on :-). The curse took effect on the family of this reckless man but whether his oldest son died at the time of laying the foundation, and the youngest at the completion of the work, or whether he lost all his sons in rapid succession, till, at the end of the undertaking, he found himself childless, the poetical form of the ban does not enable us to determine. Some modern commentators think there is no reference either to the natural... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 16:29-34

Ahab’s wickedness 16:29-341 Kings 16:30; 1 Kings 16:33 bracket and set forth Ahab’s unusual wickedness with special emphasis. The writer had just written that Omri was the worst king so far (1 Kings 16:25), but now he said Ahab exceeded him in wickedness. For Ahab, the fact that Jeroboam’s cult deviated from the Mosaic Law was "trivial" (1 Kings 16:31).The writer held Ahab responsible for marrying Jezebel. This was fair because even in arranged marriages in the ancient world the candidates,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 16:29-40

1. Ahab’s evil reign in Israel 16:29-22:40Ahab ruled Israel from Samaria for 22 years (874-853 B.C.). During the first of these years Asa ruled alone in Judah. Then for three years Asa and Jehoshaphat shared the throne. For the remainder of Ahab’s reign Jehoshaphat ruled alone. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 16:29-53

B. The Period of Alliance 1 Kings 16:29-2 Kings 9:29King Jehoshaphat of Judah made peace with King Ahab of Israel (1 Kings 22:44). He did so by contracting a marriage between his son, Jehoram, and Ahab’s daughter, Athaliah (2 Chronicles 18:1). This ended the first period of antagonism between the two kingdoms (931-874 B.C.) and began a 33-year period of alliance (874-841 B.C.). read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 16:34

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 16:34

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 16:29-34

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 16:34

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Kings 16:34

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 16:34

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 16:34

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 16:29-34

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 16:29-40

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 16:29-53

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