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1 Kings Chapter
Fourteen
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 14
This
chapter relates the sickness of Jeroboam's son
the application of his wife
at
his instance
to the prophet Ahijah
in the child's favour
1 Kings 14:1
the
prophecy of the prophet concerning the ruin of Jeroboam's house
and the death
of the child
which came to pass
1 Kings 14:7
an
account of the years of Jeroboam's reign
and also of Rehoboam's
1 Kings 14:19
and
of the evil things done and suffered by the latter in his kingdom
and the
calamities that came upon him for it
1 Kings 14:22 and
the conclusion of his reign
1 Kings 14:29.
1 Kings 14:1 At
that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.
YLT
1At that time was Abijah son
of Jeroboam sick
At that time Abijah
the son of Jeroboam
fell sick. Being smitten
of God with some disease
as a punishment of Jeroboam's sin; how long this was
after the above things were done cannot be said.
1 Kings 14:2 2 And Jeroboam said to his
wife
“Please arise
and disguise yourself
that they may not recognize you as
the wife of Jeroboam
and go to Shiloh. Indeed
Ahijah the prophet is
there
who told me that I would be king over this people.
YLT
2and Jeroboam saith to his
wife
`Rise
I pray thee
and change thyself
and they know not that thou [art]
wife of Jeroboam
and thou hast gone to Shiloh; lo
there [is] Ahijah the
prophet; he spake unto me of [being] king over this people;
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
BuntingF7Travels
&c. p. 161.
was twenty four miles
from
Tirzah
where Jeroboam now lived
see 1 Kings 14:17.
behold
there is Ahijah the prophet: called from thence the
Shilonite
1 Kings 11:29
which told me that I should be king over this people: and this
coming to pass
proved him to be a true prophet
and to be credited in what he
should say concerning their child. Jeroboam desired his wife to go on this
errand
because he did not care it should be known that he applied to any of
the prophets of the Lord; nor did he choose it should be known whose child was
inquired about
which another must have told
whereas his wife could speak of
it as her own; and she was the fittest person to give an account of the child's
illness
and would ask the most proper and pertinent questions
and bring him
back a faithful report; and he would have her be disguised
lest the prophet
who bore no good will to him because of his apostasy
should refuse to give any
answer at all
or else give a very rough and disagreeable one.
1 Kings 14:3 3 Also take with you ten
loaves
some cakes
and a jar of honey
and go to him; he will tell you
what will become of the child.”
YLT
3and thou hast taken in thy
hand ten loaves
and crumbs
and a bottle of honey
and hast gone in unto him;
he doth declare to thee what becometh of the youth.'
And take with thee ten loaves
and cracknels
and a cruse of
honey
and go to him
.... It being usual to carry a present to a prophet when he was
inquired of on any account
see 1 Samuel 9:7 and
this being a plain present
and of such things as the country afforded
she
might be taken for a plain countrywoman
and not for such a personage as she
was: the ten loaves could not be large for a woman to carry
most probably made
of wheat; the cracknels
according to the Greek version in Drusius
were for
the prophet's children; they very likely were spiced
or were sweetened with
honey
and might be somewhat like our simnels; they seem to have their name in
Hebrew from having points and pricks in them for the sake of ornament; such as
PlautusF8Prolog. Poenulo
ver. 43. calls "scribilitae"
because as TurnebusF9Adversar. l. 23. c. 10. says
they were marked
and pricked
and seemed as if they were written:
he shall tell thee what shall become of the child; whether it
should live or die
for that was all he wanted to know; he did not desire to
know what should be done to the child for its recovery
nor to request the
prophet's prayers for it.
1 Kings 14:4 4 And Jeroboam’s wife did
so; she arose and went to Shiloh
and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah
could not see
for his eyes were glazed by reason of his age.
YLT
4And the wife of Jeroboam doth
so
and riseth
and goeth to Shiloh
and entereth the house of Ahijah
and
Ahijah is not able to see
for his eyes have stood because of his age.
And Jeroboam's wife did so
and went to Shiloh
and came to the
house of Abijah
.... Disguised herself
and took this long journey
and found the
prophet's house; which she did partly in obedience to her husband
and partly
from affection to her child: but Abijah could not see; her or anybody else that
came into the room to him:
for his eyes were set by reason of his age; or
"stood" fixed and immovable
as the eyes of blind men are; or the
nerves and muscles of his eyes stood within the holes thereof
so that he could
not see objects.
1 Kings 14:5 5 Now the Lord had said to
Ahijah
“Here is the wife of Jeroboam
coming to ask you something about her
son
for he is sick. Thus and thus you shall say to her; for it will be
when she comes in
that she will pretend to be another woman.”
YLT
5And Jehovah said unto
Ahijah
`Lo
the wife of Jeroboam is coming to seek a word from thee concerning
her son
for he is sick; thus and thus thou dost speak unto her
and it cometh
to pass at her coming in
that she is making herself strange.'
And the Lord said unto Abijah
.... Either in a dream
or by an impulse upon his mind
before Jeroboam's wife came in:
behold
the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her
son
for he is sick; to know whether he will recover or not:
thus and thus shall thou say unto her; as after
expressed in some following verses:
for it shall be
when she cometh in
that she shall feign herself
another woman; to the people that let her in
and introduce her to the prophet
and to the prophet himself; pretend herself to be a countrywoman come to ask a
question of the prophet concerning her son that was ill of a disease.
1 Kings 14:6 6 And so it was
when Ahijah
heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door
he said
“Come
in
wife of Jeroboam. Why do you pretend to be another person?
For I have been sent to you with bad news.
YLT
6And it cometh to pass
at
Ahijah's hearing the sound of her feet [as] she came in to the opening
that he
saith
`Come in
wife of Jeroboam
why is this -- thou art making thyself
strange? and I am sent unto thee [with] a sharp thing:
And it was so
when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet
as she
came in at the door
.... Of the room where the prophet was:
that he said
come in
thou wife of Jeroboam
why feignest thou
thyself to be another? which must greatly surprise and confound her
as well as lay
open to her the folly of her and her husband to imagine that she could be
secreted from God
and a prophet of his; or that a prophet could tell her what
was future
and yet not know her that was present; and this might serve to
assure her
and so her husband
that what the prophet after delivered would
certainly come to pass:
for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings; or hard
things
such as would be very disagreeable to her and her husband.
1 Kings 14:7 7 Go
tell Jeroboam
‘Thus
says the Lord
God of Israel: “Because I exalted you from among the people
and made you ruler
over My people Israel
YLT
7Go
say to Jeroboam
Thus
said Jehovah
God of Israel
Because that I have made thee high out of the
midst of the people
and appoint thee leader over my people Israel
Go tell Jeroboam
.... Thy husband:
thus saith the Lord God of Israel; so he continued to be
though they had revolted from him:
forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people; the common
people
from a low estate in which he was:
and made thee prince over my people Israel; so they were
when he made them king over them; and there were some among them still that
loved the Lord
served and feared him
of which the prophet himself
now
speaking
was an instance.
1 Kings 14:8 8 and tore the kingdom away
from the house of David
and gave it to you; and yet you have not been
as My servant David
who kept My commandments and who followed Me with all his
heart
to do only what was right in My eyes;
YLT
8and rend the kingdom from
the house of David
and give it to thee
-- and thou hast not been as My
servant David who kept My commands
and who walked after Me with all his heart
to do only that which [is] right in Mine eyes
And rent the kingdom away from the house of David
and gave it
thee
.... Even ten parts out of twelve:
and yet thou hast not been as my servant David
who kept my
commandments
and who followed me with all his heart
to do that only which was
right in mine eyes; who never was guilty of idolatry
but always constantly and
cordially attended the pure worship of God
and was careful to do everything in
that according to the will of God
whatever else he might be deficient in.
1 Kings 14:9 9 but you have done more
evil than all who were before you
for you have gone and made for yourself
other gods and molded images to provoke Me to anger
and have cast Me behind
your back—
YLT
9and thou dost evil above
all who have been before thee
and goest
and makest to thee other gods and
molten images to provoke Me to anger
and Me thou hast cast behind thy back:
But hast done evil above all that were before thee
.... Not only
above David
but above Saul
who never gave into idolatry
yea
even above
Solomon
who
though he connived at idolatry
and might be guilty of it in some
instances
yet did not attempt to draw his people into it; and if this was the
latter end of Jeroboam's reign
which is probable
Rehoboam and Abijam might be
both dead; and though they were blameworthy in some things
yet not so bad as
Jeroboam; though perhaps this may respect only such who had been kings of
Israel before him:
for thou hast gone and made thee other gods
and molten images
to
provoke me to anger; the two calves of gold; for however he might colour things over
and pretend he did not look upon these as gods
but as representations of God
and that he did not worship them
but God by them
yet the Lord considered it
as idolatry
than which nothing is more provoking to him:
and hast cast me behind thy back; as unworthy of his regard;
or my worship
as the Targum
which he neglected
and showed no concern for.
1 Kings 14:10 10 therefore behold! I will
bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam
and will cut off from Jeroboam every
male in Israel
bond and free; I will take away the remnant of the house of
Jeroboam
as one takes away refuse until it is all gone.
YLT
10`Therefore
lo
I am
bringing in evil unto the house of Jeroboam
and have cut off to Jeroboam those
sitting on the wall -- shut up and left -- in Israel
and have put away the
posterity of the house of Jeroboam
as one putteth away the dung till its
consumption;
Therefore
behold
I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam
....
Calamities
destruction
and ruin:
and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall; not leave a
dog of his
or rather a male
see 1 Samuel 25:22.
and him that is shut up and left in Israel; in garrisons
or in prisons
in cities or in fields
or in whatsoever situation or
circumstances they may be. Some interpret it of wealth and substance; it
signifies an entire destruction it may be of men and goods
see Deuteronomy 32:36.
and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam
as a man
taketh away dung
till it be all gone; signifying that
Jeroboam's family was as loathsome and abominable to the Lord as dung is to
men; and that he would make as clean a riddance of them as men do of dung when
they sweep it out
and will not leave the least scrap behind.
1 Kings 14:11 11 The dogs shall eat whoever
belongs to Jeroboam and dies in the city
and the birds of the air shall eat whoever
dies in the field; for the Lord has spoken!”’
YLT
11him who dieth of Jeroboam
in a city do the dogs eat
and him who dieth in a field do fowl of the heavens
eat
for Jehovah hath spoken.
Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat
and him
that dieth in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat
.... The
meaning is
that they should have no burial:
for the Lord hath spoken it; and therefore shall be
fulfilled
for what he hath said he will do
Numbers 23:19.
1 Kings 14:12 12 Arise therefore
go to
your own house. When your feet enter the city
the child shall die.
YLT
12`And thou
rise
go to thy
house; in the going in of thy feet to the city -- hath the lad died;
Arise thou therefore
get thee to thine own house
.... With all
haste
as soon as she could:
and when thy feet enter the city; the city of Tirzah
very
probably the king's palace stood at the entry of it
see 1 Kings 14:17
the child shall die; this is an answer to the
question she was to ask
and at the same time a token of the sure and certain
fulfilment of all the prophet had spoken in the name of the Lord.
1 Kings 14:13 13 And all Israel shall mourn
for him and bury him
for he is the only one of Jeroboam who shall come to the
grave
because in him there is found something good toward the Lord God of Israel
in the house of Jeroboam.
YLT
13and all Israel have mourned
for him
and buried him
for this one -- by himself -- cometh of Jeroboam unto
a grave
because there hath been found in him a good thing towards Jehovah
God
of Israel
in the house of Jeroboam.
And all Israel shall mourn for him
and bury him
.... Give him
an honourable interment
and follow him to the grave with lamentation
because
he was the heir apparent to the throne
and an hopeful prince
of whom they had
raised expectations; that when he came to the throne things would take a
different turn
especially in matters of religion
and they might fear
he
being removed
things would grow worse instead of better:
for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave; or be buried
the rest should be devoured by dogs or fowls:
because in him there is found some good thing towards the Lord God
of Israel in the house of Jeroboam; the principles of grace
were implanted
and seeds of piety and religion sown in his heart; and there
appeared a disposition of mind
and desires in him to the name of God
and the
remembrance of it; or to his pure worship and service; it might be discerned
that he had a dislike of idolatry
and a desire to have true religion restored.
The Jews sayF11T. Bab. Moed Katon
fol. 28. 2. that this good thing
in him was
that he was the means of removing the watch or guards that were
placed in the way to hinder the Israelites from going up to the feasts of the
Lord.
1 Kings 14:14 14 “Moreover the Lord will raise up
for Himself a king over Israel who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam; this is
the day. What? Even now!
YLT
14`And Jehovah hath raised up
for Him a king over Israel who cutteth off the house of Jeroboam this day --
and what? -- even now!
Moreover the Lord shall raise up a king over Israel
.... Baasha is
meant
1 Kings 15:29.
who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day; immediately
as soon as on the throne
he should destroy his whole family
as he did
1 Kings 15:29
but what? even now; shall it be that day? yes; even at that
very time
and which will be very quickly from this time; for as it may be
supposed this was said at the latter end of Jeroboam's reign
and his son and
successor reigned but two years ere this prophecy was accomplished. The Targum
is
"who
shall cut off the house of Jeroboam
him that is living today
and shall be
from henceforward.'
1 Kings 14:15 15 For the Lord will strike
Israel
as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good
land which He gave to their fathers
and will scatter them beyond the River
[a] because
they have made their wooden images
[b] provoking
the Lord
to anger.
YLT
15And Jehovah hath smitten
Israel as the reed is moved by the waters
and hath plucked Israel from off
this good ground that He gave to their fathers
and scattered them beyond the
River
because that they made their shrines
provoking Jehovah to anger;
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 Tiglathpileser
and then by
Shalmaneser
kings of Assyria
that carried them captives from hence:
and shall scatter them beyond the river; the river
Euphrates
as the Targum: or
as others
the river Gozan
2 Kings 17:6.
because they have made their groves
provoking the Lord to anger: in which
groves they placed idols
and worshipped them
which was highly provoking to
the Lord
and the cause of their dispersion.
1 Kings 14:16 16 And He will give Israel up
because of the sins of Jeroboam
who sinned and who made Israel sin.”
YLT
16and He giveth up Israel
because of the sins of Jeroboam that he sinned
and that he caused Israel to sin.'
And he shall give Israel up
.... Into the hands of
their enemies:
because of the sins of Jeroboam
who did sin
and who made Israel
to sin; by his devices and stratagems
by his example and edicts
and by
the methods he took to prevent Israel from worshipping in the manner and place
he directed to.
1 Kings 14:17 17 Then Jeroboam’s wife arose
and departed
and came to Tirzah. When she came to the threshold of the house
the child died.
YLT
17And the wife of Jeroboam
riseth
and goeth
and cometh to Tirzah; she hath come in to the threshold of
the house
and the youth dieth;
And Jeroboam's wife arose
and departed
Upon this
speech of the prophet's to her:
and came to Tirzah; where Jeroboam now had his court
and where
their son now was; it was a royal city in the time of the Canaanites
and is
commonly placed in the tribe of Manasseh
and was a very pleasant one
as its
name signifies
to which there is an allusion
Song of Solomon 6:4;
see Gill on Joshua 12:24
and when she came to the threshold of the door
the child died: just as she
was about to step over the threshold of the royal palace
which seems to have
been at the entering of the city of Tirzah
1 Kings 14:12.
1 Kings 14:18 18 And they buried him; and
all Israel mourned for him
according to the word of the Lord which He spoke
through His servant Ahijah the prophet.
YLT
18and they bury him
and
mourn for him do all Israel
according to the word of Jehovah
that he spake by
the hand of His servant Ahijah the prophet.
And they buried him
.... In an honourable
manner
suitable to his rank and pedigree:
and all Israel mourned for him
according to the word of the Lord
which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet
1 Kings 14:13.
1 Kings 14:19 19 Now the rest of the acts
of Jeroboam
how he made war and how he reigned
indeed they are written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
YLT
19And the rest of the matters
of Jeroboam
how he fought
and how he reigned
lo
they are written on the
book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.
And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam
how he warred
.... As he did
with Rehoboam
1 Kings 14:30
and
with Abijam his son
who was an more than a match for him
see 2 Chronicles 13:1.
and how he reigned; over the people of Israel
whether wisely
and justly
and in clemency
or not:
behold
they are written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel; not in that canonical book of Scripture
so called
for in that
there is very little account of the reign of Jeroboam; but in the annals and
diaries of the kings of Israel
written by persons appointed for that purpose
and out of which it is generally thought that inspired writers
by divine
direction
took what was thought proper to be transmitted to future times. So
with the Romans
from their very beginning to the times of Mutius
all the
events of every year were committed to writing by the order of the Pontifex
Maximus
and lay open to be read by the people in common; and these
as TullyF12De
Oratore
l. 2. c. 34. says
were what are called annals.
1 Kings 14:20 20 The period that Jeroboam
reigned was twenty-two years. So he rested with his fathers. Then Nadab
his son reigned in his place.
YLT
20And the days that Jeroboam
reigned [are] twenty and two years
and he lieth with his fathers
and reign
doth Nadab his son in his stead.
And the days which Jeroboam reigned were twenty two years
.... So that
he outlived Rehoboam five years
and lived to the second year of the reign of
his grandson Asa:
and he slept with his fathers; or died as they did:
and Nadab his son reigned in his stead; who perhaps
was younger than Abijah
whose sickness and death are before related.
1 Kings 14:21 21 And Rehoboam the son of
Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he
became king. He reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem
the city which the Lord had chosen out
of all the tribes of Israel
to put His name there. His mother’s name was
Naamah
an Ammonitess.
YLT
21And Rehoboam son of Solomon
hath reigned in Judah; a son of forty and one years [is] Rehoboam in his
reigning
and seventeen years he hath reigned in Jerusalem
the city that
Jehovah chose to set His name there
out of all the tribes of Israel
and the
name of his mother [is] Naamah the Ammonitess.
And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah
.... Over the
two tribes of Judah and Benjamin
when Jeroboam reigned over the other ten:
Rehoboam was forty one years old when he began to reign; being born
one year before his father Solomon began to reign
and so it might have been
expected he would have begun his reign more wisely than he did:
and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem; not half so
long as his father and grandfather
being neither so wise nor so good a prince
as either of them:
the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of
Israel
to put his name there; to have a temple built for him
and his
worship carried on in it; which was an aggravation of the sin of Rehoboam
that
he should reign in such a place
and yet be guilty of the crimes he was; the
three first years he reigned well
but afterwards forsook the law of the Lord
2 Chronicles 11:17.
and his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess; and which is
observed again
1 Kings 14:31
she
being the instrument of drawing him into idolatry
which it is very probable
she practised in the days of Solomon
1 Kings 11:5.
1 Kings 14:22 22 Now Judah did evil in the
sight of the Lord
and they provoked Him to jealousy with their sins which they committed
more
than all that their fathers had done.
YLT
22And Judah doth the evil
thing in the eyes of Jehovah
and they make Him zealous above all that their
fathers did by their sins that they have sinned.
And Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord
.... At the
end of three years
from the beginning of the reign of Rehoboam:
and they provoked him to jealousy
with their sins which they had
committed
above all that their fathers had done; that is
with their
idolatries; for they were the sins which moved the Lord to jealousy
and
provoked the eyes of his glory; in which they had outdone not the ten tribes
but their fathers
in the times of Moses
Joshua
and the judges
and of their
kings before their separation
Saul
David
and Solomon.
1 Kings 14:23 23 For they also built for
themselves high places
sacred pillars
and wooden images on every high
hill and under every green tree.
YLT
23And they build -- also they
-- for themselves high places
and standing-pillars
and shrines
on every high
height
and under every green tree;
For they also built them high places
.... Which
though allowed of
or at least connived at
before the temple was built
and
when the tabernacle was unfixed
yet afterwards unlawful; and the tribe of
Judah could have no excuse for them
who had the temple in their tribe:
and images; contrary to the express command of God
Exodus 20:4
and groves on every high hill
and under every green tree; that is
set
up idols
and temples for idols
amidst groves of trees
and under all green
trees; as was the custom of the Heathens
who sacrificed on the heights of
hills and tops of mountains
as was particularly the custom of the Persians
as
both HerodotusF13Clio
sive
l. 1. c. 131. and XenophonF14Cyropaedia
l. 8. c. 45. relate; and with the Getae
a people in Thrace
was a mountain
they reckoned sacredF15Strabo Geograph. l. 7. p. 206. .
1 Kings 14:24 24 And there were also
perverted persons[c] in the
land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord had cast out
before the children of Israel.
YLT
24and also a whoremonger hath
been in the land; they have done according to all the abominations of the
nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel.
And there were also Sodomites in the land
Such as were
addicted to unnatural lusts between men and men
which the men of Sodom were
guilty of
from whence they had their name: Jarchi interprets the word adultery
and some versions render it whoremongers; and filthy actions of this nature
both by men and women
usually attended idolatrous practices among the
heathens; in their temples and groves such wickednesses were privately
perpetrated:
and they did according to all
the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of
Israel; the Canaanites
of whose uncleannesses
incests
and
bestialities
see Leviticus 18:1.
1 Kings 14:25 25 It happened in the fifth
year of King Rehoboam that Shishak king of Egypt came up against
Jerusalem.
YLT
25And it cometh to pass
in
the fifth year of king Rehoboam
gone up hath Shishak king of Egypt against Jerusalem
And it came to pass in the fifth year of King Rehoboam
.... Two years
after he and his people fell into the above wicked practices:
that Shishak
king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem; of whom see 1 Kings 11:40
this
was suffered as a chastisement from the Lord for their abominations.
1 Kings 14:26 26 And he took away the
treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the
king’s house; he took away everything. He also took away all the gold shields
which Solomon had made.
YLT
26and he taketh the treasures
of the house of Jehovah
and the treasures of the house of the king
yea
the
whole he hath taken; and he taketh all the shields of gold that Solomon made.
And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord
.... Which
perhaps Jeroboam had informed him of
and for the sake of which he came
as
well as to make a diversion in favour of Jeroboam
who had contracted an
intimacy with him when in Egypt; and who might have no regard for Rehoboam
who
was not a son of Pharaoh's daughter
and so no relation to him: these were the
treasures which David had left to his son Solomon
and had dedicated for the
temple
even gold
silver
and vessels
which he put among the treasures of the
house of the Lord
and perhaps added to them
1 Kings 7:51
and
the treasures of the king's house; the riches
gold
silver
and jewels
whatever of worth and value he had in his chests and cabinets:
he even took away all: that he could find and
come at; for that there were some left is plain from 1 Kings 15:18
and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made; and which
were put in the house of the forest of Lebanon
1 Kings 10:16.
1 Kings 14:27 27 Then King Rehoboam made
bronze shields in their place
and committed them to the hands of the
captains of the guard
who guarded the doorway of the king’s house.
YLT
27And king Rehoboam maketh in
their stead shields of brass
and hath made [them] a charge on the hand of the
heads of the runners
those keeping the opening of the house of the king
And King Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields
.... For the
king of Egypt had so stripped him of his gold
that he was not able to replace
golden ones:
and committed them into the hands of the chief of the guard; or
"runners"F16הרצים
"cursorum"
Pagninus
Montanus
&c.
that went before the king
or attended him as his bodyguard when he went abroad:
which kept the door of the king's house; which kept
guard night and day in their turns.
1 Kings 14:28 28 And whenever the king
entered the house of the Lord
the guards carried them
then brought them back into the guardroom.
YLT
28and it cometh to pass
from
the going in of the king to the house of Jehovah
the runners bear them
and
have brought them back unto the chamber of the runners.
And it was so
when the king went into the house of the Lord
.... The
temple; for though he had fallen into idolatry
he had not wholly forsaken the
worship of God in the temple
and perhaps by the late humbling providence he
might be stirred up to attend there more frequently:
that the guard bare them: before him
partly for
pomp and grandeur
and partly to keep in awe such as were inclined to mutiny
and sedition:
and brought them back into the guard chamber; when the king
returned
the place where the guard lodged and slept by turns.
1 Kings 14:29 29 Now the rest of the acts
of Rehoboam
and all that he did
are they not written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
YLT
29And the rest of the matters
of Rehoboam
and all that he did
are they not written on the book of the
Chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam and all that he did
.... In the
course of his reign
that was memorable:
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah? who had annalists or historiographers to write for them
as the
kings of Israel had
1 Kings 14:19
in
the writing of which
especially with respect to genealogies
Shemaiah the
prophet
and Iddo the seer
were concerned
2 Chronicles 12:15.
1 Kings 14:30 30 And there was war between
Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
YLT
30And war hath been between
Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days;
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days. For though
Rehoboam did not enter into an offensive war
and attack the children of
Israel
being dissuaded from it by Shemaiah the prophet in the name of the
Lord
yet he might maintain a defensive war; and though there were no pitched
battles between them as afterwards
in his son's time
yet there might be
skirmishes and bickerings on the borders of their countries.
1 Kings 14:31 31 So Rehoboam rested with
his fathers
and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. His mother’s
name was Naamah
an Ammonitess. Then Abijam[d] his son
reigned in his place.
YLT
31and Rehoboam lieth with his
fathers
and is buried with his fathers
in the city of David
and the name of
his mother [is] Naamah the Ammonitess
and reign doth Abijam his son in his
stead.
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers
and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David
.... Where David and Solomon were buried
1 Kings 2:10 and
his mother's name was Naamah
an Ammonitess; which is repeated
that it might
be observed as what was the leading step to his idolatry
and the means of his
continuing in it:
and Abijam his son reigned in his stead; of whom there
is a further account in the following chapter.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》
New King James
Version (NKJV)