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1 Kings Chapter Fourteen

 

1 Kings 14 Outline of Contents

Judgment on the House of Jeroboam (v.1~18)

Death of Jeroboam (v.19~20)

Rehoboam Reigns in Judah (v.21~31)

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)

Footnotes:

  1. 1 Kings 14:15 That is the Euphrates
  2. 1 Kings 14:15 Hebrew Asherim Canaanite deities
  3. 1 Kings 14:24 Hebrew qadesh that is one practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals
  4. 1 Kings 14:31 Spelled Abijah in 2 Chronicles 12:16