1 Kings 11:40 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. ”

• 1 Kings 11:40 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Compare 1 Kings 11:26 . The announcement of Ahijah was followed within a little while by rebellion on the part of Jeroboam. As Solomon’s luster faded, as his oppression became greater and its obje...

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Sin of Solomon, and the Adversaries Raised up in Consequence. From various differences in the arrangement of the earlier verses in the LXX and Heb., it has been supposed that in its original form t...

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Egypt. This explains much. He must have thought of Joseph's exaltation, and the blessing pronounced on Ephraim ( Genesis 49:13-20 ; Genesis 49:22-26 ); and by Moses ( Deuteronomy 33:13-17 ). It ex...

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. Sought - to kill Jeroboam - He thought by...

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam— How Solomon came to know what was transacted between Ahijah and Jeroboam alone, is a question of no great difficulty; for, perhaps, the prophet made no sc...

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. Shishak - or Shishonk, according t...

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Solomon's Errors and their Consequences. His Death This chapter furnishes an account of Solomon's marriages with numerous foreign princesses, and traces the evil effect of such in the toleration o...

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. — The knowledge of the promise in itself would be sufficient to excite the jealousy of the old king, and incite him to endeavour to falsify it by the deat...

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  HOLLOW PROSPERITY 1 Kings 11:1-43 "Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity." - Ecclesiastes 1:2 "At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated...

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 ; 1 Kings 8:1-66 ; 1 Ki...

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  At this point the story of Solomon suddenly changes. The glory passes away, and we observe his rapid degeneracy and doom. The nature of the man had ever a strong animal side. His commercial enterpris...

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (40) Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. No doubt as the prophet Ahijah had s...

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam ,.... Which is another instance of his folly, to seek to detest the counsel of God, when he himself was assured by the Lord the kingdom should be rent, and...

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. Ver. 40. Solomon sought therefore to ki...

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam How Solomon came to know what was secretly transacted between Ahijah and Jeroboam alone, is a great question: perhaps the prophet made no scruple to report...

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  MANY MARRIAGES LEADING TO IDOLATRY (vs.1-13) Solomon also disobeyed Deuteronomy 17:17 in making many marriages with foreign women, from the Moabites, Alnmonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittite...

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Jeroboam's Promotion Foretold. B. C. 977.       26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrath...

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  This might come to the ears of Solomon, either, 1. By Jeroboam himself, who might speak of this, either out of vain-glory and ostentation, or with design to prepare the people for his purpose. Or,...

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  YHWH Raises Up Three Adversaries to Solomon ( 1 Kings 11:14-40 ). At the commencement of his reign Solomon had had to deal with three rebels against the throne, Adonijah, Abiathar and Joab and Shi...

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  HOMILETICS OF 1 Kings 11:14-40 THE AGENTS OF DIVINE RETRIBUTION I. Are secretly preparing when least suspected . Hadad and Rezon on the frontier, and Jeroboam under the shadow of the throne, w...

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  1 Kings 11:1 . Solomon loved many strange women, of gentile nations, and was connected with them. To this day thousands of women in India are married to great men merely as a mark of honour, and t...

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION SOLOMON 'S ADVERSARIES .—As the historian has collected together in 1 Kings 6:1-11 ; 1 Kings 7:1-11 ; 1 Kings 8:1-11 , all the information he can convey respecting the temple,...

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Solomon's Adversaries and Death

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 14:25 ; 1 Kings 14:26 ; 2 Chronicles 12:2-9 ; 2 Chronicles 16:10 ; Isaiah 14:24-27 ; Isaiah 46:10 ; Lamentations 3:37 ; Proverbs 21:30

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• 1 Kings 11:40 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Solomon — To whose ears this had come. Shishak — Solomon's brother — in — law, who yet might be jealous of him, or alienated from him, because he had taken so many other wives to his sister, might...

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