“ At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. ”
At that time - The phrase here connects the narrative which follows with Jeroboam’s persistence in his evil courses. The event related is the first judgment upon him for his obduracy, the beginni...
Visit of Jeroboam's Wife to Ahijah. Here we have an ancient story with Deuteronomic additions. According to the LXX ( 1 Kings 12:24 g-m), Jeroboam sent his wife (Ano) to the prophet before he...
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. Abijah - fell sick - This was but a prelude to the miseries which fell on the house of Jeroboam; but it was another merciful warning, intended to tu...
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. At that time - a phrase used often loosely and indefinitely, in sacred history. This domestic incident in the family of Jeroboam probably oc...
The Sins of Jeroboam and Rehoboam and their Punishment 2. Shiloh] The modern Seilûn, N. of Bethel and E. of the road leading from Bethel to Shechem ( Judges 21:19 ).
Abijah (“whose father is Jehovah”). — The coincidence of names in the sons of Jeroboam and Rehoboam is curious. Possibly it may be more than coincidence, if (as seems likely) the births of both too...
DOOM OF THE HOUSE OF NEBAT 1 Kings 14:1-20 "Whom the gods love die young." -EPICTET. THE other story about Jeroboam is full of pathos; and though here, too, there are obvious signs that, in i...
the Blind Prophet Sees Jeroboam's Doom 1 Kings 14:1-16 How blind we become when we sin against our conscience! Each act of willful sin puts another shade on the window of the soul. “Their fooli...
In the story now recorded God is seen acting in judgment. The sickness of the son of Jeroboam was the first stroke of punishment and in connection therewith the prophet Ahijah uttered the doom of the...
CONTENTS In this chapter begins the history of Israel and Judah in the division of the two kingdoms; so that attention should be paid in the reading to distinguish to which the subject belongs. The...
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.
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. Ver. 1. At that time. ] While Jeroboam did evil as he could, walking contrary to God, God also walked as contrary to him; for is it fit that he s...
At that time Presently after the things related in the foregoing chapter, which, though apparently connected with the beginning of his reign, yet might possibly be done a good while after it, and s...
JEREBOAM WARNED THROUGH HIS SON'S DEATH Though God had sought to reach Jereboam's conscience by the message and actions of the man of God, this produced no effect. So God used another means, by th...
Abijah's Sickness; the Prophet Ahijah Consulted. B. C. 960. 1 At that time Abijah the so...
1 KINGS CHAPTER 14 Jeroboam sendeth his wife disguised, and with presents, to the prophet Ahijah at Shiloh, to inquire concerning his son, who was sick, 1 Kings 14:1-4 . He, forewarned by God, d...
Jeroboam's Wife Approaches Ahijah The Prophet Concerning The Sickness of Their Son ( 1 Kings 14:1-18 ). The life story of Jeroboam concludes with a quite remarkable story. It would appear that the...
THE REIGNS OF JEROBOAM AND REHOBOAM CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 1 Kings 14:1 . Abijah, the son of Jeroboam —Natural heir to the kingdom. His sickness, therefore, seemed to imperil the cont...
1 Kings 14:2 . Ahijah the prophet; an illustrious man of God, now full of days, and full of grace. 1 Kings 14:3 . Ten loaves. A rustic present, that it might not excite suspicion of a royal vi...
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. A good boy and a bad family One beautiful flower in a desert; one lovely rose amongst thorns; one fruitful branch on a corrupt tree. We are go...
EXPOSITION THE DEATH OF JEROBOAM 'S SON .—The protest of the prophet of Judah, the signs which supported it, and above all the solemn visitation, with its strange portents, which straigh...
At that time, after Jeroboam had refused to repent of his evil ways, Abijah, the son of Jeroboam, fell sick. It was evidently the crown prince, the successor to the throne, who became ill.
1 Kings 13:33 ; 1 Kings 13:34 ; 1 Kings 14:12 ; 1 Kings 14:13 ; 1 Samuel 31:2 ; 1 Samuel 4:19 ; 1 Samuel 4:20 ; 2 Samuel 12:15 ; Exodus 20:5
At that time — Presently after the things described in the former chapter; which, though related in the beginning of his reign, yet might be done a good while after it, and so Ahijah the prophet mi...