1 Kings 14:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. ”

1 Kings 14:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Hebrew text of this verse appears to be defective in this place. No satisfactory sense can be obtained from it. The true meaning of the original passage is possibly: “Yahweh shall raise up a ki...
1 Kings 14:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: (l) but what? even now. (l) The Lord will begin to destroy it out of hand.
1 Kings 14:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Kings 14:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

but what? even now. Here again the text is supposed to be obscure. It is on account of the Figures of speech (App-6) used: (1) Ellipsis. "But what [am. saying That day'?] Even now [hath He raised h...
1 Kings 14:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.
1 Kings 14:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But what? even now— Houbigant renders this, and at this very time; observing that the Hebrew particle מה meh, is not always interrogative.
1 Kings 14:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. The Lord shall raise him up a king ... but what? even now - name...
1 Kings 14:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 ).
1 Kings 14:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shall raise him up a king. — Baasha. (See 1 Kings 15:27-30 .) For, like Jeroboam, he had (see 1 Kings 16:2-4 ) a probation before God, in which he failed, drawing down doom on his house. But wh...
1 Kings 14:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
1 Kings 14:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
1 Kings 14:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
1 Kings 14:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(6) And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee wi...
1 Kings 14:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 destr...
1 Kings 14:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. Ver. 14. But what? even now, ] a q.d., Why say I the Lord shal...
1 Kings 14:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord shall raise him up a king This king was Baasha, 1 Kings 15:27 . Who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day When he is so raised up, in the very beginning of his reign. But what?...
1 Kings 14:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Kings 14:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Ruin of Jeroboam's House Foretold; Abijah's Character and Death. B. C. 960. 7 Go,...
1 Kings 14:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Baasha, 1 Kings 15:28 . Who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day; when he is so raised; in the very beginning of his reign, 1 Kings 15:29 . But what? but what do I say, he shall ra...
1 Kings 14:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Kings 14:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 14:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
1 Kings 14:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
1 Kings 14:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
1 Kings 14:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ahijah's Prophecy against Jeroboam
1 Kings 14:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 15:27-29 ; 2 Peter 2:3 ; Ecclesiastes 8:11 ; Ezekiel 12:22-28 ; Ezekiel 7:2-7 ; James 5:9
1 Kings 14:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A king — Baasha, 1 Kings 15:28 . That day — When he is so raised; in the very beginning of his reign, 1 Kings 15:29 . But what? — But what do I say, he shall raise, as it were a thing to be done...

1 Kings 14:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 14:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Kings 14:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 14:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Kings 14:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 14:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 14:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 14:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 14:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 14:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 14:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 14:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 14:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 14:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 14:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 14:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 14:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 14:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 14:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 14:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 14:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 14:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 14:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Kings 14:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 14:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 14:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 14:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes