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1 Kings 14:2 open_in_new
get thee to Shiloh. He had no confidence in his own gods. They were only political expedients.
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1 Kings 14:3 open_in_new
cruse. flask, or bottle.
he. Some codices, with Septuagint, read "and he".
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1 Kings 14:4 open_in_new
were set. Compare 1 Samuel 4:15. One of the nine afflicted with blindness. See note on Genesis 19:11.
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1 Kings 14:6 open_in_new
door. entrance.
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1 Kings 14:9 open_in_new
all Not merely kings, but all other rulers. No anachronism.
other gods. Jehovah does not recognize the calves as being what Jeroboam intended, mere political expedients. See note on 1 Kings 14:2.
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1 Kings 14:10 open_in_new
him that, &c.. every male.
shut up and left. The commentators speak of the text being obscure or corrupt. But 'azab is. Homonym, meaning: (1) to leave (as in Genesis 2:24; Genesis 39:6; Nehemiah 5:10; Psalms 49:10. Mai. 1 Kings 4:1); and (2) to restore, repair, fortify (as in Nehemiah 3:8; Exodus 23:5 (see note there). Deuteronomy 32:36; Deuteronomy 14:10; 2 Kings 14:26; Jeremiah 49:25). Here it means "strengthened and fortified": i.e. they will not escape. Compare 1 Kings 21:21; 2 Kings 9:8.
as. according as.
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1 Kings 14:13 open_in_new
grave. a burying-place. Hebrew. keber, not sheol.
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1 Kings 14:14 open_in_new
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 him up]". (2) Note the Figure of speech Amphidiorthosis. App-6.
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1 Kings 14:15 open_in_new
smite Israel, [shaking him] as. reed is shaken, &c. The Figure of speech Ellipsis (App-6) to be thus supplied.
this good land. Occurs only here and Joshua 23:13; Joshua 23:15. the river: i.e. the Euphrates.
groves. ' A sherim.
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1 Kings 14:16 open_in_new
made Israel to sin. The first of twenty-one occurrences in these two books: 1 Kings 14:16; 1 Kings 15:26 1 Kings 15:30, 1 Kings 15:34; 1 Kings 16:19 1 Kings 16:26. 1 Kings 21:22; 1 Kings 22:52. 2Ki 3:3. 2 Kings 10:29; 2 Kings 10:31. 2Ki 13:2, 2 Kings 13:6; 2 Kings 13:11. 2Ki 14:24. 2 Kings 15:9; 2 Kings 15:18 2 Kings 15:24, 2 Kings 15:28; 2 Kings 16:13. 2Ki 17:21. 2 Kings 23:15.
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1 Kings 14:17 open_in_new
Tirzah. Afterward made the capital by Baasha (1 Kings 15:21), till Samaria was built by Omri (1 Kings 15:33. 1Ki 16:8, 1 Kings 16:15; 1 Kings 16:23; 1 Kings 16:24).
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1 Kings 14:19 open_in_new
the rest. See 2 Chronicles 13:3-20.
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1 Kings 14:20 open_in_new
two and twenty years. In 1 Kings 15:25 Nadab reigned two years, and began in the second year of Asa, which was the twenty-first of Jeroboam, so that Nadab's two years fall within the time of his father's twenty-two. But from 2 Chronicles 13:20 we learn that Jeroboam was stricken with. languishing disease, in which time Nadab reigned with him, and died the same year as his father. The number "twentytwo" is associated with disorganization and disintegration (= 2x11). It is associated with the worst two reigns: Jeroboam, here; and Ahab in 1 Kings 16:29.
slept with his fathers. died. See notes on Deuteronomy 31:16. Said of the wicked Jeroboam and Ahab, as well as of good David and Jehoshaphat.
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1 Kings 14:21 open_in_new
mother's name. Mentioned here and in the case of each successive king (Compare 1 Kings 15:10; 1 Kings 22:42; 2 Kings 8:26, &c.); because the king's character stands connected with the mother. and because of the position which the queen dowager occupied (Compare 1 Kings 2:19; 1 Kings 15:13.Jeremiah 13:18; Jeremiah 13:18).
Ammonitess. Twice mentioned, and in connection with Jerusalem. See 1 Kings 14:31.
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1 Kings 14:22 open_in_new
jealousy. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
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1 Kings 14:23 open_in_new
groves. See note on Exodus 34:13, and App-42.
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1 Kings 14:24 open_in_new
sodomites. Committers of the sin of Sodom (Genesis 19). Male prostitutes, dedicated to idolatry involving this sin. Connected with the 'Asherah. App-42. Compare Deuteronomy 23:17; Deuteronomy 15:12. Deu 22:46.
children. sons.
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1 Kings 14:25 open_in_new
Shishak. Founder of the twenty-second dynasty.
against. See note on Judges 1:8, and App-53.
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1 Kings 14:26 open_in_new
all. "all [he could find]".
all the shields. Some codices, with three early printed editions, and Vulgate, omit "all".
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1 Kings 14:30 open_in_new
Rehoboam. Being named first he was probably the aggressor, contrary to 1 Kings 12:24.
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1 Kings 14:31 open_in_new
Abijam. Abijah.