1 Samuel 15:27; 1 Samuel 15:28; 1 Samuel 24:4; 1 Samuel 24:5
The first instance of the “acted parable.” Generally this mode was adopted upon express divine command (see Jeremiah 13:1-11 ; Ezekiel 3:1-3 ). A...
And Ahijah caught the new garment that [was] on him, and (p) rent it [in] twelve pieces: (p) By these visible signs the prophets would more deeply p...
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....
rent it. Symbolic act. Compare 1 Kings 22:11 . Isaiah 20:2 , &c. Jeremiah 19:1-13 . Ezekiel 12:1-20 ; Zechariah 11:7 ; Zechariah 11:10 ; Z...
And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
1 Kings 11:30 . A hijah caught the new garment,—and rent it — Language, it appears from the nature of the thing, from the records of history, an...
And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent...
Solomon's Errors and their Consequences. His Death This chapter furnishes an account of Solomon's marriages with numerous foreign princesses, and...
Rent it.. pieces ] The prophets frequently illustrated the meaning of their utterances by the use of impressive symbolic actions: see 1 Kings 22:11...
Rent it in twelve pieces. — The use of symbolical acts is frequent in subsequent prophecy (especially see Jeremiah 13:1 ; Jeremiah 19:1 ; Jeremi...
HOLLOW PROSPERITY 1 Kings 11:1-43 "Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity." - Ecclesiastes 1:2 "At every...
THE WIND AND THE WHIRLWIND 1 Kings 11:14-41 "He that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption." - Galatians 6:8 SUCH degenera...
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...
the Kingdom Promised to His Servant 1 Kings 11:26-40 The opening Chapter s of Jeroboam's life were very promising. He sprang from the ranks of...
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 e...
(29) And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had cla...
And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him ,.... This looks as if it was Jeroboam's garment, having got a new one to appear before the king i...
And Ahijah caught the new garment that [was] on him, and rent it [in] twelve pieces: Ver. 30. And rent it. ] This he did for a sign. See 1 Kings...
And rent it in twelve pieces An emblem of what he was to acquaint him with; or rather a prediction of it. For there were two ways, in those ancient...
MANY MARRIAGES LEADING TO IDOLATRY (vs.1-13) Solomon also disobeyed Deuteronomy 17:17 in making many marriages with foreign women, from the Moa...
Jeroboam's Promotion Foretold. B. C. 977....
No text from Poole on this verse.
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 again...
Jeroboam The Rebel ( 1 Kings 11:26-40 ). Because Solomon had not responded to YHWH's chastening and had grievously sinned YHWH, now raised up one...
HOMILETICS OF 1 Kings 11:14-40 THE AGENTS OF DIVINE RETRIBUTION I. Are secretly preparing when least suspected . Hadad and Rezon on the fronti...
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 marr...
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 i...
Solomon's Adversaries and Death
And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, he took hold of it with a firm grasp, and rent it in twelve pieces.
30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: