1 Kings 14:4

And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.

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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), Jerobo...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

were set. Compare 1 Samuel 4:15 . One of the nine afflicted with blindness. See note on Genesis 19:11 .
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were set by reason of his age— The more nearly we examine the structure of the human body, and the more attentiv...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by re...
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 Shec...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Were set. — The same word is rendered “were dim” in 1 Samuel 4:15 . The metaphor is evidently drawn from the solid opaque look of the iris, when a...
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 th...
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 ano...
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 th...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by re...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Jeroboam's wife did so, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Abijah ,.... Disguised herself, and took this long journey, and found the p...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reaso...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But Ahijah could not see He not only lived obscure and neglected in Shiloh, but was blind through age: yet he was still blessed with the visions of...
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 pr...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Abijah's Sickness; the Prophet Ahijah Consulted. B. C. 960....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Or, stood still , or were grown stiff ; the nerves, by which the eyes and eye-lids are moved, being contracted and withered.
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...
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. H...
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...
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...
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 vi...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ahijah's Prophecy against Jeroboam
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see, he was on the point of turning...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 11:29 ; 1 Samuel 3:2 ; 1 Samuel 4:15 ; 1 Samuel 4:3 ; 1 Samuel 4:4 ; Deuteronomy 34:7 ; Ecclesiastes 12:3 ; Genesis 27:1 ; Genesis 4...

⁴ And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 14:4

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 14:4