1 Kings 14
1 Abijah being sick, Jeroboam sends his wife, disguised, with presents to the prophet Ahijah at Shiloh.
5 Ahijah, forewarned by God, denounces God's judgment.
17 Abijah dies, and is buried.
19 Nadab succeeds Jeroboam.
21 Rehoboam's wicked reign.
25 Shishak spoils Jerusalem.
29 Abijam succeeds Rehoboam.
time <06256> [that time.]
son <01121> [the son.]
Disguise ....... recognize <08138 03045> [disguise thyself.]
Ahijah <0281> [Ahijah.]
Take <03947> [And take.]
loaves <03027> [with thee. Heb. in thine hand. cracknels. or, cakes.]
{Nikkoodim,} spotted, or perforated cakes; either, as some suppose, thin cakes pierced through with holes, the same as is called Jews' bread to the present day, and used by them at the passover; or, as Mr. Harmer imagines, cakes spotted with seeds, as with sesamum, Roman coriander, etc., such as he proves from Rauwolff, Russell, and Hanway, are still used in the East. This was certainly not a present that proclaimed royalty; but it does not appear to have been, in the estimation of the East, a present only fit for a country woman to have made, as Bp. Patrick supposes: for D'Arvieux informs us, that when he waited on an Arab emir, his mother and sisters sent him a present of pastry, honey, and fresh butter, with a bason of sweetmeats of Damascus.
container <01228> [cruse. or, bottle. he shall tell.]
Shiloh <07887> [Shiloh.]
eyesight <05869> [for his eyes.]
told ................ lost ....... age <06965 07869> [were set by reason of his age. Heb. stood for his hoariness.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
wife <0802> [thou wife.]
pretending <05234> [why feignest.]
commissioned <07971> [for I am.]
bad <07186> [heavy tidings. Heb. hard tidings.]
says <03282> [Forasmuch.]
tore <07167> [rent.]
Davidic .............. servant David <01732 05650> [my servant David.]
sinned ............... making <06213> [hast done.]
<03212> [thou hast gone.]
angered <03707> [to provoke.]
completely disregarded <07993 0310> [cast me.]
bring <0935> [I will bring.]
male <08366> [him that pisseth.]
weak <06113> [him that is shut up.]
burn up ......... burns <01197> [as a man taketh.]
die ................ die <04191> [that dieth.]
foot <07272> [when thy feet.]
mourn <05594> [shall mourn.]
found <04672> [there is found.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
[but what.]
Lord ....................................... Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
reed <07070> [as a reed.]
Israel .............. remove Israel <03478 05428> [root up Israel.]
good land <0127 02896> [this good land.]
scatter <02219> [shall scatter.]
beyond ... Euphrates <05104 05676> [beyond the river. i.e., Beyond the river Euphrates. because.]
Lord ....................................... Lord <03068> [provoking.]
hand Israel over ................ Israel <03478 05414> [he shall give Israel.]
committed ....... commit <02398> [who did sin.]
Tirzah <08656> [Tirzah.]
Tirzah was a city of Ephraim, to which tribe Jeroboam belonged; and appears to have been pleasantly situated, as it is said in So 6:4, "Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah," though its precise situation cannot now be ascertained. It seems to have been the royal city, and the seat of government for a long time after the revolt of the ten tribes, till Omri built Samaria.
went back ...... crossed <0935> [when she came.]
battles <03898> [A.M. 3029-3050. B.C. 975-954. how he warred.]
scroll <05612> [book.]
passed away <07901> [slept. Heb. lay down.]
Nadab <05070> [Nadab.]
Rehoboam .............. he <07346> [Rehoboam.]
city <05892> [the city.]
be ... home ........ named <07760 08034> [to put his name.]
Naamah <05279> [Naamah.]
Judah <03063> [Judah.]
jealous <07065> [they provoked.]
ancestors <01> [all.]
built <01129> [built.]
sacred pillars <04676> [images. or, standing images, or statues.]
Asherah poles <0842> [groves.]
green <07488> [under every.]
male cultic prostitutes <06945> [And there.]
Shishak <07895> [A.M. 3034. B.C. 970. Shishak.]
took ............... took <03947> [he took away.]
golden shields <02091 04043> [the shields of gold.]
made <06213> [made.]
guard <07323> [guard. Heb. runners.]
royal guard ........... guardroom <08372 07323> [the guard chamber.]
recorded <03789> [A.M. 3029-3046. B.C. 975-958. are they not written.]
Rehoboam <07346> [A.M. 3046. B.C. 958. Rehoboam.]
mother <0517> [his mother's.]
Abijah <038> [Abijam.]
Dr. Kennicott observes, that the name of this king of Judah is now expressed three ways; here and in four other places, it is Abijam; in two others (2 Ch 13:20, 21) it is Abijahu; but in eleven others it is Abijah or Abiah, as it is expressed by St. Matthew, (ch. 1:7,) [Abia;] and this is the reading of thirteen of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., and of thirteen respectable editions of the Hebrew Bible. The Syriac is the same. The Septuagint in the London Polyglott has [Abiou,] Abihu; but in the Complutensian and Antwerp Polyglotts it has [Abia,] Abiah; and the Editio Princeps of the Vulgate, some MSS. and the text in these two Polyglotts, instead of Abiam, have Abia.
[Abia.]
[Abijah.]
[Abia.]
