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Text -- 1 Kings 13:33--14:18 (NET)
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A Prophet Announces the End of Jeroboam’s Dynasty
13:33 After this happened , Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways ; he continued to appoint common people as priests at the high places . Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest .
13:34 This sin caused Jeroboam’s dynasty to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth .
14:1 At that time Jeroboam’s son Abijah became sick .
14:2 Jeroboam told his wife , “Disguise yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam’s wife . Then go to Shiloh ; Ahijah the prophet , who told me I would rule over this nation , lives there .
14:3 Take ten loaves of bread , some small cakes , and a container of honey and visit him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy .”
14:4 Jeroboam’s wife did as she was told . She went to Shiloh and visited Ahijah . Now Ahijah could not see ; he had lost his eyesight in his old age .
14:5 But the Lord had told Ahijah , “Look , Jeroboam’s wife is coming to find out from you what will happen to her son , for he is sick . Tell her so-and-so . When she comes , she will be in a disguise .”
14:6 When Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door , he said , “Come on in, wife of Jeroboam ! Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have been commissioned to give you bad news.
14:7 Go , tell Jeroboam , ‘This is what the Lord God of Israel says : “I raised you up from among the people and made you ruler over my people Israel .
14:8 I tore the kingdom away from the Davidic dynasty and gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David , who kept my commandments and followed me wholeheartedly by doing only what I approve .
14:9 You have sinned more than all who came before you. You went and angered me by making other gods , formed out of metal ; you have completely disregarded me.
14:10 So I am ready to bring disaster on the dynasty of Jeroboam . I will cut off every last male belonging to Jeroboam in Israel , including even the weak and incapacitated . I will burn up the dynasty of Jeroboam , just as one burns manure until it is completely consumed .
14:11 Dogs will eat the members of your family who die in the city , and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country .”’ Indeed , the Lord has announced it!
14:12 “As for you , get up and go home . When you set foot in the city , the boy will die .
14:13 All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family who will receive a decent burial , for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good .
14:14 The Lord will raise up a king over Israel who will cut off Jeroboam’s dynasty . It is ready to happen!
14:15 The Lord will attack Israel , making it like a reed that sways in the water . He will remove Israel from this good land he gave to their ancestors and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River , because they angered the Lord by making Asherah poles .
14:16 He will hand Israel over to their enemies because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit .”
14:17 So Jeroboam’s wife got up and went back to Tirzah . As she crossed the threshold of the house , the boy died .
14:18 All Israel buried him and mourned for him, just as the Lord had predicted through his servant the prophet Ahijah .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Abijah |
Jeroboam |
AHIJAH |
NADAB |
AHIAH, OR AHIJAH |
Prophecy |
Government |
Judgments |
Lies and Deceits |
Tirzah |
Cruse |
CALF, GOLDEN |
Reed |
PROPHECY; PROPHETS, 2 |
DOG |
ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF |
PROVOCATION; PROVOKE |
JADON |
Israel |
Rulers |
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NET Notes -> 1Ki 13:33; 1Ki 13:33; 1Ki 13:33; 1Ki 13:34; 1Ki 14:1; 1Ki 14:2; 1Ki 14:2; 1Ki 14:3; 1Ki 14:4; 1Ki 14:4; 1Ki 14:5; 1Ki 14:6; 1Ki 14:7; 1Ki 14:8; 1Ki 14:9; 1Ki 14:10; 1Ki 14:10; 1Ki 14:10; 1Ki 14:10; 1Ki 14:11; 1Ki 14:13; 1Ki 14:14; 1Ki 14:14; 1Ki 14:15; 1Ki 14:15; 1Ki 14:15; 1Ki 14:15; 1Ki 14:15; 1Ki 14:16; 1Ki 14:17; 1Ki 14:18
NET Notes: 1Ki 13:33 Heb “and one who had the desire he was filling his hand so that he became [one of] the priests of the high places.”
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NET Notes: 1Ki 14:2 Heb “look, Ahijah the prophet is there, he told me [I would be] king over this nation.”
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NET Notes: 1Ki 14:5 Tell her so-and-so. Certainly the Lord gave Ahijah a specific message to give to Jeroboam’s wife (see vv. 6-16), but the author of Kings here co...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 14:7 The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 7-11 are one long sentence comprised of a causal cl...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 14:9 Heb “you went and you made for yourself other gods, metal [ones], angering me, and you threw me behind your back.”
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NET Notes: 1Ki 14:10 The traditional view understands the verb בָּעַר (ba’ar) to mean “burn.” Manure was sometimes us...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 14:14 Heb “This is the day. What also now?” The precise meaning of the second half of the statement is uncertain.
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NET Notes: 1Ki 14:15 Asherah was a leading deity of the Canaanite pantheon, wife/sister of El and goddess of fertility. She was commonly worshiped at shrines in or near gr...
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