1 Kings — Chapter 14

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1 Kings 14:1 At ^Rthat time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.

1 Kgs 13:33-34

1 Kings 14:2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and ^Rdisguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people.

1 Kgs 14:5-6; 1 Kgs 22:30

1 Kings 14:3 ^RAnd take ^Twith thee ten loaves, and ^Tcracknels, and a ^Tcruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.

1 Kgs 13:7; 1 Sam 9:7-8

in thine hand

cakes

bottle

1 Kings 14:4 And Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose, and went to ^RShiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes ^Twere set by reason of his age.

1 Kgs 11:29; Josh 18:1

stood for his hoariness

1 Kings 14:5 And ^Rthe LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.

2 Kgs 4:27; 2 Kgs 6:8-12

1 Kings 14:6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, ^Rthou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with ^Theavy tidings.

Job 5:13; Ps 33:10

hard

1 Kings 14:7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, ^RForasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,

1 Kgs 12:24; 1 Kgs 16:2

1 Kings 14:8 And ^Rrent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;

1 Kgs 11:30-31

1 Kings 14:9 But ^Rhast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

1 Kgs 14:16; 1 Kgs 12:28

1 Kings 14:10 Therefore, behold, ^RI will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.

1 Kgs 15:25-30; Amos 3:6

1 Kings 14:11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it.

1 Kings 14:12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and ^Rwhen thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

1 Kgs 14:3,16-17; 2 Kgs 1:6,16

1 Kings 14:13 And all Israel ^Rshall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

Num 20:29; Jer 22:10,18

1 Kings 14:14 Moreover ^Rthe LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.

1 Kgs 15:27-29

1 Kings 14:15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, ^Ras a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.

Matt 11:7; Luke 7:24

1 Kings 14:16 And ^Rhe shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.

Ps 81:12; Isa 40:24

1 Kings 14:17 And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to ^RTirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;

1 Kgs 15:21,33; 1 Kgs 16:6,8-9,15,23

1 Kings 14:18 And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.

1 Kings 14:19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, ^Rhow he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

1 Kgs 14:30; 2 Chr 13:2-20

1 Kings 14:20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he ^R^Tslept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.

1 Kgs 2:10; 1 Kgs 11:43

lay down

1 Kings 14:21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, ^Rthe city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

1 Kgs 8:16,44; 1 Kgs 11:36

1 Kings 14:22 And ^RJudah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.

Judg 3:7,12; Judg 4:1

1 Kings 14:23 For they also ^Rbuilt them high places, and ^Timages, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

1 Kgs 3:2; Deut 12:2

standing images, or, statues

1 Kings 14:24 ^RAnd there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

1 Kgs 15:12; 1 Kgs 22:46

1 Kings 14:25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that ^RShishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:

1 Kgs 11:40; 2 Chr 12:2-4

1 Kings 14:26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all ^Rthe shields of gold which Solomon had made.

1 Kgs 10:16-17; 2 Chr 9:15-16

1 Kings 14:27 And king Rehoboam ^Rmade in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the ^Tguard, which kept the door of the king’s house.

Lam 4:1-2

runners

1 Kings 14:28 And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into ^Rthe guard chamber.

2 Chr 12:11

1 Kings 14:29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, ^Rare they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

1 Kgs 14:19; 1 Kgs 11:41

1 Kings 14:30 ^RAnd there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

1 Kgs 12:24; 1 Kgs 15:6-7

1 Kings 14:31 And ^RRehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And ^TAbijam his son reigned in his stead.

1 Kgs 14:20; 1 Kgs 11:43

also called, Abijah: Gr. Abia

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📖 What We’re Reading

1 Kings 14:1–6 — A disguise cannot conceal Jeroboam’s family

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

When Abijah is sick, Jeroboam sends his wife disguised to Ahijah at Shiloh. Though the aged prophet cannot see, the LORD tells him who is coming. He addresses her directly. The attempt to hide an identity cannot hide the household’s situation from God.

Key Truth: Appearances cannot conceal the truth from God.

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📖 What We’re Reading

1 Kings 14:7–20 — Judgment on Jeroboam’s house

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Ahijah names Jeroboam’s idolatry and announces judgment on his house and Israel. The child dies as foretold and is mourned and buried. The account identifies some good toward the LORD in him, so his death must not be presented as proof that he personally shared his father’s rebellion. Jeroboam’s reign ends and Nadab succeeds him.

Key Truth: Read judgment carefully without assigning guilt the passage does not assign.

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📖 What We’re Reading

1 Kings 14:21–31 — Judah’s decline and lost treasures

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Rehoboam rules Judah, where idolatry also spreads. Shishak attacks Jerusalem and removes temple and palace treasures, including Solomon’s gold shields. Brass replacements preserve the ceremony but cannot restore what was lost. Rehoboam dies and Abijam succeeds him.

Key Truth: Maintaining an outward form does not restore a neglected relationship with God.

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Hebrews 4:13 — This passage declares that all things are exposed before God.

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Where might outward appearances hide a need for honest change? Consider how to seek God truthfully without attempting to manage what He sees.

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