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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — I Kings
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 123,839 words · 410 reading sections
1 Kings 14:4
1 Kings 14:4 Ver. 4. 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 prophet's house; which she did partly in obedience to her husband, and partly from affection to her child: but Abijah could not see; her or anybody else…
108 wordsSECTION 2421 Kings 14:5
1 Kings 14:5 Ver. 5. And the Lord said unto Abijah,.... Either in a dream, or by an impulse upon his mind, before Jeroboam's wife came in: behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son, for he is sick; to know whether he will recover or not: thus and thus shall thou say unto her; as after ex…
126 wordsSECTION 2431 Kings 14:6
1 Kings 14:6 Ver. 6. And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door,.... Of the room where the prophet was: that he said, come in, thou wife of Jeroboam, why feignest thou thyself to be another? which must greatly surprise and confound her, as well as lay open to her the folly of h…
146 wordsSECTION 2441 Kings 14:7
1 Kings 14:7 Ver. 7. Go tell Jeroboam,.... Thy husband: thus saith the Lord God of Israel; so he continued to be, though they had revolted from him: forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people; the common people, from a low estate in which he was: and made thee prince over my people Israel; so they were when …
92 wordsSECTION 2451 Kings 14:8
1 Kings 14:8 Ver. 8. And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee,.... Even ten parts out of twelve: 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; who never was guilty of idolatry, …
96 wordsSECTION 2461 Kings 14:9
1 Kings 14:9 Ver. 9. But hast done evil above all that were before thee,.... Not only above David, but above Saul, who never gave into idolatry, yea, even above Solomon, who, though he connived at idolatry, and might be guilty of it in some instances, yet did not attempt to draw his people into it; and if this was the…
202 wordsSECTION 2471 Kings 14:10
1 Kings 14:10 Ver. 10. Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam,.... Calamities, destruction, and ruin: and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall; not leave a dog of his, or rather a male, see 1Sa 25:22 and him that is shut up and left in Israel; in garrisons or in priso…
167 wordsSECTION 2481 Kings 14:11
1 Kings 14:11 Ver. 11. Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat, and him that dieth in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat,.... The meaning is, that they should have no burial: for the Lord hath spoken it; and therefore shall be fulfilled, for what he hath said he will do, Nu 23:19.…
63 wordsSECTION 2491 Kings 14:12
1 Kings 14:12 Ver. 12. Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house,.... With all haste, as soon as she could: and when thy feet enter the city; the city of Tirzah, very probably the king's palace stood at the entry of it, see 1Ki 14:17, the child shall die; this is an answer to the question she was to ask, and…
89 wordsSECTION 2501 Kings 14:13
1 Kings 14:13 Ver. 13. And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him,.... Give him an honourable interment, and follow him to the grave with lamentation, because he was the heir apparent to the throne, and an hopeful prince, of whom they had raised expectations; that when he came to the throne things would take a d…
234 wordsSECTION 2511 Kings 14:14
1 Kings 14:14 Ver. 14. Moreover the Lord shall raise up a king over Israel,.... Baasha is meant, 1Ki 15:29 who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day; immediately, as soon as on the throne, he should destroy his whole family, as he did, 1Ki 15:29, but what? even now; shall it be that day? yes; even at that ver…
126 wordsSECTION 2521 Kings 14:15
1 Kings 14:15 Ver. 15. And the Lord shall smite Israel as a reed is shaken in the water,.... Either by the wind or by the stream; and may signify the fluctuating and uncertain condition Israel should be in future reigns, through civil wars, and the translation of the kingdom into different families; so that there was …
158 wordsSECTION 2531 Kings 14:16
1 Kings 14:16 Ver. 16. And he shall give Israel up,.... Into the hands of their enemies: because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin; by his devices and stratagems, by his example and edicts, and by the methods he took to prevent Israel from worshipping in the manner and place he directed…
62 wordsSECTION 2541 Kings 14:17
1 Kings 14:17 Ver. 17. And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, &e.] Upon this speech of the prophet's to her: and came to Tirzah; where Jeroboam now had his court, and where their son now was; it was a royal city in the time of the Canaanites, and is commonly placed in the tribe of Manasseh, and was a very pleasant …
1,726 wordsSECTION 2551 Kings 15:1
1 Kings 15:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 15 In this chapter we have a short history of the reign of Abijam, 1Ki 15:1 and of Asa, 1Ki 14:9, both kings of Judah; and of the reigns of Nadab the son of Jeroboam, and of Baasha, who destroyed his family, both kings of Israel, 1Ki 15:25. Ver. 1. Now in the eighteenth year of K…
111 wordsSECTION 2561 Kings 15:2
1 Kings 15:2 Ver. 2. Three years reigned he in Jerusalem,.... And three only; his reign was short, and indeed not three full years, only one whole year and part of two others; for Asa his son began to reign in the twentieth of Jeroboam, 1Ki 15:9 so that he reigned part of his eighteenth, this whole nineteenth, and par…
213 wordsSECTION 2571 Kings 15:3
1 Kings 15:3 Ver. 3. And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him,.... Having such bad examples as both parents to copy after; it chiefly respects idolatrous practices, see 1Ki 14:23, and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God; he did profess the true God, and worshipped him, but…
103 wordsSECTION 2581 Kings 15:4
1 Kings 15:4 Ver. 4. Nevertheless, for David's sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem,.... A kingdom there, as the Targum, splendid and glorious, to be continued in his posterity: to set up his son after him; in it: and to establish Jerusalem: to continue that in which the temple was, for the sake of …
81 wordsSECTION 2591 Kings 15:5
1 Kings 15:5 Ver. 5. Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord,.... With respect to worship: and turned not aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life; especially in matters of religion, nor even in his moral walk and conversation, deliberately, studiously, and with design:…
112 wordsSECTION 2601 Kings 15:6
1 Kings 15:6 Ver. 6. And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. Not the days of Rehoboam, though that was true, and is observed, 1Ki 14:30, but all the days of Abijam, before he came to the throne, and in which, when a young man, he was concerned, and which still continued between him an…
83 wordsSECTION 2611 Kings 15:7
1 Kings 15:7 Ver. 7. Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?.... Which seem to be written by Iddo the prophet, see 2Ch 13:22, and there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam; and a famous pitched battle between them we read of in…
69 wordsSECTION 2621 Kings 15:8
1 Kings 15:8 Ver. 8. And Abijam slept with his fathers,.... That is, died as they did: and they buried him in the city of David, in the sepulchre of his royal ancestors, David, Solomon, and Rehoboam: and Asa his son reigned in his stead; who perhaps was the eldest of his twenty two sons, 2Ch 13:21.…
59 wordsSECTION 2631 Kings 15:9
1 Kings 15:9 Ver. 9. And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. How this is to be accounted for See Gill on "1Ki 15:2".…
33 wordsSECTION 2641 Kings 15:10
1 Kings 15:10 Ver. 10. And forty one years reigned he in Jerusalem,.... Being a good king, had the blessing of a long reign, and reached, and even exceeded, the years of the reigns of David and Solomon: and his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom; that is the name of his grandmother, see 1Ki 15:2 she…
103 wordsSECTION 2651 Kings 15:11
1 Kings 15:11 Ver. 11. And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did David his father. In his personal walk and conversation, in his government of the nation, and especially in the matters of his God, and of religion, he made David his pattern and example to copy after.…
57 wordsSECTION 2661 Kings 15:12
1 Kings 15:12 Ver. 12. And he took away the Sodomites out of the land,.... Which were in the times of Rehoboam, 1Ki 14:24, and continued in his father's reign; those he took away, either by driving them out of the land, or by putting them to death according to the law of God, Le 20:13 even as many of them as he had kn…
100 wordsSECTION 2671 Kings 15:13
1 Kings 15:13 Ver. 13. And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen,.... From the kingdom, as the Targum; from having any share in the government, as she might have had during his minority, his mother being dead, as some conjecture; and not only took away her power and authority, but all the ensig…
307 wordsSECTION 2681 Kings 15:14
1 Kings 15:14 Ver. 14. But the high places were not removed,.... That is, such as had been used for the worship of God, before the temple was built, which yet now should have been removed, since sacrifice was now only to be offered there; but he might think they were still lawful, or the people had such an opinion of …
120 wordsSECTION 2691 Kings 15:15
1 Kings 15:15 Ver. 15. And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated,.... The spoils he had taken in war from Jeroboam, and which he had devoted to religious uses, but lived not to perform his vows, which his son now did for him; so that it seems, notwithstanding the sins he fell into, he had some regard…
68 wordsSECTION 2702Ch 13:19
2Ch 13:19 and the things which himself had dedicated; out of the spoils taken from the Ethiopians, 2Ch 14:13, these he brought into the house of the Lord, silver, and gold, and vessels; of various sorts.…
38 wordsSECTION 2711 Kings 15:16
1 Kings 15:16 Ver. 16. And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days:] That is as long as they lived together; for Baasha died many years before Asa, and this must be reckoned from the time the war began between them. Baasha did not begin his reign until the third year of Asa, 1Ki 15:25 and in…
144 wordsSECTION 2721 Kings 15:17
1 Kings 15:17 Ver. 17. And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah,.... Which, in 2Ch 16:1 is said to be in the thirty sixth year of Asa's reign, or rather of his kingdom; for it can never mean the year of his reign, for Baasha was dead many years before that, since his reign began in the third of Asa, and he reig…
227 wordsSECTION 2731 Kings 15:18
1 Kings 15:18 Ver. 18. Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house,.... What was left untaken away by Shishak king of Egypt, 1Ki 14:26, or what he had put there dedicated by his father and himself, 1Ki 15:15 and be they eithe…
1,751 wordsSECTION 2741 Kings 16:1
1 Kings 16:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 16 This chapter contains a prophecy of the ruin of the family of Baasha, and an account of his death, 1Ki 16:1, and of his son's reigning in his stead two years, who was slain by Zimri one of his captains, 1Ki 16:8, and who reigned but seven days, 1Ki 16:15, and the people being d…
196 wordsSECTION 2751 Kings 16:2
1 Kings 16:2 Ver. 2. Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust,.... From a very low estate, and mean family: and made thee prince over my people Israel; as they were of right, and ought to have been; and though Baasha got the kingdom by treachery and murder, yet the translation of the kingdom to him was according t…
159 wordsSECTION 2761 Kings 16:3
1 Kings 16:3 Ver. 3. Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house,.... By death, there shall be none of his family remaining in any branch of it: and I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat; execute the same judgment on it, and in the same manner, their si…
66 wordsSECTION 2771 Kings 16:4
1 Kings 16:4 Ver. 4. Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat, and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat. They should not have burial, which is just the same that was threatened to and executed on Jeroboam's family, 1Ki 14:11.…
56 wordsSECTION 2781 Kings 16:5
1 Kings 16:5 Ver. 5. Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?] As those of Jeroboam and Nadab were, 1Ki 14:19.…
46 wordsSECTION 2791 Kings 16:6
1 Kings 16:6 Ver. 6. So Baasha slept with his fathers,.... Or died, not a violent, but natural, death: and was buried in Tirzah; where was the royal palace of the kings of Israel: and Elah his son reigned in his stead; yet but a short time.…
48 wordsSECTION 2801 Kings 16:7
1 Kings 16:7 Ver. 7. And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani, came the word of the Lord against Baasha, and against his house,.... Which is here repeated, as Abarbinel thinks, because in the former prophecy the threatening was on account not of his own sin, but because he made Israel to sin; but he…
195 wordsSECTION 2811 Kings 16:8
1 Kings 16:8 Ver. 8. In the twenty sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. Not complete, for he died in the twenty seventh of Asa, 1Ki 16:10 he reigned just the time that Nadab the son of Jeroboam did, 1Ki 15:25.…
59 wordsSECTION 2821 Kings 16:9
1 Kings 16:9 Ver. 9. And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots,.... His military chariots; there were two captains of them, and this was one of them; so the Targum, "one of the two masters or captains of the chariots:'' conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza,…
190 wordsSECTION 2831 Kings 16:10
1 Kings 16:10 Ver. 10. And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him,.... When in his drunken fit: and this was in the twenty seventh year of Asa; when Elah had not reigned two full years: and reigned in his stead; that is, Zimri; his reign was short indeed, but seven days, 1Ki 16:15.…
58 wordsSECTION 2841 Kings 16:11
1 Kings 16:11 Ver. 11. And it came to pass when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne,.... Perhaps the very first day, that he slew all the house of Baasha; his whole family, all the children that he had, that there might be none to make pretensions to the throne: he left him not one that pisseth agains…
95 wordsSECTION 2851 Kings 16:12
1 Kings 16:12 Ver. 12. Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet. That not only his posterity, but all any way related to him, should be cut off; yea, it seems to have been carried further, even to all that were in any connectio…
73 wordsSECTION 2861 Kings 16:13
1 Kings 16:13 Ver. 13. For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son,.... By which it appears that the son trod in the steps of his father, and was therefore cut off: by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities; their idols, w…
105 wordsSECTION 2871 Kings 16:14
1 Kings 16:14 Ver. 14. Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?] See 1Ki 16:5.…
38 wordsSECTION 2881 Kings 16:15
1 Kings 16:15 Ver. 15. In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah, &c] Until the army under Omri came and took the palace, and destroyed him: and the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belongeth to the Philistines; it was besieged in Nadab's time, but upon his …
88 wordsSECTION 2891 Kings 16:16
1 Kings 16:16 Ver. 16. And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king,.... Tidings came to the army of what he had done, which was displeasing to them: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp; that is, all Israel t…
90 wordsSECTION 2901 Kings 16:17
1 Kings 16:17 Ver. 17. And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him,.... He, and the army under him, broke up the siege of that place, and marched to Tirzah; which, according, to Bunting {c} were thirty six miles distant from each other: and they besieged Tirzah; the royal city, in which Zimri was. {c} Tr…
63 wordsSECTION 2911 Kings 16:18
1 Kings 16:18 Ver. 18. And it came to pass, that when Zimri saw that the city was taken,.... That Omri, and the army with him, had got into it, being a place not much fortified, and Zimri not having force enough to defend it against such an army: that he went into the palace of the king's house; into the innermost an…
143 wordsSECTION 2921 Kings 16:19
1 Kings 16:19 Ver. 19. For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the Lord,.... In the former part of his life, as well as now: in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did to make Israel sin; worshipping the golden calves, which he might do while a captain of the chariots, and also …
107 wordsSECTION 2931 Kings 16:20
1 Kings 16:20 Ver. 20. Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the kings of Israel?] What he did both before and after his usurpation, during the seven days he was king, and the manner of his conspiracy, and success in it.…
58 wordsSECTION 2941 Kings 16:21
1 Kings 16:21 Ver. 21. Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts,.... About the succession in the kingdom: half the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king: these were the friends of Zimri, or however such who did not like that the army should impose a king upon them; who this Tibni was …
78 wordsSECTION 2951 Kings 16:22
1 Kings 16:22 Ver. 22. But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath,.... Very probably they had a battle, in which the latter were worsted: so Tibni died; in the battle: and Omri reigned; took possession of the throne, his rival being slain. 1 Kings 16:23Ver. 2…
1,325 wordsSECTION 2961 Kings 17:1
1 Kings 17:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 17 This chapter begins with a prophecy of Elijah, that there should be want of rain for some years to come, and he is directed to go first to the brook Cherith, where he should be fed by ravens, 1Ki 17:1, and afterwards he is sent to a widow at Zarephath, where he, she, and her so…
585 wordsSECTION 2971 Kings 17:2
1 Kings 17:2 Ver. 2. And the word of the Lord came to him,.... The word of prophecy, as the Targum; this shows that by word, in the former verse, he means the word of the Lord by him: saying; as follows.…
43 wordsSECTION 2981 Kings 17:3
1 Kings 17:3 Ver. 3. Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward,.... From the place where he was, being in danger from Ahab and Jezebel, provoked by his reproofs, threatenings, and prophecies: and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan; in some wood or cave near it, or among the reeds and rushes that gr…
184 wordsSECTION 2991 Kings 17:4
1 Kings 17:4 Ver. 4. And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook,.... The water of that was to be his drink: and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there; whereby he should be provided with food to eat; by whom are meant not angels in the form of ravens, as some; nor, as others, Arabians, for there were…
328 wordsSECTION 3001 Kings 17:5
1 Kings 17:5 Ver. 5. So he went, and did according to the word of the Lord,.... Took his journey eastward, and hid himself in the place directed to: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan, See Gill on "1Ki 17:3".…
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