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1 Kings 14:10

in 1 Kings 14

Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every man-child, him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweepeth away dung, till it be all gone.

KJV

Therefore, behold, I 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.

This verse in 1 Kings 14

Commentary

7 notes on this verse
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 prisons, in cities or in fields, or in whatsoever situation or circumstances they may be.

This site's exposition

I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam

on 1 Kings 14:10-11

The sentence is total: “I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone”. Verse 11 begins a formula this book repeats over doomed houses, against Baasha's at 16:4 and Ahab's at 21:19-24. Baasha fulfills it in chapter 15.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

David - Who though he fell into some sins, yet, first, he constantly persevered in the true worship of God; from which thou art revolted. Secondly, he heartily repented of, and turned from all his sins whereas thou art obstinate and incorrigible.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They shall be taken away as dung, which is loathsome and which men are glad to be rid of. He worshipped dunghill-deities, and God removed his family as a great dunghill. Noble and royal families, if wicked, are no better in God's account.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

All the males of the family of Jeroboam were put to death by Baasha 1Ki 15:28-29. The phrase “will cut off,” etc., appears to have been a common expression among the Jews from the time of David 1Sa 25:22 to that of Jehu 2Ki 9:8, but scarcely either before or after. We may suspect that, where the author of Kings uses it, he found it in the documents which he consulted. Him that is shut up and left in Israel - See the marginal reference note.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him--This was a present in unison with the peasant character she assumed. Cracknels are a kind of sweet seed-cake.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Him that pisseth against the wall - Every male. The phrase should be thus rendered wherever it occurs.

The words behind it

23 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • לָכֵ֗ן<to> therefore

    lakhenH3651 →771 times

  • הִנְנִ֨יhere I

    hiniH2005 →316 times

  • מֵבִ֤יא[am] about to bring

    mevi'H935 →2568 times

  • רָעָה֙calamity

    raahH7451 →662 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • בֵּ֣ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • יָרָבְעָ֔םJeroboam

    yaraveamH3379 →104 times

  • וְהִכְרַתִּ֤יand I will cut off

    vehikhratiH3772 →288 times

  • לְיָֽרָבְעָם֙to Jeroboam

    leyaraveamH3379 →104 times

  • מַשְׁתִּ֣ין[one who] urinates

    mashtinH8366 →6 times

  • בְּקִ֔ירon a wall

    bekirH7023 →75 times

  • עָצ֥וּרshut up

    ʾatzurH6113 →47 times

  • וְעָז֖וּבand freed

    veazuvH5800 →215 times

  • בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לin Israel

    beyisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וּבִֽעַרְתִּי֙and I will sweep away

    uviartiH1197 →94 times

  • אַחֲרֵ֣יbehind

    ʾachareiH310 →715 times

  • בֵית־[the] house of

    veit-H1004 →2046 times

  • יָרָבְעָ֔םJeroboam

    yaraveamH3379 →104 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֛רjust as

    kaasherH834 →5497 times

  • יְבַעֵ֥רsomeone sweeps away

    yevaerH1197 →94 times

  • הַגָּלָ֖ל<the> dung

    hagalalH1557 →

  • עַד־until

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • תֻּמּֽוֹ׃is complete it

    tumoH8552 →63 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Amos 3:6

    If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 45:7

      I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.

    • Zephaniah 1:16

      a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.

    • Isaiah 14:24–27

      The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.

    • 2 Corinthians 5:11

      Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.

    • Genesis 50:20

      As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 32:36

    For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 135:14

      For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.

  • Through

    2 Kings 14:26

    For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 32:36

      For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.

    • Exodus 3:7

      The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.