1 Kings 15:15
in 1 Kings 15And he brought into the house of the LORD the silver and gold and other articles that he and his father had dedicated.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he brought into the house of Jehovah the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
KJV
And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the Lord, silver, and gold, and vessels.
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This verse in 1 Kings 15
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAnd 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 to God and his worship, see 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.
This site's exposition
he brought in the things which his father had dedicated
Asa restores to the house of the Lord the silver, gold and vessels both Abijam and he himself had set apart, rebuilding a treasury the book will show him spending three verses later on a foreign king rather than on the Lord who filled it. The dedication itself is never criticized; what follows it is.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
His father - Abijam, when he was in distress, and going to fight with Jeroboam, 2 Chron. xiii, 1-3, though afterwards he did not perform his vows, nor bring in what he had devoted; probably he was prevented by death.
When those who, in their infancy, were by baptism devoted to God, make it their own act and deed to join themselves to him and vigorously employ themselves in his service, this is bringing in the dedicated things which they and their fathers have dedicated: it is necessary justice--rendering to God the things that are his.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Abijam’s dedications were made after his victory over Jeroboam, and probably consisted of a portion of the spoils which were the fruit of the battle 2Ch 13:16-19. Asa’s dedications may have been made from the spoils of Zerah the Ethiopian, who attacked him in his eleventh year (2Ch 14:9, etc.). They were not deposited in the temple until his fifteenth year 2Ch 15:10, 2Ch 15:18.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
In the fifteenth year of his reign, however, the king of Israel commenced hostilities against him, and, invading his kingdom, erected a strong fortress at Ramah, which was near Gibeah, and only six Roman miles from Jerusalem. Afraid lest his subjects might quit his kingdom and return to the worship of their fathers, he wished to cut off all intercourse between the two nations.
Which his father had dedicated - On what account he and his father dedicated the things mentioned below, we know not; but it appears that Asa thought himself bound by the vow of his father.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֵא֙ | vaiyave' | and he brought | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| קָדְשֵׁ֣י | kadeshei | [the] holy things of | H6944 → | 469 times |
| אָבִ֔יו | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וְקָדְשֵׁ֖י | vekadeshei | and [the] holy things | H6944 → | 469 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כֶּ֥סֶף | kesef | silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| וְזָהָ֖ב | vezahav | and gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| וְכֵלִֽים׃ | vekhelim | and utensils | H3627 → | 325 times |
וַיָּבֵא֙and he brought
vaiyave'H935 →2568 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
קָדְשֵׁ֣י[the] holy things of
kadesheiH6944 →469 times
אָבִ֔יוfather his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
וְקָדְשֵׁ֖יand [the] holy things
vekadesheiH6944 →469 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כֶּ֥סֶףsilver
kesefH3701 →403 times
וְזָהָ֖בand gold
vezahavH2091 →389 times
וְכֵלִֽים׃and utensils
vekhelimH3627 →325 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
2 Chronicles 14:13Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried…
it leads to
- Genesis 10:19
and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
- Genesis 26:1
Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
- Genesis 20:1
Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
- 2 Chronicles 14:14
and attacked all the cities around Gerar, because the terror of the LORD had fallen upon them. They plundered all the cities, since there was much plunder there.
- Genesis 10:19
Through
1 Kings 7:51So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 5:1
So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and…
- 2 Samuel 8:7–11
And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 29:2–8
Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for…
- Ezra 6:15
And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
- 2 Chronicles 5:1
About 1 Kings
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 and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.