1 Kings 14:14

14 "Moreover, ¹the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam this day and from now on.

1 Kings 14:14 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 14:14

Moreover the Lord shall raise up a king over Israel
Baasha is meant, ( 1 Kings 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, ( 1 Kings 15:29 ) ,

but what? even now;
shall it be that day? yes; even at that very time, and which will be very quickly from this time; for as it may be supposed this was said at the latter end of Jeroboam's reign, and his son and successor reigned but two years ere this prophecy was accomplished. The Targum is,

``who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam, him that is living today, and shall be from henceforward.''

1 Kings 14:14 In-Context

12 "Now you, arise, go to your house. When your feet enter the city the child will die.

13 "All Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he alone of Jeroboam's family will come to the grave, because in him something good was found toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

14 "Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam this day and from now on.

15 "For the LORD will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and He will uproot Israel from this good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking the LORD to anger.

16 "He will give up Israel on account of the sins of Jeroboam, which he committed and with which he made Israel to sin."

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 15:27-29

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "and what even now?"