1 Kings 14:7

7 "Go, say to Jeroboam, 'Thus says the LORD God of Israel, "¹Because * I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over My people Israel,

1 Kings 14:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 14:7

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 he made them king over them; and there were some among them still that loved the Lord, served and feared him, of which the prophet himself, now speaking, was an instance.

1 Kings 14:7 In-Context

5 Now the LORD had said to Ahijah, "Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to inquire of you concerning her son, for he is sick. You shall say thus and thus to her, for it will be when she arrives that she will pretend to be another woman."

6 When Ahijah heard the sound of her feet coming in the doorway, he said, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam, why do you pretend to be another woman? For I am sent to you with a harsh message.

7 "Go, say to Jeroboam, 'Thus says the LORD God of Israel, "Because I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over My people Israel,

8 and tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you-yet you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and who followed Me with all his heart, to do only that which was right in My sight;

9 you also have done more evil than all who were before you, and have gone and made for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me to anger, and have cast Me behind your back -

Cross References

• 1. 2 Samuel 12:7; 1 Kings 11:28-31; 1 Kings 16:2