1 Kings 14:8-9

8 and ¹tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you-²yet you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and who followed * Me with all his heart, ³to do only that which was right in My sight;

9 you also have done more evil than all who were before you, and ⁴have gone and made for yourself other gods and ⁵molten images to provoke Me to anger, and have ⁶cast Me behind your back -

1 Kings 14:8-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 14

This chapter relates the sickness of Jeroboam's son, the application of his wife, at his instance, to the prophet Ahijah, in the child's favour, 1Ki 14:1-6, the prophecy of the prophet concerning the ruin of Jeroboam's house, and the death of the child, which came to pass, 1Ki 14:7-18, an account of the years of Jeroboam's reign, and also of Rehoboam's, 1Ki 14:19-21, and of the evil things done and suffered by the latter in his kingdom, and the calamities that came upon him for it, 1Ki 14:22-28 and the conclusion of his reign, 1Ki 14:29-31.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 11:31
• 2. 1 Kings 11:33, 38
• 3. 1 Kings 15:5
• 4. 1 Kings 12:28; 2 Chronicles 11:15
• 5. Exodus 34:17
• 6. Nehemiah 9:26; Psalms 50:17; Ezekiel 23:35