1Ki 14:5-16 | Clarke | STEP | Verse 5 Feign herself to be another woman - It would have been discreditable to Jeroboam's calves, if it had been known that he had consulted a prophet of Jehovah.

1 Kings 14:5-16

Verse 5

Feign herself to be another woman - It would have been discreditable to Jeroboam's calves, if it had been known that he had consulted a prophet of Jehovah. Verse 8

And rent the kingdom away from the house of David - That is, permitted it to be rent, because of the folly and insolence of Rehoboam. Verse 10

Him that pisseth against the wall - Every male. The phrase should be thus rendered wherever it occurs. Verse 11

Shall the dogs eat - They shall not have an honorable burial: and shall not come into the sepulchres of their fathers. Verse 13

In him there is found some good thing - Far be it from God to destroy the righteous with the wicked; God respects even a little good, because it is a seed from himself. The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed. Verse 15

For the Lord shall smite Israel - See this prophecy fulfilled, 1Kgs 15:28-30, when Baasha destroyed all the house and posterity of Jeroboam.