1 Kings 14:20

And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
days	וְהַיָּמִים֙ ve.hai.ya.Mim	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · conjunction + definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
Jeroboam	יָרָבְעָ֔ם ya.ra.ve.'Am	H3379	Jarobam · proper noun, a man's name
reigned	מָלַ֣ךְ ma.Lakh	H4427	to reign · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
two	וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם u.she.Ta.yim	H8147	two · conjunction + noun, common feminine dual absolute
twenty	עֶשְׂרִ֥ים 'es.Rim	H6242	twenty · noun, common masculine plural absolute
years	שָׁנָ֑ה sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
slept	וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙ vai.yish.Kav	H7901	to lie down (for rest · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
fathers	אֲבֹתָ֔יו 'a.vo.Tav	H1	father · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Nadab	נָדָ֥ב na.Dav	H5070	Nadab · proper noun, a man's name
son	בְּנ֖וֹ be.No	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
reigned	וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ vai.yim.Lokh	H4427	to reign · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Job 14:12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
1 Kings 2:10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
1 Kings 11:43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
Psalms 3:5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
1 Kings 15:25-31 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.
Psalms 4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 14:7-20

When those that set up idols, and keep them up, go to enquire of the Lord, he determines to answer them, not according to the pretensions of their enquiry, but according to the multitude of their idols, Eze 14:4. So Jeroboam is answered here. I. The prophet anticipates the enquiry concerning the child, and foretels the ruin of Jeroboam's house for the wickedness of it. No one else durst have carried such a message: a servant would have smothered it, but his own wife cannot be suspected of ill-will to him. 1. God calls himself the Lord God of Israel. Though Israel had forsaken God, God had not cast them off, nor given them a bill of divorce for their whoredoms. He is Israel's God, and therefo…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 14:19

the rest of the acts of Jeroboam--None of the threatenings denounced against this family produced any change in his policy or government.

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 14:19

The rest of the acts of Jeroboam - are written in the - chronicles - For some important particulars relative to this reign, see 2 Chronicles 13:1-20.

John Gill on 1 Kings 14:20

And the days which Jeroboam reigned were twenty two years,.... So that he outlived Rehoboam five years, and lived to the second year of the reign of his grandson Asa: and he slept with his fathers; or died as they did: and Nadab his son reigned in his stead; who perhaps was younger than Abijah, whose sickness and death are before related.

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 14:1-20

Reign of Jeroboam. - Vv. 1-18. Ahijah's prophecy against Jeroboam and the kingdom of Israel. - As Jeroboam did not desist from his idolatry notwithstanding the threatened punishment, the Lord visited him with the illness of his son, and directed the prophet Ahijah, to whom his wife had gone to ask counsel concerning the result of the illness, to predict to him not only the cutting off of his house and the death of his sick son, but also the thrusting away of Israel out of the land of its fathers beyond the Euphrates, and in confirmation of this threat caused the sick son to die when the returning mother crossed the threshold of her house again. Kg1 14:1-3 When his son fell sick, Jeroboam sai…

Dictionary and topics

Jeroboam — Increase of the people. (1.) The son of Nebat (1 Kings 11:26-39), “an Ephrathite,” the first king of the ten tribes, over whom he reigned twenty-two years (B.C. 976-945). He was the son of a widow of…
Nadab — Liberal, generous. (1.) The eldest of Aaron’s four sons (Ex. 6:23; Num. 3:2). He with his brothers and their father were consecrated as priests of Jehovah (Ex. 28:1). He afterwards perished with…
Jeroboam · . — .
Nadab · 2. — 2.

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Kings 14:20

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Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 14:7-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 14:19

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 14:19

John Gill on 1 Kings 14:20

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 14:1-20

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1 Kings 14:20

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Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 14:7-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 14:19

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 14:19

John Gill on 1 Kings 14:20

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 14:1-20

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 14:19-20

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