GD on 1 Kings 14:1-18
1 Kings 14:1-18
To apply this text, think through the Concessive, the Negative, and the Ground (v. 7-9), asking where those things are true of you.
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Published March 31st, 2021
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1 Kings 14:1-18
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At that time Abijah ... fell sick.
the son
of Jeroboam
And Jeroboam said
to his wife,
“Arise,
and disguise yourself,
that it not be known
that you are the wife
of Jeroboam,
and go
to Shiloh.
Behold, Ahijah ... is there,
the prophet
who said
of me
that I should be king
over this people.
Take ... ten loaves,
with you
some cakes,
and a jar
of honey,
and go
to him.
He will tell you
what shall happen
to the child.”
Jeroboam’s wife did so.
She arose
and went
to Shiloh
and came
to the house
of Ahijah.
Now Ahijah could not see,
for his eyes were dim
because of his age.
And the Lord said
to Ahijah,
“Behold, the wife ... is coming
of Jeroboam
to inquire
of you
concerning her son,
for he is sick.
Thus and thus shall you say
to her.”
When she came,
she pretended
to be another woman.
But when Ahijah heard the sound
Temporal
of her feet,
as she came in
at the door,
Locative
he said,
“Come in, wife of Jeroboam.
Content #1
Why do you pretend
Content #2
to be another?
Content
For I am charged with unbearable news
Ground
for you.
Disadvantage
Go, tell Jeroboam,
Content #3
‘Thus says the Lord,
the God
Explanation
of Israel:
“Because
I exalted you
Concessive #1
from among the people
Separation
and made you leader
Concessive #2
over my people Israel
and tore the kingdom
Concessive #3
away from the house
of David
and gave it
Concessive #4
to you,
Destination
and yet
you have not been
Negative
like my servant David,
Comparison
who kept my commandments
and followed me
with all his heart,
Manner
doing only that
which was right
in my eyes,
Context
but you have done evil
above all
who were before you
and have gone and made ... other gods
for yourself
and metal images,
provoking me
Result
to anger,
and have cast me
behind your back,
therefore behold, I will bring harm
Content #1a
upon the house
of Jeroboam
and will cut off ... every male,
Content #1b
from Jeroboam
both bond and free
in Israel,
and will burn up the house
Content #1c
of Jeroboam,
as a man burns up dung
until it is all gone.
Anyone ... the dogs shall eat,
Content #2a
belonging
to Jeroboam
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who dies
in the city
of the heavens
and anyone ... the birds ... shall eat,
Content #2b
who dies
in the open country
for the Lord has spoken it.”’
Arise therefore,
Content #3a
go
Content #3b
to your house.
When your feet enter the city,
the child shall die.
Content #4
And all Israel shall mourn
Content #5a
for him
and bury him,
Content #5b
for he only ... shall come
of Jeroboam
to the grave,
because ... there is found something
in him
pleasing
to the Lord,
the God
of Israel,
in the house
of Jeroboam.
Moreover, the Lord will raise up ... a king
Content #6
for himself
Advantage
over Israel
who shall cut off the house
of Jeroboam
And henceforth, the Lord will strike Israel
Content #7aa
as a reed is shaken
in the water,
and root up Israel
Content #7ab
out of this good land
that he gave
to their fathers
and scatter them
Content #7ac
beyond the Euphrates,
because they have made their Asherim,
provoking the Lord
to anger.
And he will give Israel up
Content #7b
because of the sins
of Jeroboam,
which he sinned
and made Israel
to sin.”
Then Jeroboam’s wife arose
and departed
and came
to Tirzah.
And as she came
to the threshold
of the house,
the child died.
And all Israel buried him
and mourned
for him,
according to the word
of the Lord,
which he spoke
by his servant Ahijah
the prophet.
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