Passage Research
1 Kings 14 — Sermon Preparation
The prophet Ahijah announces doom on Jeroboam's household and his son Abijah dies; Rehoboam's unfaithful reign in Judah is also summarized. Below is a research summary for 1 Kings 14, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 31
- verses
- 519 / 191
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
1 Kings 14 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יָרׇבְעָם | Yârobʻâm | H3379 | 19 | Jarobam |
| רְחַבְעָם | Rᵉchabʻâm | H7346 | 7 | Rechabam |
| אֲחִיָּה | ʼĂchîyâh | H281 | 6 | Achijah |
| מָלַךְ | mâlak | H4427 | 7 | reign, ascend the throne |
| דָּבָר | dâbâr | H1697 | 7 | word, matter |
| קוּם | qûwm | H6965 | 6 | rise |
| אִשָּׁה | ʼishshâh | H802 | 6 | woman |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on 1 Kings 14, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Whether we keep an account of God's mercies to us or not, he does; and he will set them in order before us, if we are ungrateful, to our greater confusion. Ahijah foretells the speedy death of the child then sick, in mercy to him. He only in the house of Jeroboam had affection for the true worship of God, and disliked the worship of the calves. To show the power and sovereignty of his grace, God saves some out of the worst families, in whom there is some good thing towards the Lord God of Israel. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Kings 14:7–20 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Euphrates— 1 Kgs 14:15
- Tirzah— 1 Kgs 14:17
- Shiloh— 1 Kgs 14:2
- Jerusalem— 1 Kgs 14:21
- Egypt— 1 Kgs 14:25
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