1 Kings 14:8

Translations

Modern

I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.

Traditional

And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;

Literal

…and I tore away the kingdom from the house of David and gave it to you, and you have not been as My servant David who kept My commandments and who followed Me with all his heart, to do only right in My eyes—

Latin

…et scidi regnum domus David, et dedi illud tibi, et non fuisti sicut servus meus David, qui custodivit mandata mea, et secutus est me in toto corde suo, faciens quod placitum esset in conspectu meo:

Original

Hebrew

English

I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.

Notes

1 Kings 14:8–9

Unlike David, who truly repented for his sins (2 Samuel 12:13; Psalm 51:2–4), Jeroboam did more evil than those before him. Even with clear signs of God's displeasure and warnings of judgment (1 Kings 13:33), he did not change his ways. His sins would lead to serious consequences for his family and descendants (1 Kings 13:34; 14:10–11, 14) and eventually affect the entire northern kingdom (14:16).
molten images: see 1 Kings 12:26–30.

Theme notes and profiles

Jeroboam I God’s Covenant with Israel’s Kings Prophets in 1 Kings True Success

Events

Reign of Jeroboam I

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So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”

People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ

Glossary

Ahijah Jeroboam Kings, Books of First and Second

Topics

Abijah: Son of Jeroboam Government: God In in Blotting out the Household of Jeroboam Jeroboam: First King of Israel After the Revolt: Ahijah's Prophecy Concerning Jeroboam: His Wife Sent to Consult the Prophet Ahijah Concerning Her Child Judgments: Jeroboam Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: Extinction of Jeroboam's House Reproof: Ahijah

1 Kings 14:8

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