Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Kings 14:10

"therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every man-child, him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweepeth away dung, till it be all gone." — 1 Kings 14:10 (ASV)

Him ... and him. —The first phrase is also used in 1 Kings 21:21 and 2 Kings 9:8 to signify “every male,” implying (possibly with a touch of contempt) that even the lowest should be destroyed. The words that follow have in the original no conjunction and between them; they are in antithesis to each other, signifying in some form two opposite divisions of males.

The literal sense seems to be “him who is shut up, or bound, and him who is left loose.” This phrase has been variously interpreted as “the bond and the free,” “the married and the unmarried,” or as “the child” who stays at home, and “the man” who goes abroad. Perhaps the last of these interpretations best suits the context, as it is similar to the old and young mentioned in Joshua 6:21, Esther 3:13, Ezekiel 9:6, and other passages.

As a man taketh away dung. —The same contemptuous tone runs on to the end of the verse. The house of Jeroboam is the filth that pollutes the sacred band of Israel; to its last remnants, it is to be swept away by the besom of destruction. (Compare to 2 Kings 9:37; Psalms 83:10.)