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The Language of Total Judgment
The prophecy uses vivid Hebrew expressions to communicate total destruction. Commentators explain that phrases like "him that is shut up and him that is left" were meant to encompass every single male, regardless of status or location. The judgment against Jeroboam's house would be absolute and inescapable.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 14:10
18th Century
Theologian
All the males of Jeroboam's family were put to death by Baasha (1 Kings 15:28–29). The phrase “will cut off,” and so on, appears to hav…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 14:10
19th Century
Bishop
Him ... and him. —The first phrase is also used in 1 Kings 21:21 and 2 Kings 9:8 to signify “every male,” …
John Gill
On 1 Kings 14:10
17th Century
Pastor
Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of
Jeroboam
Calamities, destructi…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 14:7–20
17th Century
Minister
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 co…