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A Landmark Prophecy of Exile
Commentators observe that this is a landmark moment: the first explicit prophecy that the northern kingdom of Israel will be exiled. The judgment of being 'rooted up' and scattered 'beyond the River' (the Euphrates) is a direct consequence of their idolatry, specifically the worship of Asherah poles.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 14:15
18th Century
Theologian
The general prophecy of Moses in Deuteronomy 29:28, that the disobedient Israelites would be rooted out of their land and cast into another, is rep…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 14:15
19th Century
Bishop
And he shall root up Israel.—The first prophecy of future captivity, and that “beyond the river” (Euphrates), is here pro…
John Gill
On 1 Kings 14:15
17th Century
Pastor
And the Lord shall smite Israel as a reed is shaken in the
water
Either by the wind or …
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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…