And all Israel buried him and mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the prophet.
When those that set up idols, and keep them up, go to enquire of the Lord, he determines to answer them, not according to the pretensions of their enquiry, but according to the multitude of their idols, Eze 14:4. So Jeroboam is answered here. I. The prophet anticipates the enquiry concerning the child, and foretels the ruin of Jeroboam's house for the wickedness of it.
Commenting on 1 Kings 14:7-20
And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred,.... As he did with Rehoboam, Kg1 14:30, and with Abijam his son, who was an more than a match for him, see Ch2 13:1. and how he reigned; over the people of Israel, whether wisely, and justly, and in clemency, or not: behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the...
1Ki 14:15-18 But in order that not only Jeroboam, but also the people who had joined in his idolatry, might perceive the severity of the divine judgment, Ahijah also announced to the nation its banishment into exile beyond the Euphrates.
Commenting on 1 Kings 14:15-18