Bible Strands
1 Kings 14:7
Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over My people Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ahijah addresses Jeroboam’s disguised wife at her doorway, relaying a prophetic oracle immediately after recognizing her arrival. (1 Kings 14:6)
The words — The imperatives לְכִ֞י (le.khi) meaning “go” and אִמְרִ֣י (im.rî) meaning “say” frame the prophet’s direct commission to deliver God’s message to Jeroboam. (1 Kings 14:7)
The thread — This pattern of divine elevation reappears in 1 Kings 16:2, where God declares lifting a ruler from the dust to govern Israel, and in 2 Samuel 12:7, where Nathan announces God’s prior anointing of David as king. (1 Kings 16:2; 2 Samuel 12:7)
Why it lands — The text explicitly states that God raised Jeroboam from among the people and appointed him ruler over Israel. This demands the reader acknowledge that political authority originates from divine commission rather than human ambition. (1 Kings 14:7)
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 16:2 “Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins.
- 2 Samuel 12:7 Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
- 1 Samuel 2:27 Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s house?
- 1 Samuel 15:16 “Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.
- 1 Kings 12:24 that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this is My doing.’” So they listened to the word of the LORD and turned back according to the word of the LORD.