1 Kings 14:11

1Ki 14:11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken [it].

Ver. 11. Shall the dogs eat.] A fearful judgment, such as befell Euripides the poet, and Lucian the atheist, eaten alive by dogs, as it is storied.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

14:11 eaten by dogs: This message of judgment for Jeroboam’s family followed the legal curses pronounced for unfaithfulness (Deut 28:26; see 1 Kgs 16:4; 21:23; 2 Kgs 9:35-37).

Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

They shall lack the honor of burial in token of God’s malediction.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Verse 11. Shall the dogs eat] They shall not have an honourable burial: and shall not come into the sepulchres of their fathers.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

(11) Him that dieth.—The same judgment is repeated in 1Ki_16:4; 1Ki_21:24. (Comp. also Jer_36:30.) The “dogs” are the half-wild’ dogs, the scavengers of every Eastern city; the “fowls of the air” the vultures and other birds of prey. In ancient times the natural horror of insult to the remains of the dead was often intensified by the idea, that in some way the denial of the rites of burial would inflict suffering or privation on the departed soul. Whether such ideas may have lingered in the minds of the Israelites we have no means of knowing. But certainly their whole system of law and ritual was calculated to give due honour to the body in life, as consecrated to God; and this would naturally tend to teach them that the body was a part of the true man, and therefore to deepen the repugnance, with which all reverent feeling regards outrage on the dead.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

11. shall the dogs eat] It was this circumstance which rendered it so horrible to the Oriental mind to be cast out unburied. The dogs of an Eastern city were many and devoured all they found.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house,.... With all haste, as soon as she could:

and when thy feet enter the city; the city of Tirzah, very probably the king's palace stood at the entry of it, see Kg1 14:17,

the child shall die; this is an answer to the question she was to ask, and at the same time a token of the sure and certain fulfilment of all the prophet had spoken in the name of the Lord.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

The dogs are the chief scavengers of Oriental cities (compare Psa 59:6, Psa 59:14). And the vulture is the chief scavenger in the country districts, assisted sometimes by kites and crows (see Job 39:27-30, where the vulture, not the eagle, is intended). Vultures are very abundant in Palestine.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Devour. They shall have the burial of asses, Jeremias xxii. 19.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

So both sorts shall die unburied.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

11. Dogs eat… fowls of the air eat — The horrible punishment threatened in the law to the impious transgressor, (Deu_28:26,) and the foulest indignity that a conquered and slaughtered foe could be exposed to. Compare marginal reference and 1Sa_17:46. “Dogs are the chief scavengers of Oriental cities. Troops of dogs, more than half wild, scour the streets by night, clearing away all the offal and carrion that they can find. The vulture in the country districts, assisted sometimes by kites and crows, does the work of the dog in towns.” — Rawlinson.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Him that dieth of Jeroboam Heb. to Jeroboam, i.e., belonging to, of the house of. Of Jeroboam," conveys the idea of his seed. It is possible that his wife shared in the general doom, in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air (Heb. heavens, as in Gen_1:26 Gen_2:19 Gen_7:23, etc.) eat This was a terrible threat to a Jew that the dead body should fall a prey to dogs and wild beasts. Cf. Psa_79:2; Jer_7:33 Jer_16:4 Jer_34:20; Eze_29:5, etc. For him it had a factitious horror, because of the threatening of Deu_28:26; cf. Rev_19:17, Rev_19:18. It was, therefore, the climax of disgrace and misfortune; the greatest dishonour that could be offered to the dust and to the memory. Hence the threat of David (1Sa_17:46; cf. ver. 44); hence the devotion of Rizpah, (2Sa_21:10) and the complaint of the Psalmist. (Psa_79:2) Cf. Homer, Iliad 1:4, 5.

Whose limbs, unburied on the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore.

Dogs, it is well known, are the scavengers of Eastern cities. They exist there in great numbers, and in a semi-savage state, and the carcases of animals and carrion of all sorts are left for them to consume, which they do most effectually, roaming the streets all night (Psa_59:6, Psa_59:14) in search of garbage. Vultures and other birds of prey perform a similar office in the open country: (Job_39:29, Job_39:30; Mat_24:28) for the Lord hath spoken it.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Eat - So both sorts shall die unburied.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

Anyone who belongs to your family who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs

This can be stated in active form. AT: "Dogs will eat anyone who belongs to your family and who dies in the city" (See: Active or Passive)

anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the heavens

This can be stated in active form. AT: "the birds of the heavens will eat anyone who dies in the field" (See: Active or Passive)

when your feet enter the city

The word "feet" here is a synecdoche for the whole person. AT: "when you enter the city" (See: Synecdoche)

All Israel

This is a generalization that means the people of the northern kingdom of Israel. AT: "The Israelite people" (See: Hyperbole and Generalization)

go into a grave

"be buried in a grave"

out of Jeroboam's house

The word "house" here is a metonym for "family." AT: "in all of Jeroboam's family" (See: Metonymy)

was anything good found in the sight of Yahweh, the God of Israel

The sight of Yahweh represents Yahweh's judgment or evaluation. This can be stated in active form. AT: "did Yahweh, the God of Israel, find anything he judged to be good" (See: Metaphor and Active or Passive)

translationWords

die

heaven

Yahweh

Jeroboam

Abijah

mourn

bury

grave

house

good

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