The Meaning of 1 Kings 14:28 Explained

1 Kings 14:28

KJV: And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.

YLT: and it cometh to pass, from the going in of the king to the house of Jehovah, the runners bear them, and have brought them back unto the chamber of the runners.

Darby: And it was so, that as often as the king entered into the house of Jehovah, the couriers bore them, and brought them again into the chamber of the couriers.

ASV: And it was so, that, as oft as the king went into the house of Jehovah, the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And it was [so], when  the king  went  into the house  of the LORD,  that the guard  bare  them, and brought them back  into the guard  chamber. 

What does 1 Kings 14:28 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Kings 14:17-31 - South Rivals Worth In Sinning
Rehoboam's mother's name signifies beauty, and she may have been attractive in her person; but we are twice told that she was an Ammonitess, as if to emphasize the disastrous influence which she exercised over her son, 1 Kings 14:21; 1 Kings 14:31. In the earlier part of the chapter, there are tender reminiscences of David-that he kept God's commandments, followed Him with all his heart, did what was right in His eyes. How dear is such a life to God! How He keeps it in remembrance! How He holds it up to veneration, notwithstanding a serious lapse! But this only serves by contrast to make the corruption of later times the more terrible.
The national sins compelled God to withdraw His environing protection. He no longer went out with their armies. The deterioration in the metal from gold to brass is an apt illustration of how the fine gold of character had become dimmed, Lamentations 4:1. To what may we not come if the grace of God is withdrawn! Well may the Apostle beseech us not to receive it in vain! When corruption sets in, the best and ripest becomes the worst. Traditional goodness-that of our parents-cannot save the soul from the inevitable drift. We must have our personal anchorage in God! [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Kings 14

1  Abijah being sick,
2  Jeroboam sends his wife, disguised, with presents to the prophet Ahijah
5  Ahijah forewarned by God, denounces God's judgment
17  Abijah dies, and is buried
19  Nadab succeeds Jeroboam
21  Rehoboam's wicked reign,
25  Shishak raids Jerusalem
29  Abijam succeeds Rehoboam

What do the individual words in 1 Kings 14:28 mean?

And whenever entered the king the house of Yahweh carried them the guards then brought them back into chamber the guardroom
וַיְהִ֛י מִדֵּי־ בֹ֥א הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה יִשָּׂאוּם֙ הָֽרָצִ֔ים וֶהֱשִׁיב֖וּם אֶל־ תָּ֥א הָרָצִֽים

מִדֵּי־  whenever 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בְּדֵי 
Sense: sufficiency, enough.
בֹ֥א  entered 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ  the  king 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
בֵּ֣ית  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יְהוָ֑ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
יִשָּׂאוּם֙  carried  them 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural, third person masculine plural
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
הָֽרָצִ֔ים  the  guards 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: רוּץ 
Sense: to run.
וֶהֱשִׁיב֖וּם  then  brought  them  back 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural, third person masculine plural
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
אֶל־  into 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
תָּ֥א  chamber 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: תָּא  
Sense: chamber, guardroom.
הָרָצִֽים  the  guardroom 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: רוּץ 
Sense: to run.

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