1 Kings 14:15

“And the Lord shall smite Israel as a reed is shaken in the water, etc.] Either by the wind or by the stream; and may signify the fluctuating and uncertain condition Israel should be in future reigns, through civil wars, and the translation of the kingdom into different families; so that there was continually disquietude and uneasiness, and no settled peace and tranquillity: and he shall root up Israel out this good land he gave to their fathers; which was brought about, first by Tiglathpileser, and then by Shalmaneser, kings of Assyria, that carried them captives from hence: and shall scatter them beyond the river; the river Euphrates, as the Targum: or, as others, the river Gozan,…”

“The general prophecy of Moses Deuteronomy 29:28, that the disobedient Israelites would be rooted up out of their land, and cast into another land, is here for the first time repeated, and is definitively applied to the ten tribes, which are to be removed “beyond the river” (the Euphrates, 1 Kings 4:21, 1 Kings 4:24), and “scattered.” On the fulfillment of this prophecy, and especially on the “scattering” of the ten tribes, see 2 Kings 17:6 note. Groves - See Exodus 34:13 note. The grove or, “asherah”-) worship, adopted from the Canaanite nations, appears to have died away after the fierce onslaught which Gideon made upon it Judges 6:25-31. It now revived, and became one of the most popular…”

“Is shaken - Hither and thither, with every wind. So shall the kingdom and people of Israel be always in an unquiet and unsettled posture, tossed to and fro by foreign invasions and civil wars; by opposite kings and factions, and by the dissensions of the people. The river - Euphrates, so called by way of eminency, this was accomplished in part Kg2 15:29, and more fully, Kg2 17:6. Groves - For the worship of their idols, God having before condemned the making and worshipping of the calves, by which they pretended to worship the true God; he now takes notice that they were not contented with the calves, but (as it is in the nature of idolatry, and all sin, to proceed from evil to worse) were…”

“14:15 Asherah was thought to be the consort of El, the elder god of ancient Canaan. Asherah worship included fertility rites at sacred trees or poles; it became a chronic sin for God’s people (15:13; 16:33; 18:19; Deut 16:21; Judg 3:7).”

“the Lord: Sa1 12:25; Kg2 17:6, Kg2 17:7 as a reed: Mat 11:7; Luk 7:24 root up Israel: Deu 29:28; Psa 52:5; Pro 2:22; Amo 2:9; Zep 2:4; Mat 15:13 this good land: Lev 26:32-34, Lev 26:43; Deu 4:26, Deu 4:27, Deu 28:36, Deu 28:63-68, Deu 29:24-28; Jos 23:15, Jos 23:16 shall scatter: Kg2 15:29, Kg2 17:6, Kg2 17:23, Kg2 18:11, Kg2 18:12; Amo 5:27; Act 7:43 beyond the river: i.e. Beyond the river Euphrates, because. Exo 34:13, Exo 34:14; Deu 12:3, Deu 12:4; Isa 1:28, Isa 1:29 provoking: Kg1 14:9, Kg1 14:23, Kg1 14:24 3 Kings (1 Kings) 14:16”