John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 14:10

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, etc.] Calamities, destruction, and ruin: and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall; not leave a dog of his, or rather a male, (see <092522>1 Samuel 25:22) and him that is shut up and left in Israel; in garrisons or in prisons, in cities or in fields, or in whatsoever situation or circumstances they may be. Some interpret it of wealth and substance; it signifies an entire destruction it may be of men and goods, (see <053236>Deuteronomy 32:36) and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone; signifying that Jeroboam’s family was as loathsome and abominable to the Lord as dung is to men; and that he would make as clean a riddance of them as men do of dung when they sweep it out, and will not leave the least scrap behind.

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