What Does 1 Kings 14:8 Mean?

“And rent”

to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“the kingdom”

dominion, i.e., (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)

“from the house”

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

“David”

david, the youngest son of jesse

“and gave”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“it thee and yet thou hast not been as my servant”

a servant

“David”

david, the youngest son of jesse

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“who kept”

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc

“my commandments”

a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the law)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“and who followed”

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“me with all his heart”

the heart (as the most interior organ)

“to do”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

properly, leanness, i.e., (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although

“that only which was right”

straight (literally or figuratively)

“in mine eyes”

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)