What Does 1 Kings 14:7 Mean in the King James?
Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The hand that lifts Jeroboam above the people first lifts him from among them.
THE MEANING
You see authority as a position given to someone raised from among the people; standing over them does not erase that origin. The verse traces the ruler’s height to the one who lifts and places him.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that a ruler’s rise is self-made: the verse names both the raising and the appointment as God’s actions.
THE ROOT
הֲרִימוֹתִיךָ
harimotika
GROWS FROM
רום
Rise, be high; in the causative form, raise up.
The verb behind “exalted” is הֲרִימוֹתִיךָ (harimotika, “I raised you up”), from רום (rum, “rise, be high”). Its image makes the verse’s two movements visible: Jeroboam is lifted from among the people, then stands over them.
ALSO GROWS
ram: High, exalted
רָם
This adjective shows that the root can name the height reached through the raising.
marom: Height, high place
מָרוֹם
The word makes the verse’s change in position concrete: someone is brought up to a higher place.
terumah: Contribution, raised portion
תְּרוּמָה
The word pictures something lifted from a larger whole, echoing the movement from among the people into a distinct role.
וָאֶתֶּנְךָ
va’ettenkha
GROWS FROM
נתן
Give, set, place.
“made thee” in this verse is va’ettenkha. The phrase carries the sense of וָאֶתֶּנְךָ (va’ettenkha, “and I gave you”), from נתן (natan, “give, set, place”). Alongside the root meaning “raise up,” it presents Jeroboam’s position as both a lifting and a placement bestowed.
ALSO GROWS
natan: Give, set, place
נָתַן
This is the verb whose sense of giving and placing appears in the appointment.
mattanah: Gift
מַתָּנָה
The related noun brings out the sense of a position received from another.
THE PATTERN
God raises people from among others and places them in positions of authority.
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and he hath set the world upon them.For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:THE THREAD
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and he hath set the world upon them.The Hebrew verb behind “lifteth up” is וַיָּרֶם (vayyarem, “he lifts up”), from רום (rum, “rise, be high”), the same root behind “I exalted thee” here. The move from dust to a place among princes makes visible the raising and placing compressed into this verse.
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