Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 14:13

13 And all Israel shall mourn for him , and bury him▪ for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave , because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel , in the house of Jeroboam .

Either, First, For the loss of so worthy and hopeful a Person. Or, Secondly, For the sad calamities which should follow his death, which possibly his moderation, and wisdom, and vertue, might have prevented, whereof his death was a certain presage and evidence. So they should mourn, not simply for him, but for their own loss in him.

Shall have the honour of Burial, denied to the rest, v. 11.

Some P[illegible: 1+ letters]ous inclinations and intentions of taking away the Calves, or of permitting or obliging his People to go up to Ierusalem to Worship, if God gave him Life and Authority to do it, and of trusting God with his Kingdom in that case.

Which is added for his greater commendation; he was good in the midst of so many temptations and wicked examples; a good branch of a bad stock.

Marginal references: 2 Chr. 12. 12. and 19. 3.