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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:21

And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers ,.... Was dead and buried, as the death of princes is soon known in other countries, and especially a king of such fame as David: and that Joab the captain of the host was dead : whose name might be terrible to Hadad, because of the slaughter of men he had made in his country: Hadad said unto Pharaoh, let me depart, that I may go to mine own country ; with a view and an hope to recover it, now David and Joab were dead. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:22

Then Pharaoh said unto him, but what hast thou lacked with me ,.... Either of an equipage suitable to his birth and marriage, or of provisions for his household, or of honour and respect, or of any favour from him: that, behold, thou seekest to go into thine own country ? as if not well used where he was, or would be better provided for there: and he answered, nothing ; he wanted nothing at all, had all he could wish for: howbeit, let me go in any wise : he had such an extreme... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:23

And God stirred him up another adversary ,.... One from the north, as the other was from the south: Rezon, the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah : when David fought with him; and this man seeing the battle go against his master, and that he was like to be worsted, deserted him and fled, see 2 Samuel 8:3 . read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:24

And he gathered men unto him ,.... Perhaps some of the scattered forces of his master: and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah ; some that escaped enlisted under this man, and lived by plunder the remainder of David's reign, and so in the reign of Solomon unto his old age, when his heart was turned away from God to idols, by his wives: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus ; Rezon and his men went thither, not in David's time, for... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:25

And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon ,.... Not all the days of his life, see 1 Kings 5:4 , but all his days, from his first going into idolatry, to the end of his life: beside the mischief that Hadad did ; and which, whatever it was, was not done till this time; for either, when he got leave from Pharaoh to go into his country, he lay hid there, waiting an opportunity to seize upon it; or by means of Pharaoh he got himself to be king of it, through the permission... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:26

And Jeroboam the son of Nebat ,.... According to some Jewish writers F18 Shalshalet Hakabala, p. 11. , this was Sheba the son of Bichri; but, as Kimchi observes, he was of the tribe of Benjamin, this of Ephraim; and besides, his head was cut off, and thrown over the wall to Joab, 2 Samuel 20:1 , an Ephrathite of Zereda ; some where in the tribe of Ephraim, but nowhere else mentioned. There was a famous Jewish doctor, before the times of Christ, of this place, as it seems, who was... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:27

And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king ,.... The occasion of it, his being advanced to some posts under Solomon, which elated him, and what passed between him and the prophet Ahijah, after related: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father : in the oversight of which, it is supposed by the Jews, he employed this man, who reproached him for doing these works; building an house in Millo for Pharaoh's daughter, and stopping up... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:28

And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour ,.... A man of great strength of body, and fortitude of mind: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious ; in what he was set about in the above buildings and repairs: he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph ; the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, to be a prince or a deputy governor of them; or rather to collect the king's tax from them, or the revenues of that part of the country, see Proverbs 22:29 . read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:29

And it came to pass at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem ,.... Either to enter upon his new office: or having been with Solomon to pay in the revenues, and to make up his accounts with him was going back to the country to do the duty of his office: that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way ; not accidentally, but purposely was in the way to meet him, and converse with him; this prophet was of the city of Shiloh, and where was now his abode, see 1 Kings 14:2... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:30

And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him ,.... This looks as if it was Jeroboam's garment, having got a new one to appear before the king in; though the sense may be this, that the prophet took hold of his own garment that was upon himself: and rent it in twelve pieces ; as symbolical of the twelve tribes of Israel. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 11:30

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