열왕기상 12:25-31 KRV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 12:29

One in Beth-el , and the other - in Dan - One at the southern and the other at the northern extremity of the land. Solomon's idolatry had prepared the people for Jeroboam's abominations! read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 12:31

A house of high places - A temple of temples; he had many high places in the land, and to imitate the temple at Jerusalem, he made one chief over all the rest, where he established a priesthood of his own ordination. Probably a place of separate appointment, where different idols were set up and worshipped; so it was a sort of pantheon. Made priests of the lowest of the people - He took the people indifferently as they came, and made them priests, till he had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:21-33

I. AN ERROR THAT COULD NOT BE REPAIRED ( 1 Kings 12:21-24 ). Rehoboam had zeal and strength behind him in his attempt to bring back the tribes by force. One hundred and eighty thousand men responded to his call; but all were dispersed at the lifting up of God's hand. The attempt was forbidden, 1 . Because of the ties of kindred . These were forgotten by Rehoboam when he threatened the people with a heavier yoke. Tyranny is possible only in the denial of the brotherhood... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:25

EXPOSITION THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL , AND THE SCHISM IN THE CHURCH .—The historian, after describing the great rebellion of the Jewish people, proceeds, in the rest of this chapter, to relate the measures which the new king took to secure his position. These were both external and internal. The external means were the erection of fortresses; the internal, the provision of new sanctuaries, priests, and ordinances. Then Jeroboam built [ ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:25-27

Jeroboam's Despondency. "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." Jeroboam's ambition was to be a king, and God gave him his desire. This was to punish Solomon and his house for their apostasy, and the men of Israel who had been led away in it. The sequel proved that the ambition of Jeroboam also brought its punishment, for he soon found his throne the reverse of a comfortable seat. I. HIS FAITH IN HIS PEOPLE WAS SHAKEN . 1 . They seem to have become resistive under... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:26

And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David [It needed much less prescience than Jeroboam seems to have possessed to perceive that fortresses and armies would be of no avail for the defence of his realm, so long as Jerusalem remained the one sanctuary of the land. He clearly foresaw that if the people went up thither, as in time past, three times a year, to keep the feasts, the religious sentiment would in time reassert itself and sweep him and his new... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:26-28

The Sin of Jeroboam. This passage describes the act which is so often referred to with horror, in the books of Kings and Chronicles, as "the sin of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat." To an irreligious man like himself, nothing would appear more natural or politic than this conduct. He had been driven into Egypt by Solomon, had there married Pharaoh's daughter, and become familiar with the worship of Apis and Mnevis. Now he had returned, and found himself the ruler of the ten tribes, the first... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:26-30

The Golden Calves. Jeroboam here earns for himself that name of evil repute—"the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin." As the leader in the revolt of the ten tribes he was simply fulfilling a Divine purpose. "The thing was from the Lord,"—the ordained penalty of Solomon's transgression ( 1 Kings 11:31 , 1 Kings 11:38 ). But this setting up of the golden calves, this only too successful attempt to sever the sacred bond that bound the people of the whole land in one common allegiance to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:27

If this people go up to do sacrifice [Heb. sacrifices ] in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem [as the law of Moses ordained ( Deuteronomy 12:11 , Deuteronomy 12:14 ; Deuteronomy 16:6 , Deuteronomy 16:11 )], then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord [The Syriac omits this word. The LXX . has πρὸς κύριον κὰι κύριον αὐτῶν ] , even unto Rehoboam king of Judah [When Wordsworth remarks that Jeroboam "here acknowledges Rehoboam as the 'lord' of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:28

Whereupon the king took counsel ["With his counsellors, or the heads of the nation who had helped him to the throne" (Keil). Bähr understands, "he reflected about it alone" ( et excogitato consilio, Vulgate), alleging that so important a circumstance as the concurrence of the heads of the people in changing the system of worship would not have been passed over in silence. But while the text does not perhaps imply any formal deliberation with the elders, it is reasonable to suppose that... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 12:29

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:21-33

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:26

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:26-28

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:26-30

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:27

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:28

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