1 Kings 12:1 NIV

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Kings 12:1

THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL DIVIDED"The history of the divided kingdom has three phases: (1) From Jeroboam to Omri in the north and from Rehoboam to Asa in the south - a time of mutual hostility. (2) Under Ahab, Ahaziah, and Joram in Israel, and Jehoshaphat, Joram, and Ahaziah in the south - a time of friendship due to marital alliances. (3) From Jehu of Israel and Joash of Judah to the fall of Samaria (722 B.C.) - another period of hostility."[1] The mutual jealousy and mistrust between Israel and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 12:1

1 Kings 12:1. Rehoboam went to Shechem— Shechem stood not only in the centre of the kingdom of Israel, but in the middle of the tribe of Ephraim, wherein was the greater number of mal-contents. It was, therefore, very probably, by the management of Jeroboam, or some of his friends who durst not, perhaps, venture themselves at Jerusalem, that this city was made choice of as a place of general convention; because they might more securely propose their grievances, which they were resolved to do,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 12:1

1. Rehoboam went to Shechem—He was the oldest, and perhaps the only son of Solomon, and had been, doubtless, designated by his father heir to the throne, as Solomon had been by David. The incident here related took place after the funeral obsequies of the late king and the period for public mourning had past. When all Israel came to make him king, it was not to exercise their old right of election ( :-), for, after God's promise of the perpetual sovereignty to David's posterity, their duty was... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 12:1-5

Rehoboam’s dilemma 12:1-5It is not clear why the northern tribes had invited Rehoboam to the northern town of Shechem. They may have done so for a coronation over Israel separate from his coronation over Judah. [Note: Jacob Myers, II Chronicles, p. 65; Bright, p. 210.] On the other hand, the northern tribes may have invited him to go there for his coronation over the entire nation. Jerusalem was the natural coronation site. Perhaps Rehoboam chose to hold the ceremony at Shechem to accommodate,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 12:1-24

1. The division of the kingdom 12:1-24This section of text contains the account of the split of the United Kingdom into the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of Judah. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 12:1-28

A. The First Period of Antagonism 12:1-16:28After the division of the kingdom, their respective kings were hostile to one another for 57 years. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 12:1-33

The Revolt of the Ten Tribes. Rehoboam and JeroboamThe revolt of the Ten Tribes against the rule of Rehoboam had its origin partly in the discontent which the burdens laid on the people by Solomon had created and which Jeroboam (who knew of it, see 1 Kings 11:28) had perhaps stimulated, and partly in the jealousy subsisting between the northern tribes and Judah, which had manifested itself previously in the separate kingdoms of Ish-bosheth and David, and the insurrections that disturbed David’s... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Kings 12:1

(1) All Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.—In the case of David, we find that, when he was made king over Israel, “he made a league” with the elders of Israel (2 Samuel 5:3), apparently implying a less absolute royalty than that to which he had been anointed, without conditions, over the house of Judah (2 Samuel 2:4); and in his restoration after the death of Absalom, there appears to be some recognition of a right of distinct action on the part of the men of Israel in relation to... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Kings 12:1-33

Religion Made Easy 1 Kings 12:28 Hebe was an adroit and subtle appeal to human nature. Tell the people they are tired; seem to be very anxious about their health; assure them that nothing but a true concern for their physical condition could ever have impelled you to consider the long distance to Jerusalem. Keep them away from Jerusalem, keep them away from the old songs and the old memories, from the reminiscences that start up and make a powerful appeal to human pathos; as it were, lay your... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 12:1-5

A NEW REIGN1 Kings 12:1-5"A foolish son is the calamity of his father."- Proverbs 19:13."He left behind him Roboam, even the foolishness of the people, and one that had no understanding."- Sirach 47:23.REHOBOAM, who was Solomon’s only son, succeeded in Jerusalem without opposition, B.C. 937. But the northern tribes were in no mood to regard as final the prerogative acceptance of the son of Solomon by the rival tribe of Judah. David had won them by his vivid personality; Solomon had dazzled them... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Kings 12:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 12:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 12:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 12:1-5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 12:1-24

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 12:1-28

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 12:1-33

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Kings 12:1

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Kings 12:1-33

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 12:1-5

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