E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 12:15
the cause = the turning (of events), or overruling. read more
1 Kings 12:15 Niv
E.W. Bullinger
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 12:15
15-18. the king hearkened not unto the people, for the cause was from the Lord—That was the overruling cause. Rehoboam's weakness (Ecclesiastes 2:18; Ecclesiastes 2:19) and inexperience in public affairs has given rise to the probable conjecture, that, like many other princes in the East, he had been kept secluded in the harem till the period of his accession (Ecclesiastes 2:19- :), his father being either afraid of his aspiring to the sovereignty, like the two sons of David, or, which is more... 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
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 12:6-15
Rehoboam’s decision 12:6-15Rehoboam’s choice was whether he would regard himself as the people’s servant under Yahweh’s authority, as David and Solomon had done, or as the supreme authority in Israel, as Saul had done. His pride led to his downfall. The "scorpion" (1 Kings 12:11) was a particularly cruel kind of whip that contained sharp pieces of metal (1 Maccabees 6:51)."Rehoboam chooses slogans over wisdom, machismo over servanthood." [Note: R. D. Nelson, First and Second Kings, p. 79.]... 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 12:15
(15) For the cause was from the Lord.—The very idea of the Scriptural history, referring all things to God, necessarily brings us continually face to face with the great mystery of life—the reconcilement of God’s all-foreseeing and all-ordaining Providence with the freedom, and, in consequence, with the folly and sin of man. As a rule, Holy Scripture—on this point confirming natural reason—simply recognises both powers as real, without any attempt, even by suggestion, to harmonise them... 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 12:6-20
THE DISRUPTION1 Kings 12:6-20"It was of the Lord." It is no small proof of the insight and courageous faithfulness of the historian that he accepts without question the verdict of ancient prophecy that the disruption was God’s doing; for everything which happened in the four subsequent centuries, alike in Judah and in Israel, seemed to belie this pious conviction. We, in the light of later history, are now able to see that the disseverance of Israel’s unity worked out results of eternal... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 12:1-24
Click image for full-size version12:1-16:28 EARLY DAYS OF THE DIVIDED KINGDOMRevolt against Rehoboam (12:1-24)From the time of the judges there had been tension between Judah and the northern tribes, particularly Ephraim. Rehoboam apparently knew of the possibility that the northern tribes would break away from him, and therefore he arranged for a special coronation ceremony in Shechem, one of the more important northern cities (12:1).Jeroboam decided immediately that he would test Rehoboam’s... read more