열왕기상 12:1-16:34 KRV

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Kings 12:1-33

III. THE DIVIDED KINGDOM 1. Rehoboam and the Revolt of the Ten Tribes CHAPTER 12 1. The revolt of the northern tribes (1 Kings 12:1-20 ) 2. The threatening war averted (1 Kings 12:21-24 ) 3. Jeroboam’s wicked schemes (1 Kings 12:25-33 ) Rehoboam (enlarger of the people) is the only son of Solomon mentioned in the Bible (1 Chronicles 3:10 ). Ecclesiastes 2:18-19 ; Ecclesiastes 4:13-16 seem to give a hint that his father was fearful about his reign in his stead. In 2 Chronicles 10:13 we... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 12:1-33

THE TEN TRIBES REBEL (vs.1-24) Rehoboam went to Shechem for his inauguration as king of Israel (v.1). Jereboam, in Egypt, received word quickly of Solomon's death, and his friends in Israel sent to have him recalled from Egypt. Thus they had a capable leader to represent the cause of the majority in Israel before Rehoboam. Jereboam and the other representatives of Israel came to Rehoboam as soon as he had been made king. They had a serious request. They said Solomon had made their yoke... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 12:1-33

EARLY DAYS OF TWO KINGDOMS CAUSE OF THE DIVISION (1 Kings 12:1-25 ) 1 Kings 12:2-4 look as though there were a preconcerted purpose to revolt, and yet who can tell what a different history might have followed had the new king heeded wiser counsel? Note the reason of the protest, which was not Solomon’s idolatry and the heathenism he introduced, but their financial burdens; their civil oppression, rather than their religious wrongs. It is still so, and political reform looks only on the... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Kings 12:1-33

The Sin of Jeroboam 1 Kings 12:0 Kings must build. The enlargement and decorations of cities is pleasant to subjects. They sometimes mistake building for security, as for example in the case of Jericho. Jeroboam built Shechem. (See Judges 9:45 .) The meaning is that Jeroboam enlarged and fortified the old capital of Ephraim, which was now to become the royal city of Israel. Antiquity has always been an element of value. No new city could have had the charm of Shechem. How to attach the new to... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Kings 12:1

CONTENTS Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, succeeds to the kingdom. He begins his reign in refusing the old men's counsel, and follows that of young men. Ten tribes of Israel revolt. The chapter concludes with an account of Jeroboam's idolatry. 1 Kings 12:1 (1) ¶ And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. It should seem that Solomon though he had so many wives, had but this one son. There was no dispute therefore about his succession to the kingdom. read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 12:1

King, or to acknowledge his right, provided he would grant their request. The discontented assembled at Sichem, rather than at Jerusalem, as they would be under less restraint. (Calmet) --- They appointed Jeroboam to prefer their petition. (Menochius) --- Roboam was probably the only son whom Solomon had by his wives. (Calmet) --- We read of two daughters, Japheth and Basemath, chap. iv. 11., and 15. (Haydock) --- Naama, the Ammonite, was the mother of Robaom, who, though 40 years old, was... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 12:1-15

1-15 The tribes complained not to Rehoboam of his father's idolatry, and revolt from God. That which was the greatest grievance, was none to them; so careless were they in matters of religion, if they might live at case, and pay no taxes. Factious spirits will never want something to complain of. And when we see the Scripture account of Solomon's reign; the peace, wealth, and prosperity Israel then enjoyed; we cannot doubt but that their charges were false, or far beyond the truth. Rehoboam... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Kings 12:1-15

Rehoboam's Foolish Answer v. 1. And Rehoboam went to Shechem, in the northern part of Ephraim's territory, and even then a center of the northern tribes; for all Israel, the ten tribes outside of Judah and Benjamin, were come to Shechem to make him king, to consider the question of recognizing him as king. v. 2. And it came to pass, when Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, 1 Kings 11:40, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of King Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Kings 12:1-24

SECOND PERIOD. (975 TO 722 B.C.)THE DIVIDED MONARCHY IN JUDAH AND ISRAEL(1 Kings 12:1-17)FIRST EPOCHFrom The Division Of The Kingdom Until The Reign Of Ahab(1 Kings 12:1 to 1 Kings 16:34)FIRST SECTIONThe Division Of The Kingdom(1 Kings 12:0)A.—The renunciation of the house of David by the ten tribes1 Kings 12:1-24 (2 Chronicles 10:1 to 2 Chronicles 11:4.)1And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem tomake him king. 2And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - 1 Kings 12:1-17

1 Kings HOW TO SPLIT A KINGDOM 1Ki_12:1 - 1Ki_12:17 . The separation of the kingdom of Solomon into two weak and hostile states is, in one aspect, a wretched story of folly and selfishness wrecking a nation, and, in another, a solemn instance of divine retribution working its designs by men’s sins. The greater part of this account deals with it in the former aspect, and shows the despicable motives of the men in whose hands was the nation’s fate; but one sentence 1Ki_12:15 draws back the... read more