The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 11:20
Maachah was the granddaughter of Absalom by his daughter Tamar, wife of Uriel ( 2 Chronicles 13:2 ; 11Ki 2 Chronicles 15:2 ). read more
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Spence, H. D. M., etc.
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 11:21
Rehoboam was clearly wrong by Deuteronomy 17:17 (note Solomon's Song of Solomon 6:8 ). read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 11:22
Cancel in this verse the italics "to be." Rehoboam again offends against the "Law" (see Deuteronomy 21:15-17 ). He cannot justly plead as a precedent the instance of David and Solomon, as in 1 Chronicles 23:1 ; for this was only justified by the express Divine ordinance, as in 1 Chronicles 23:9 ; 1 Chronicles 29:1 . read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 11:23
The wise dealing of Rehoboam, fourfold, will not, though it were forty-fold, avail to cover his "despising" of the "Law." Rather his wise dealing is an indication that his conscience was not quite at ease, and that he knew he was wrong. Nothing is so liable to blind judgment as personal affection. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 11:5
Rehoboam was between two dangers: on the north he might be attacked by Jeroboam, on the south by Jeroboam’s ally, Egypt. From this side was the greater peril, and therefore out of the 15 cities fortified, all but three were on the southern or western frontier, where Egypt would be most likely to attack. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 11:6-7
See Joshua 15:0 and notes at Joshua 15:33-36, notes; Joshua 15:48-51, notes; Joshua 15:58-59, notes.For Adullam see 1 Samuel 22:1 note. It was in the near neighborhood of Socoh Joshua 15:35; but its site cannot be actually fixed. It was a place of great antiquity Genesis 38:1. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 11:8
For Gath, see Joshua 13:3 note. Its native king, Achish 1 Kings 2:39, is to he regarded, not as an independent monarch, but as one of the many vassal-kings over whom Solomon reigned 2 Chronicles 9:23. For Mareshah, see Joshua 15:44, for Ziph, Joshua 15:55. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 11:9-10
The site of Adoraim is uncertain. For Lachish, see Joshua 10:3; Azekah, Joshua 10:10; Zorah, Joshua 15:33; Aijalon, Joshua 10:12; Hebron, Joshua 14:15. No one of the cities was really within the limits of the tribe of Benjamin. The writer uses the phrase “Judah and Benjamin” merely as the common designation of the southern kingdom (compare 2 Chronicles 11:12 and 2 Chronicles 11:23). read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 11:14
Jeroboam probably confiscated the Levitical lands for the benefit of this new priesthood. Under these circumstances the priests and Levites emigrated in large numbers to the southern kingdom; an act which was followed by a general emigration of the more pious Israelites 2 Chronicles 11:16. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 11:19
(See last note.) If previous verse speaks of two wives of Rehoboam, of which wife (our Hebrew text being not "which bare," but "and she bare") were Jeush, Shamariah, and Zaham the children? or of which respectively, if they express the children of both? As the words now stand, it can only be supposed, with all lexicons, that Abihail is mother of the three children on the two-wife supposition. read more