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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 12:1-15

Solomon had 1000 wives and concubines, yet we read but of one son he had to bear up his name, and he a fool. It is said (Hos. 4:10), They shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase. Sin is a bad way of building up a family. Rehoboam was the son of the wisest of men, yet did not inherit his father's wisdom, and then it stood him in little stead to inherit his father's throne. Neither wisdom nor grace runs in the blood. Solomon came to the crown very young, yet he was then a wise man.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 12:1

And Rehoboam went to Shechem ,.... After the death and internment of his father: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king : as was pretended, though in reality it was to seek occasion against him, and make Jeroboam king; it is very probable they knew of the prophecy of Ahijah, and therefore would not go to Jerusalem, but to Shechem, a city in the tribe of Ephraim, of which Jeroboam was, and where he had sowed the seeds of sedition when ruler there; and this place they chose,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 12:2

And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it ,.... Of the death of Solomon, and of the meeting of the Israelites at Shechem: (for he was fled from the presence of King Solomon ; see 1 Kings 11:40 . and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) until the death of Solomon; some render the words, "Jeroboam, returned out of Egypt" F4 וישב־במצרים "reversus est de Aegypto", V. L. Ex Egypto, ב pro מן , Vatablus. , which agrees with 2 Chronicles 10:2 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 12:3

That they sent and called him ,.... That is, the people of Israel, some of the principal of them, especially of the tribe of Ephraim, sent messengers to him, and gave him an invitation to come to them at Shechem; or, they had sent F5 So Pagninus, Montanus. , as Kimchi interprets it, which was the reason of his returning from Egypt, at least one of them: and Jeroboam, and all the congregation of Israel, came ; the chief men of them, the heads of the people; these, with Jeroboam at... read more

Adam Clarke

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

Rehoboam went to Shechem - Rehoboam was probably the only son of Solomon; for although he had a thousand wives, he had not the blessing of a numerous offspring; and although he was the wisest of men himself, his son was a poor, unprincipled fool. Had Solomon kept himself within reasonable bounds in matrimonial affairs, he would probably have had more children; and such as would have had common sense enough to discern the delicacy of their situation, and rule according to reason and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:1

EXPOSITION THE REVOLT OF THE TEN TRIBES .—With the reign of Rehoboam, on which our historian now enters, we begin the second great period in the history of the Hebrew monarchy, so far as it is related in these Books of KINGS . The first, which comprises the Augustan age of Israel, the short-lived maturity of the race in the reign of Solomon, has extended over forty years, from B.C. 1015 to B.C. 975. The second, which is the period of the existence of the two kingdoms of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:1-5

The Dead and the Living. "The king is dead; long live the king!" This paradox expresses an important truth. Bathsheba recognized it when David on his deathbed promised her that Solomon, her son, should succeed him on the throne, and she said, "Let my lord king David live forever" ( 1 Kings 1:31 ). I. SOLOMON IS DEAD . 1 . His active form is no longer seen . 2 . Where is the disembodied spirit? II. BUT HE SURVIVES IN REHOBOAM . This fact is the ground... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:1-20

The accomplishment of the predicted judgment. I. DANGERS OFTEN COME DISGUISED . 1 . It was a time of joyous expectation . Nothing betokened the nearness of rebellion and disaster. All Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. There was no dispute about the succession, and no unwillingness to own the sway of the house of David. All was hopeful. Danger may lurk in joy like a venomous insect in a flower. 2 . The people's request was reasonable . Rehoboam could... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:2

And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat [see on 1 Kings 11:26 ], who was yet in Egypt [The usual, and indeed the necessary, interpretation, if we retain our present Hebrew text, is that these words refer, not as the context would lead us to suppose, to the time indicated in 1 Kings 11:1 , 1 Kings 11:3 , etc; but to the time of Solomon's death. But see below], heard of it [The words "of it," though not in the original, are a fair and legitimate interpretation of its... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:3

That [Heb. and] they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came [It has been held that this verse is largely an interpolation. The LXX . Cod. Vat. has simply, " And the people spake unto king Rehoboam, saying." Of more importance, however, is the fact that it is at direct variance with verse 20, which places the appearance of Jeroboam on the scene after the revolt of the tribes. Indeed, these two verses can only be brought into agreement by the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 12:1-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 12:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 12:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 12:3

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

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:1

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:2

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 12:3

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