1 Kings 12:18 NIV

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Kings 12:18

REHOBOAM SENT ADORAM TO CORRECT THE PEOPLE"Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the men subject to taskwork; and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. And king Rehoboam made speed, to get him up to his chariot to flee to Jerusalem. So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 12:18

1 Kings 12:18. Rehoboam sent Adoram, &c.— He sent Adoram to treat with them, which was an act of great imprudence when they were so highly exasperated. But to send so disagreeable a man, one who was the collector of the very tribute of which they complained, was downright infatuation; for, nothing is so natural as to hate those who are in any sort the instruments of our oppression. We read in this verse, for the first time, of a king of Israel's riding in a chariot; Saul, David, and Solomon... 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 12:16-20

Israel’s secession 12:16-20The dissatisfaction with the rule of David’s house that had been brewing for years (cf. 2 Samuel 20:1) finally boiled over. Perhaps Rehoboam sent Adoram to pacify the angry mob (1 Kings 12:18). Whatever his reason, this proved to be "the straw that broke the camel’s back."Rehoboam lacked wisdom because he did not give God the place He deserved in his life. Because he revolted against God, the people revolted against him. In rebelling against Rehoboam, however, the... 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 12:18

(18) Adoram, who was over the tribute (or levy).—In 2 Samuel 20:24, 1 Kings 4:6; 1 Kings 5:14, we find Adoram (or Adoniram, which is a longer form of the same name) described as holding this office in the later days of David and the reign of Solomon. The Adoram here mentioned must be identical with the officer of Solomon; but, though it is possible, it is not likely that he could have held office in David’s time. Probably the name and office were hereditary׳. The mission of Adoram shows that,... 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

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

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

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Kings 12:18

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 12:18

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

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 12:16-20

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

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Kings 12:18

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

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 12:6-20

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

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