John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 11:8
And Gath ,.... Which cannot be that Gath which was one of the principalities of the Philistines, but a city in the tribe of Judah; though of it we nowhere else read; unless this is the same with Moreshethgath, Micah 1:14 , which is probable, since it follows: and Mareshah ; the birth place of Micah the prophet, Micah 1:1 , and Ziph ; there were two cities of this name in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:24 . read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 11:1-12
How the ten tribes deserted the house of David we read in the foregoing chapter. They had formerly sat loose to that family (2 Sam. 20:1, 2), and now they quite threw it off, not considering how much it would weaken the common interest and take Israel down from that pitch of glory at which it had arrived in the last reign. But thus the kingdom must be corrected as well as the house of David. 1. Rehoboam at length, like a bold man, raises an army, with a design to reduce the revolters, 2 Chron.... read more