1 Kings 12:17

1 Kings 12:17 -

But as for the children of Israel which dwelt In the cities of Judah [ i.e; "the Israelites proper or members of other tribes, who happened to be settled within the limits of the land of Judah" (cf. 1 Kings 12:23 ). A number of Simeonites were (Rawlinson) certainly among them ( Joshua 19:1-9 ). The term "children of Israel" is henceforward to be understood in its restricted sense (see on 1 Kings 12:1 ). It cannot include the men of Judah], Rehoboam reigned over them.

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

The Pulpit Commentary is a homiletic commentary on the Bible created during the nineteenth century under the direction of Rev. Joseph S. Exell and Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones. It consists of 23 volumes with 22,000 pages and 95,000 entries, and was written over a 30-year period with 100 contributors.... Show more

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