1 Kings 12:12-20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 12:20

Judah only. See note on "one tribe" (1 Kings 11:32 ). read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Kings 12:12

REHOBOAM'S FOOLISH REPLY ANTAGONIZED ISRAEL"So Jeroboam and all of the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day. And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. So the king hearkened... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Kings 12:16

NORTHERN ISRAEL REJECTED REHOBOAM AS KING"And when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents. But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them."Here in 1 Kings 12:17 is established a permanent separation of the northern Israel... read more

James Burton Coffman

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 12:16

1 Kings 12:16. Now, see to thine own house, David— It is observable to every reader of the History of the Jews, of how ungrateful a disposition this people was; not only to God, but to their best temporal benefactors. Surely no nation ever owed greater obligations to a prince, than the Israelites did to David; yet how soon are all his benefits forgotten, and the people, almost with one accord, revolt from his grandson! 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

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 12:15

15-18. the king hearkened not unto the people, for the cause was from the Lord—That was the overruling cause. Rehoboam's weakness (Ecclesiastes 2:18; Ecclesiastes 2:19) and inexperience in public affairs has given rise to the probable conjecture, that, like many other princes in the East, he had been kept secluded in the harem till the period of his accession (Ecclesiastes 2:19- :), his father being either afraid of his aspiring to the sovereignty, like the two sons of David, or, which is more... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 12:20

20-24. when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again—This verse closes the parenthetical narrative begun at 1 Kings 12:2; 1 Kings 12:21-24 resume the history from 1 Kings 12:1. Rehoboam determined to assert his authority by leading a large force into the disaffected provinces. But the revolt of the ten tribes was completed when the prophet Shemaiah ordered, in the Lord's name, an abandonment of any hostile measures against the revolutionists. The army, overawed by the divine prohibition,... 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

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