"And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offeredc upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made."
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Verse 1 Kings 12:32. _ORDAINED A FEAST_] The Jews held their _feast
of_ _tabernacles_ on the fifteenth day of the seventh month; Jeroboam,
who would meet the prejudices of the people as far as he coul...
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A FEAST - Intended as a substitute for the Feast of tabernacles
(marginal reference “c”). It may also have assumed the character
of a feast of dedication, held at the same time, after the example of
S...
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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)_
2. The threatening war averted (1 Kings 12:21)
3. Jeroboam'...
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1 Kings 12:25 to 1 Kings 13:34. THE SIN OF JEROBOAM. THE PROPHET AT
BETHEL. The sources cannot be exactly determined. Some (see Cent.B)
may belong to the annals of the northern kingdom, but the tone i...
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OFFERED. offered up. App-43.
SO DID HE, &C. Note the Figure of speech _Parenthesis_. App-6....
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On the addition in the LXX. after 1 Kings 12:24
This long passage has many peculiarities not only in the arrangement,
which differs considerably from that of the narrative of the Hebrew
text, but als...
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JEROBOAM ORDAINED A FEAST IN THE EIGHTH MONTH, &C.— As the Jews had
their feast of tabernacles on the fifteenth day of the seventh month,
so Jeroboam had a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth mon...
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II. THE GREAT APOSTASY 12:25-33
TRANSLATION
(25) And Jeroboam built Shechem in Mt. Ephraim, and dwelt in it. And
he went out from there and built Penuel. (26) And Jeroboam said in his
heart, Now the...
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12:32 Judah, (c-23) * i.e. feast of tabernacles....
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THE REVOLT OF THE TEN TRIBES. REHOBOAM AND JEROBOAM
The 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 h...
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 12
THE *KINGDOM DIVIDES
V1 Rehoboam went to Shechem. All the *Israelites had gone there to
make him king. V2 Jeroboam the son of Nebat wa...
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OF THE LOWEST OF THE PEOPLE. — This is universally recognised as a
mistranslation, though a natural one, of the original, “the ends of
the people.” The sense is “from the whole mass of the people,”
wi...
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וַ יַּ֣עַשׂ יָרָבְעָ֣ם ׀ חָ֡ג בַּ †
חֹ֣דֶשׁ הַ שְּׁמִינִ֣י בַּ חֲמִשָּֽׁה
־עָשָׂר֩ יֹ֨ום ׀ לַ †
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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 4:1; 1
Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 8:1;...
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In this and the four following Chapter s we have the central section
of this Book recording the tragedy of the break-up of the nation and
the degradation of the people. It covers a period of about six...
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And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the (o)
fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that [is] in Judah,
and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto
t...
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_Day. God had prescribed the seventh month, (Calmet) and this wicked
prince purposely made choice of another, that the observance of the
days appointed might be obliterated. Thus the Jacobins, in Fran...
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(25) В¶ Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt
therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel. (26) And Jeroboam
said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of D...
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Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater
than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus
prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12.
Till now we have had the beautiful picture of God's blessing resting
upon the son of David, whose only desire it had been to possess wisdom
from Go...
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AND JEROBOAM ORDAINED A FEAST IN THE EIGHTH MONTH, ON THE FIFTEENTH
DAY OF THE MONTH, LIKE UNTO THE FEAST THAT IS IN JUDAH,.... The feast
of tabernacles, which was on the fifteenth day of the seventh...
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And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth
day of the month, like unto the feast that [is] in Judah, and he
offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the
c...
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_Jeroboam ordained a feast on the eighth month_, &c. The feast of
tabernacles; which by the law was to be celebrated on the fifteenth
day of the seventh month. His chief intention in this change, no
d...
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1 The Israelites assembled at Shechem to crowne Rehoboam, by Ieroboam
make a suite of relaxation vnto him.
6 Rehoboam refusing the olde mens counsell, by the aduice of young
men, answereth them rough...
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JEROBOAM KING OVER ISRAEL...
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THE TEN TRIBES REBEL
(vs.1-24)
Rehoboam went to Shechem for his inauguration as king of Israel (v.1).
Jereboam, in Egypt, received word quickly of Solomon's death, and his
friends in Israel sent to...
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OFFERED UPON THE ALTAR:
Or, went up to the altar, etc
SACRIFICING:
Or, to sacrifice...
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25-33 Jeroboam distrusted the providence of God; he would contrive
ways and means, and sinful ones too, for his own safety. A practical
disbelief of God's all-sufficiency is at the bottom of all our
d...
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Either,
1. A feast of dedication, like that which was in Judah, at the
dedication of the temple. Or rather,
2. The feast of tabernacles, as may be thought,
1. Because that began on the fifteenth da...
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1 Kings 12:32 Jeroboam H3379 ordained H6213 (H8799) feast H2282
fifteenth H2568 H6240 day H3117 eighth H8066 month H2320 H2320 feast
H2282 Judah H3063 offered H5927 (H8686) altar H4196 did H6213 (H880...
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INSTEAD OF CHOOSING WHOLLY TO FOLLOW YHWH ON THE BASIS OF THE COVENANT
MADE WITH HIM, JEROBOAM THE NEW KING OF ISRAEL CHOOSES THE WAY OF
DISASTER (1 KINGS 12:25).
But things were not going well in Isr...
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EIGHTH MONTH
That is, November. (1 Kings 12:33).
ALTAR
See (1 Kings 12:25); (Deuteronomy 12:4).
(_ See Scofield) - (Amos 4:4). _...
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CONTENTS: Accession and folly of Rehoboam. Kingdom divided.
CHARACTERS: God, Rehoboam, Jeroboam, Adoram, Shemiah.
CONCLUSION: Taking the counsel of unspiritual men always spells
blunder and a rough...
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1 Kings 12:1. _Shechem._ This city was famed for mischief. Here Dinah
was ruined, and the men slaughtered. Here Joseph was sold, and now the
ten tribes revolted.
1 Kings 12:4. _Thy father made our yo...
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_And Jeroboam said in his heart._
IDOLATRY IN ISRAEL
“History is God teaching by example.” All history is that. But the
annals of the Hebrew race possess a peculiar interest, because in them
the div...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 12:29 Jeroboam builds centers of worship
within his own territory to rival Jerusalem, one in the far north
(DAN) and one in the far south (BETHEL). He appoints PRIESTS who had...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 12:26. NOW SHALL THE KINGDOM RETURN TO THE HOUSE OF
DAVID—Recognizing the immediate peril of Israel’s visits to the
temple, he sought to alienate their hearts...
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EXPOSITION
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL, AND THE SCHISM IN THE
CHURCH.—The historian, after describing the great rebellion of the
Jewish people, proceeds, in the rest of this chapter, t...
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Now Rehoboam came to Shechem: and all Israel gathered to Shechem (1
Kings 12:1)
Which is just about the center of the land, just about the heart of
the country. And they gathered
to make him king. A...
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1 Kings 8:2; 1 Kings 8:5; Amos 7:10; Ezekiel 43:8; Leviticus 23:33;
Leviticus 23:34; Matthew 15:8; Matthew 15:9; Numbers 29:12...
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A feast — The feast of tabernacles. So he would keep God's feast,
not in God's time, which was the fifteenth day of the seventh month,
and so onward, Leviticus 23:34, but on the fifteenth day of the e...