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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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THE REVOLT OF THE NORTHERN TRIBES. It is doubtful whether this section
is Judæ an or not. It bears some resemblance to 2 Samuel 9-20, and
the parts of 1 K. which seem to be a continuation of that hist...
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AS. according as....
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_So Jeroboam and all the people_ The LXX. here, as in 1 Kings 12:3,
omits -Jeroboam."
_as the king had appointed_ R.V. has -as the king BADE....
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B. THE REPLY OF REHOBOAM 12:12-13
TRANSLATION
(12) Then Jeroboam and all the people came unto Rehoboam on the third
day as the king had spoken, saying, Return unto me on the third day.
(13) And the k...
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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 ha...
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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 w...
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_וַ_†_יָּבֹ֨וא_† יָרָבְעָ֧ם וְ כָל ־הָ
עָ֛ם...
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THE DISRUPTION
1 Kings 12:6
"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 tha...
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THE KINGDOM RENT IN TWAIN
1 Kings 12:12
Rehoboam richly deserved his fate. He was forty-one years old, 2
Chronicles 12:13, and ought to have known better. His speech betrayed
the _despot_. He had no...
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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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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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So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the
king had (e) appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.
(e) The people declare their obedience in this that they attempte...
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(12) So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as
the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day. (13)
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the ol...
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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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SO JEROBOAM AND ALL THE PEOPLE CAME TO REHOBOAM THE THIRD DAY,....
Jeroboam came to him at the head of the people, being the head of the
faction, and designed for their king:
AS THE KING HAD APPOINTE...
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_So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the
king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day._
Ver. 12. _Come to me again the third day._] See 1 Kings 12:5 ....
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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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So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the
king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day....
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Rehoboam's Foolish Answer...
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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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1-15 The tribes complained not to Rehoboam of his father's idolatry,
and revolt from God. That which was the greatest grievance, was none
to them; so careless were they in matters of religion, if the...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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1 Kings 12:12 Jeroboam H3379 people H5971 came H935 (H8799) Rehoboam
H7346 third H7992 day H3117 king H4428 direct
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REHOBOAM'S ARROGANCE ALIENATES ISRAEL (1 KINGS 12:1).
The elders of Israel came together with a view to anointing Rehoboam
as king on condition that he would guarantee them a somewhat easier
lifestyle...
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THE KINGDOM IN CRISIS AND THE COLLAPSE OF AN EMPIRE (1 KINGS 12:1 TO 1
KINGS 14:31).
The death of Solomon, as always with the death of a king who had ruled
powerfully for a long time and had been some...
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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 yok...
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_My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins._
REHOBOAM’S FOOLISH ANSWER
These were the words of an infatuated fool--a fool led on to his own
destruction by the “irony of destiny.”
I. W...
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_When Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt heard of it _. .. _
they sent and called him._
THE KINGDOM DIVIDED
1. This chapter reveals one of the turning-points in Israel’s
history, for it is...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 12:1 The Kingdom Is Divided. Two kingdoms
emerge. Judah is made up of two tribes (Judah and Benjamin) in the
south and is ruled by Rehoboam. Israel is made up of the ten northe...
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THE DISRUPTION OF THE KINGDOM
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 12:1. REHOBOAM WENT TO SHECHEM—Instead of remaining in
_Jerusalem_, whither Israel should have come to him, as they did to
David...
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EXPOSITION
THE REVOLT OF THE TEN TRIBES.—With the reign of Rehoboam, on which
our historian now enters, we begin the second great period in the
history of the Hebrew monarchy, so far as it is related...
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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. An...
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1 Kings 12:5; 2 Chronicles 10:12...