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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

2 Chronicles 12:14

Prepared not, or directed not, or settled not, &c, i.e. although he humbled himself, and seemed penitent for a season, and professed the true religion and worship of God; yet he quickly relapsed into his former sins, because he was not sincere nor serious in his actions, and his heart was not right with God.

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See also 2 Chronicles 12:14 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HE PREPARED NOT HIS HEART ... - See the margin. Rehoboam’s sin was want of earnestness and consistency....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 12 REHOBOAM'S APOSTASY, PUNISHMENT, AND DEATH _ 1. Rehoboam's apostasy (2 Chronicles 12:1)_ 2. Punishment through Shishak (2 Chronicles 12:2) 3. Death of Rehoboam (2 C

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    SHISHAK INVADES JUDAH; SUMMARY OF REHOBOAM'S REIGN; HIS DEATH (see notes on 1 Kings 14:21 f., 1 Kings 14:25; 1 Kings 14:29). The words in...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HE DID EVIL. Compare 1 Kings 14:22. PREPARED, or fixed. Compare Psalms 57:7; Psalms 108:1, and Psalms 112:7....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _he prepared not his heart_ R.V. HE SET NOT HIS HEART. The phrase implies _steady purpose_....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 402 THE EVIL OF NEGLECTING PRAYER 2 Chronicles 12:14. _He did eril, because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord_. IF we were to judge by the conduct of all around us, we should supp...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. THE REIGN OF REHOBOAM (11-12) TEXT 2 Chronicles 11:1. And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, that were...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND HE DID EVIL, BECAUSE HE PREPARED NOT HIS HEART TO SEEK THE LORD._ And he did evil - for through the unhappy influence of his mother, a pagan foreigner, he had received in his youth a strong bias...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    REIGN OF REHOBOAM (CONCLUDED) This chapter is parallel to 1 Kings 14:21, but supplies additional particulars respecting Shishak's army and the prophet Shemaiah....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 12 REHOBOAM – 2 CHRONICLES 12:1-16 V1 Rehoboam established his rule as...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND HE DID EVIL. — Syriac adds _“_before the Lord.” The nature of his evil-doing is explained immediately: “for he directed not his heart to seek Jehovah.” This estimate of Rehoboam’s conduct seems to...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יַּ֖עַשׂ הָ רָ֑ע כִּ֣י לֹ֤א הֵכִין֙

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    REHOBOAM AND ABIJAH: THE IMPORTANCE OF RITUAL 2 Chronicles 10:1; 2 Chronicles 11:1; 2 Chronicles 12:1;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The issue was that Rehoboam "forsook the law of the Lord." The scourge came in the person of Israel's ancient foe, the king of Egypt. The patience of God is ever manifest in His dealing with His peopl...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Lord, with sincerity, being actuated only by a servile fear. He died impenitent. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    What a poor trifling, uninteresting character was this man! alas! what can make any character respectable but a life of piety and obedience towards God....

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10, 11, AND 12. Solomon's faults are not related here for reasons which we have already pointed out; but the history of Rehoboam shows us the immediate fall...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE DID EVIL,.... Committed idolatry, relapsed into that, his humiliation not being hearty and sincere: BECAUSE HE PREPARED NOT HIS HEART TO SEEK THE LORD; by prayer and supplication, and by an at...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD. Ver. 14. _Because he prepared not._] Some good resolutions he had, but they were flashy and fleeting: he drew them not into execut...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _He prepared not his heart_, &c. _Directed not_, or _settled not,_ &c. That is, although he humbled himself, and seemed penitent for a season, and professed the true religion and worship of God; yet h...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Rehoboam forsaking the LORD, is punished by Shishak. 5 He and the Princes repenting at the preaching of Shemaiah, are deliuered from destruction, but not from spoile. 13 The reigne and death of Re...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And he did evil, that was the general impression of his reign, BECAUSE HE PREPARED NOT HIS HEART TO SEEK THE LORD, he did not adhere with all strictness and with unvarying sincerity to the reformation...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    EGYPT ATTACKS JUDAH (vv.1-9) Rehoboam's prosperity however became his downfall. When he strengthened himself in his kingdom sufficiently to think himself secure, he gave up any regard he had for the...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    PREPARED: Or, fixed...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Chronicles 12:14 did H6213 (H8799) evil H7451 prepare H3559 (H8689) heart H3820 seek H1875 (H8800) LO

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    2 Chronicles 12:14 Religion is not a matter that can be taken up in a loose, careless, slipshod manner. It claims the whole purpose and energy of the heart, and only then will it prove a blessing and...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    2 Chronicles 12:1. _And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him._ They prospered, at first, b...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    2 Chronicles 12:1. _And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him._ He was not able to endure t...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Rehoboam defeated by Shishak. Death of Rehoboam. CHARACTERS: God, Rehoboam, Shishak, Shemaiah. CONCLUSION: It becomes us, when we are under the rebukes of providence, to justify God (2 Chro...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    2 Chronicles 12:1. _Rehoboam forsook the law of the Lord._ His juvenile council, his harem of eighteen queens and sixty concubines, are lamentable proofs of the imbecility of his mind. The apple-tree...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _He prepared not his heart to seek the Lord._ REHOBOAM THE UNREADY I. He did not begin life with seeking the Lord. II. He showed no heart in seeking the Lord afterwards. III. He was not fixed and...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 12:14 Whereas 1 Kings 14:22 blames the people for “doing evil,” the Chronicler makes this charge against Rehoboam and adds that he di

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter parallel with 1 Kings 14:21, but considerably enlarges the narrative contained in that passage. The account of Shishak’s chariots and horsemen, the composition of his arm...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This chapter finishes for us the history of Rehoboam, his "acts" and his character; and, with the preceding two chapters, it may be counted among the masterpieces of Scripture biography. In...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    It came to pass [chapter twelve], when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him (2 Chronicles 12:1). As the king goes...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 29:18; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Corinthians 16:13; 1 Samuel 7:3;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Did evil — Or, settled not, although he humbled himself, for a season, yet he quickly relapsed into sin, because his heart was not right with God....

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