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John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 12:26

And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

Ver. 26. And Jeroboam said in his heart.] His kingdom was not without cares, his throne without thorns: for help in which case, he consulteth with carnal reason, and thereby "consulteth shame and ruin to his house, and sinneth against his own soul." Zep 2:10

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See also 1 Kings 12:26 in other biblical comments:

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    NOW SHALL.. DAVID] Jeroboam feared that if his people still went to Jerusalem three times a year to keep the feasts, they would be tempted to return to their allegiance to Rehoboam. He had not suffici...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֥אמֶר יָרָבְעָ֖ם בְּ לִבֹּ֑ו עַתָּ֛ה תּ

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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