2 Chronicles 11:1-4
2 Chronicles 11:1-4 (1 Kings 12:21-24). Shemaiah forbids Civil War The Chronicler here omits the elevation of Jeroboam to be king over Israel (1 Kings 12:20).... [ Continue Reading ]
2 Chronicles 11:1-4 (1 Kings 12:21-24). Shemaiah forbids Civil War The Chronicler here omits the elevation of Jeroboam to be king over Israel (1 Kings 12:20).... [ Continue Reading ]
_he gathered_of] R.V. HE ASSEMBLED.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Shemaiah_ See 2 Chronicles 12:5; 2 Chronicles 12:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
_to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin_ The Chronicler does not hesitate to use the term "Israel" in speaking of Judah. Thus the princes of the Southern Kingdom are called "the princes of Israel" (2 Chronicles 12:6; 2 Chronicles 21:4), the populace as a whole is called "Israel" (2 Chronicles 12:1; 2 C... [ Continue Reading ]
_is done of me. And they obeyed_ R.V. IS OF ME. SO THEY HEARKENED UNTO.... [ Continue Reading ]
_built cities for defence_ This does not mean that all these cities were then built for the first time; certainly Beth-lehem, Tekoa, and Hebron were ancient places. Rebuilding, strengthening, and fortifying are included in the meaning of the Hebrew verb _bânâh_= _build_. The cities mentioned were si... [ Continue Reading ]
The Prosperity of Rehoboam This section has no corresponding section in 1 Kin. On the other hand the Chronicler omits three important sections of 1 Kings 12:25-33 (the setting up of the golden calves), 2 Chronicles 13:1-22 (the episode of the prophet who cried against the altar in Beth-el) and 2 Ch... [ Continue Reading ]
_Etam_ Probably represented by some ruins a little to the S.W. of Beth-lehem, by which is a spring called _Ain -Atân._Cp. 1 Chronicles 4:3 _Bädeker_, p. 132.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Beth-zur_ Represented by the ruin _Burj Ṣûr_to the north of Hebron. Cp. Joshua 15:58. _Bädeker_, p. 136. _Shoco_ R.V. SOCO. The cities hitherto mentioned were situated in the Hill Country, but the position of the _Soco_here mentioned and _Adullam_is uncertain. Two places bore the name _Soco_or _Soc... [ Continue Reading ]
_Gath_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 18:1. _Mareshah_ in the Shephelah south of the modern Beit Jibrin. Cp. 2 Chronicles 14:9; 2 Chronicles 20:37. _Ziph_ Probably _Tell-Zif_south of Hebron.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Adoraim_ The modern _Dora_west of Hebron. _Bädeker_, p. 152. _Azekah_ in the Shephelah, mentioned along with Socoh in Joshua 15:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Zorah_ Joshua 15:33 (R.V.). It was situated in the Shephelah. _Aijalon_ The modern _Yalo_, about midway between Ramleh and Jerusalem. _Bädeker_, pp. 15, 18. It is an ancient place mentioned in the Tell-el-Amarna letters and in Joshua 10:12, R.V. ("Valley of Aijalon," i.e. the modern _Merj ibn Omêr... [ Continue Reading ]
_having Judah and Benjamin on his side_ Render, AND SO JUDAH AND BENJAMIN BECAME HIS. Rehoboam's fortresses (which were scattered all over the country and were not placed on the borders only) were intended to keep Judah in subjection. His appointment of military governors (2 Chronicles 11:11) and hi... [ Continue Reading ]
_resorted to him_ Lit. _took their stand by him_. _all their coasts_ R.V. ALL THEIR BORDER.... [ Continue Reading ]
_suburbs_ See note on 1 Chronicles 5:16. _had cast them off from executing_ R.V. CAST THEM OFF, THAT THEY SHOULD NOT EXECUTE. In 1 Kin. (1 Kings 12:31; 1 Kings 13:33) it is not said that Jeroboam rejected the tribe of Levi, but only that he allowed men of any tribe to become priests; "he … made pri... [ Continue Reading ]
_the devils_ R.V. THE HE-GOATS (Leviticus 17:7 R.V.). The heathen Arabs believed in the existence of demons (called _jinn_) having various animal forms and inhabiting deserted places, and this belief was probably shared by the Hebrews. In this verse and in Leviticus 17:7, the writers seem to identif... [ Continue Reading ]
_three years_ There were three years of prosperity, in the fourth year Judah fell away into idolatry, and in the fifth year chastisement overtook them by the hand of Shishak (2 Chronicles 12:1-3). _of David and Solomon_ The Chronicler here as elsewhere ignores the fall of Solomon. In 1 Kings 11:4-6... [ Continue Reading ]
_Jerimoth_ Nothing is known regarding a son of David of this name. He may have been the son of a concubine (1 Chronicles 3:9). and _Abihail_ R.V. AND OF ABIHAIL. The verse accordingly speaks of one wife only, Mahalath, whose parents were Jerimoth and Abihail. The verb in 2 Chronicles 11:19 is in th... [ Continue Reading ]
MAACAH] Perhaps the grand-daughter of Absalom, since she is called the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah in 2 Chronicles 13:2 (where "Maacah" should be read with the LXX. for "Michaiah"). Absalom had no son (2 Samuel 18:18), but he may have had a daughter who married Uriel and became the mother of this M... [ Continue Reading ]
_the chief, to be ruler_ R.V. TO BE CHIEF, EVEN THE PRINCE. "Ruler," Heb. _nâgîd_is translated "chief ruler" ("prince" R.V.) in 1 Chronicles 5:2. _for_he thought] R.V. FOR IS WAS MINDED.... [ Continue Reading ]
_his children throughout all the countries_ R.V. HIS SONS THROUGHOUT ALL THE LANDS, i.e. the territory of Judah; cp. 1 Chronicles 13:2 (R.V. mg.). _And he desired many wives_ Render (with R.V. mg.), AND HE SOUGHT A MULTITUDE OF WIVES. It is difficult to say whether or no the Chronicler has Deuterono... [ Continue Reading ]