SHECHEM.. national sanctuary (Joshua 24:1). Now _Nablous,_ corruption of Neapolis, the (New town) of Vespasian. The site of Abraham's first altar. Jacob's first home. Here the tribes met. Here Joseph was buried. All this before Jebus became Jerusalem. Hence the envy of Ephraim for Judah (Isaiah 11:1... [ Continue Reading ]
CONGREGATION. assembly.... [ Continue Reading ]
MADE OUR YOKE GRIEVOUS. Made by Jeroboam himself owing to the opportunity afforded by Solomon's action (1 Kings 11:28).... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR EVER. Hebrew all the days: i.e. always.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY LITTLE FINGER. Figure of speech _Parotmia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHIPS. The badge of the taskmaster on the Egyptian monuments. Compare Exodus 1:10; Exodus 1:14; Exodus 5:13; Exodus 5:14 ("beaten"). SCORPIONS.. knotted whip, so called; as we call another kind of whip the "cat".... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
GAVE HIM. counseled him.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CAUSE. the turning (of events), or overruling.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT PORTION. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. THE SON OF JESSE. Used in contempt. Compare 1 Samuel 16:18; 1 Samuel 20:31. 1Sa 22:7, 1 Samuel 22:8; 1 Samuel 22:9. 1Sa 25:10. 2 Samuel 20:1. TO YOUR TENTS. One of the emendations of the _Sopherim._ App-33. The primitive text was "to your gods", b... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. ISRAEL WHICH DWELT IN. JUDAH. Here was. nucleus of true worshippers constantly increased (1 Kings 12:19. 1Ch 9:3. 2 Chronicles 10:17; 2 Chronicles 11:3 2 Chronicles 11:16, 2 Chronicles 11:17; 2 Chronicles 15:9. 2Ch 16:1. 2 Chronicles 19:8;... [ Continue Reading ]
STONED HIM. One of the nine stonings recorded See note on Leviticus 24:14. MADE SPEED. Hebrew strengthened himself. TO JERUSALEM: from Shechem.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO THIS DAY. Compare 1 Kings 8:8. This was written certainly before the removal of Israel in 2 Kings 17.... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDAH ONLY. See note on "one tribe" (1 Kings 11:32).... [ Continue Reading ]
AN HUNDRED, &C. 180,000. In David's time there were 470,000. See note on 2 Samuel 24:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHEMAIAH. Compare 2 Chronicles 11:2; 2 Chronicles 12:5. THE MAN OF GOD. prophet. See the first occurrence, Deuteronomy 33:1, and App-49.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS THING: i.e. the division of the kingdom. Not the rebellion of Jeroboam. Compare 2 Chronicles 13:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUILT. rebuilt, or repaired. This doubtless included increased fortification (2 Chronicles 11:11). MOUNT. hill-country. PENUEL. On east of Jordan (Genesis 32:30; Judges 8:8),... [ Continue Reading ]
IF THIS PEOPLE. His apostasy was willful, designed, and deliberate.... [ Continue Reading ]
TOOK COUNSEL: "but not of Jehovah" (Isaiah 30:1). BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. Compare Exodus 32:4.Hosea 8:5; Hosea 8:6; Hosea 10:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE IN BETH-EL: was desecrated by Josiah (2 Kings 23:15). IN DAN. See note on Genesis 49:17. Carried away by Tiglath-pileser (2 Kings 15:29). The sons of Jonathan, the grandson of Moses (see note on Judges 18:30), were ready to act as priests.... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAME. SIN. See App-44. Hence the repeated stigma who "made Israel to sin". Compare 1 Kings 13:34; 1 Kings 14:16. 1Ki 15:26, 1 Kings 15:30; 1 Kings 15:34. 1Ki 16:2, 1 Kings 16:19; 1 Kings 16:26, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOUSE. a temple. Not merely "high places".... [ Continue Reading ]
OFFERED. offered up. App-43. SO DID HE, &C. Note the Figure of speech _Parenthesis_. App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF HIS OWN HEART. Hebrew text reads "by himself". Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read as Authorized Version Man-made feasts go with man-made priests (1 Kings 12:31).... [ Continue Reading ]