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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

1 Kings 12:18

Verse 1 Kings 12:18. King Rehoboam sent Adoram] As this was the person who was superintendent over the tribute, he was probably sent to collect the ordinary taxes; but the people, indignant at the master who had given them such a brutish answer, stoned the servant to death. The sending of Adoram to collect the taxes, when the public mind was in such a state of fermentation, was another proof of Rehoboam's folly and incapacity to govern.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Adoram has been identified with Adoniram (marginal references), and even with the Adoram of 2 Samuel 20:24. But it is highly improbable that the same person was chief superintendent of the forced labo...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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'...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    STONED HIM. One of the nine stonings recorded See note on Leviticus 24:14. MADE SPEED. Hebrew strengthened himself. TO JERUSALEM: from Shechem....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram_ The same man who is called Adoniram in ch. 1 Kings 4:6. He presided over the forced-labour service, and it was an additional sign of the infatuation of Rehoboam, that...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    REHOBOAM SENT ADORAM, &C.— He sent Adoram to treat with them, which was an act of great imprudence when they were so highly exasperated. But to send so disagreeable a man, one who was the collector of...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. THE REBELLION OF ISRAEL 12:16-20 TRANSLATION (16) When all of Israel saw that the king did not hearken unto them, the people responded to the king, saying, What portion do we have in David? We hav...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _SO WHEN ALL ISRAEL SAW THAT THE KING HEARKENED NOT UNTO THEM, THE PEOPLE ANSWERED THE KING, SAYING, WHAT PORTION HAVE WE IN DAVID? NEITHER HAVE WE INHERITANCE IN THE SON OF JESSE: TO YOUR TENTS, O IS...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ADORAM] cp. 2 Samuel 20:24. He is called Adoniram in...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    ADORAM, WHO WAS OVER THE TRIBUTE (or levy). — In 2 Samuel 20:24; 1 Kings 4:6; 1 Kings 5:14, we find Adoram (or Adoniram, which is a longer form of the same name) described as holding this office in th...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּשְׁלַ֞ח הַ מֶּ֣לֶךְ רְחַבְעָ֗ם אֶת ־אֲד

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...

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

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Aduram. One of the same name had occupied this post under David, 2 Kings xx. 24. (Calmet) --- Some suppose that this is the same with Adoniram, chap. iv. 6. Roboam impudently sent him to appease the p...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (16) В¶ So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tent...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN KING REHOBOAM SENT ADORAM, WHO WAS OVER THE TRIBUTE,.... There was one of this name in this office in the time of David, 2 Samuel 20:24, this is the same with Adoniram, as Jarchi thinks, see 1 Ki...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who [was] over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem....

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

    _Then Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute_ To pursue the counsel which he had resolved upon, say some; to execute his office, and exact their tribute with rigour, and, if need were, with vi...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute, 1 Kings 4:6, who was to treat with the rebels and appease them, as the officer in charge of all work by conscription; AND ALL ISRAEL, in a reb...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JEROBOAM KING OVER ISRAEL...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    MADE SPEED: _ Heb._ strengthened himself...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    16-24 The people speak unbecomingly of David. How soon are good men, and their good services to the public, forgotten ! These considerations should reconcile us to our losses and troubles, that God is...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HE SENT ADORAM, either, 1. To pacify the people, and promise them relief, now when it was too late. But then he would not have sent a person so ungrateful to the people, as that sort of men use to be...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 12:18 King H4428 Rehoboam H7346 sent H7971 (H8799) Adoram H151 revenue H4522 Israel H3478 stoned H7275 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    REHOBOAM SEEKS TO WHIP ISRAEL INTO LINE BUT IS PREVENTED BY YHWH WHILST JEROBOAM IS MADE KING OVER ALL ISRAEL (1 KINGS 12:17). Rehoboam still had total control over all who dwelt in the cities of Jud...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • 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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 12:18 It is not clear whether ADORAM is the person mentioned in 1 Kings 4:6 and...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 20:18; 1 Kings 4:6; 1 Kings 5:14; 2 Chronicles 10:18;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Sent Adoram — Probably to pursue the counsel which he had resolved upon, to execute his office, and exact their tribute with rigour and violence, if need were....

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