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THAT THEY MAY KNOW MY SERVICE, AND THE SERVICE OF THE KINGDOM - i. e.,
that they may contrast the light burthen of the theocracy with the
heavy yoke of a foreign monarch....
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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
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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...
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MY SERVICE. In contrast with the service of their enemies. The
difference between God's service and men's servitude.. few codices,
and six early printed editions, read "his service"....
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_that they may know my service_, etc.] That they may learn the
difference between my service and other service....
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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...
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_NEVERTHELESS THEY SHALL BE HIS SERVANTS; THAT THEY MAY KNOW MY
SERVICE, AND THE SERVICE OF THE KINGDOMS OF THE COUNTRIES._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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....
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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...
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NEVERTHELESS THEY SHALL BE_._ — For they shall become servants
(_i.e.,_ tributaries) _to him;_ scil., for a while.
THAT THEY MAY KNOW (or, _discern_) MY SERVICE, AND THE SERVICE OF THE
KINGDOMS. — Th...
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כִּ֥י יִהְיוּ ־לֹ֖ו לַ עֲבָדִ֑ים וְ
יֵדְעוּ֙
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REHOBOAM AND ABIJAH: THE IMPORTANCE OF RITUAL
2 Chronicles 10:1; 2 Chronicles 11:1; 2 Chronicles 12:1;...
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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...
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Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my (e)
service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
(e) He shows that God's punishments are not to utterly destroy his,
but t...
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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....
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_EASY OR GALLING YOKE—WHICH?_
‘Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know My
service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.’
2 Chronicles 12:8
The history of life is ma...
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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...
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NEVERTHELESS, THEY SHALL BE HIS SERVANTS,.... tributaries to the king
of Egypt:
THAT THEY MAY KNOW MY SERVICE, AND THE SERVICE OF THE KINGDOMS OF THE
COUNTRIES; the difference between them, how easy...
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Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my
service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
Ver. 8. _That they may know my service._] Know by woeful experience,
the wort...
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2 Chr. 12:8. _i.e., _ That they may know the difference between my
service and theirs. So the forbidden tree in Eden was called the tree
of the knowledge of good and evil, because the experience of th...
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_They shall be his servants_ That is, they shall be much at his mercy,
and put under contribution by him, and some of them taken prisoners,
and held in captivity by him: _that they may know my service...
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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...
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Nevertheless, they shall be his servants, be tributary to him for
awhile, THAT THEY MAY KNOW MY SERVICE, realize that true service of
the Lord requires all the heart at all times, AND THE SERVICE OF T...
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REHOBOAM SUBDUED BY SHISHAK...
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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...
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That they may experimentally know and feel the difference between my
yoke and the yoke of a foreign and idolatrous prince, and what
mischief they have done to themselves by forsaking me and my service...
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2 Chronicles 12:8 servants H5650 distinguish H3045 (H8799) service
H5656 service H5656 kingdoms H4467 nations H776
Nevertheless
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2 Chronicles 12:8
The history of life is made up of different services. Every man serves
something. "Know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to
obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Nevertheless they shall be his servants._
SERVITUDE OR SERVICE-WHICH
?--
I. That there are some who have already chosen the service of the
kingdoms of the countries. Some have chosen--
1. To be t...
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2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 12:6 HUMBLED THEMSELVES. See 2
Chronicles 7:14. The partial DELIVERANCE was
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Deuteronomy 28:47; Hosea 8:10; Isaiah 26:13; Jeremiah 10:24; Judges 3:
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May know — That they may experimentally know the difference between
my yoke and the yoke of a foreign and idolatrous prince....