A NEW REIGN 1 Kings 12:1 "A foolish son is the calamity of his father." - Proverbs 19:13. "He left behind him Roboam, even the foolishness of the people, and one that had no understanding." - Sir 47:23. REHOBOAM, who was Solomon's only son, succeeded in Jerusalem without opposition, B.C. 937. B... [ Continue Reading ]
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 that the disruption was God's doing; for everything which happened in the four subsequent centuries, al... [ Continue Reading ]
"JEROBOAM THE SON OF NEBAT, WHO MADE ISRAEL TO SIN" 1 Kings 12:21. "For from Israel is even this; the workman made it and it is no god: yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces." - Hosea 8:6 THE condemnation of the first king of Israel sounds like a melancholy and menacing refrain throu... [ Continue Reading ]