And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and
had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and (a) all
Israel with him.
(a) For such is the inconstancy of the people, that for the most part
they follow the vices of their governors.... [ Continue Reading ]
With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and
the people [were] without number that came with him out of Egypt; the
Lubims, the (b) Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
(b) Who were a people of Africa called the Troglodytes because they
lived in holes.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and [to] the princes of
Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak,
and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and (c)
therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
(c) Signifying that no calamity can co... [ Continue Reading ]
Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and
they said, The LORD [is] (d) righteous.
(d) Therefore he justly punishes you for your sins.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 to chastise them, to bring them to the knowledge of themselves,
and to know how much better it is to... [ Continue Reading ]
And when he (f) humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from
him, that he would not destroy [him] altogether: and also in Judah
things went well.
(f) Which declares that God does not seek the death of a sinner, but
his conversion, (Ezekiel 18:32).... [ Continue Reading ]
So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for
Rehoboam [was] one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned (g) seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had
chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his
mother's name [was]... [ Continue Reading ]