At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
À CETTE ÉPOQUE, - une expression souvent utilisée de manière
vague et indéfinie dans l'histoire sacrée. Cet incident domestique
dans la famille de Jéroboam s'est probablement produit vers la fin de
son règne. Son fils Abijah était majeur et cons... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise
thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get
thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me
that I should be king over this people.
JÉROBOAM A DIT À SA FEMME: LÈVE-TOI ... DÉGUISE-TOI. Son
a... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey,
and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.
DIX PAINS, DES CRACKNELS ET UN POT DE MIEL. C'était un cadeau à
l'unisson du caractère paysan qu'elle assumait. Les cracknels [
niqudiym (H5350)] sont une sorte de... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND JEROBOAM'S WIFE DID SO, AND AROSE, AND WENT TO SHILOH, AND CAME
TO THE HOUSE OF AHIJAH. BUT AHIJAH COULD NOT SEE; FOR HIS EYES WERE
SET BY REASON OF HIS AGE._
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And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee:
and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my
commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only
which was right in mine eyes;
JE N'AI PAS ÉTÉ COMME MON SERVITEUR DAVID - qui, bien qu'il soit
tom... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_BUT HAST DONE EVIL ABOVE ALL THAT WERE BEFORE THEE: FOR THOU HAST
GONE AND MADE THEE OTHER GODS, AND MOLTEN IMAGES, TO PROVOKE ME TO
ANGER, AND HAST CAST ME BEHIND THY BACK:_
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Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and
will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him
that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of
the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
J'APPORTERAI LE M... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_HIM THAT DIETH OF JEROBOAM IN THE CITY SHALL THE DOGS EAT; AND HIM
THAT DIETH IN THE FIELD SHALL THE FOWLS OF THE AIR EAT: FOR THE LORD
HATH SPOKEN IT._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet
enter into the city, the child shall die.
L'ENFANT MOURRA. La mort et la lamentation générale ressenties dans
tout le pays à la suite de la perte du prince ont également été
prédites. La raison du profond regret manifesté à sa... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of
Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some
good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
ET ENTERREZ-LE - le seul membre de la famille de Jéroboam qui
devrait recevoir les rites d'inhu... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall
cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.
LE SEIGNEUR LE RESSUSCITERA ROI ... MAIS QUOI? MÊME MAINTENANT - à
savoir, Baasha (1 Rois 15:27): il était déjà élevé - il était
dans l'être, mais pas au pouvoir.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_FOR THE LORD SHALL SMITE ISRAEL, AS A REED IS SHAKEN IN THE WATER,
AND HE SHALL ROOT UP ISRAEL OUT OF THIS GOOD LAND, WHICH HE GAVE TO
THEIR FATHERS, AND SHALL SCATTER THEM BEYOND THE RIVER, BECAUSE THEY
HAVE MADE_ _ THEIR GROVES, PROVOKING THE LORD TO ANGER._
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And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when
she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
TIRZAH - la résidence d'un ancien roi de Canaan; un lieu d'une
beauté prééminente (Cantique des Cantiqu 6:4), et probablement
d'une grande salubrité aussi, à trois heures... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND THEY BURIED HIM; AND ALL ISRAEL MOURNED FOR HIM, ACCORDING TO THE
WORD OF THE LORD, WHICH HE SPAKE BY THE HAND OF HIS SERVANT AHIJAH THE
PROPHET._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he
reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel.
LE RESTE DES ACTES DE JÉROBOAM. Aucune des menaces dénoncées
contre cette famille n'a entraîné de changement dans sa politique ou
son gouverneme... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND THE DAYS WHICH JEROBOAM REIGNED WERE TWO AND TWENTY YEARS: AND HE
SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS, AND NADAB HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._
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And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty
and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen
years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the
tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was
Naamah an Ammonitess.
R... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND JUDAH DID EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, AND THEY PROVOKED HIM TO
JEALOUSY WITH THEIR SINS WHICH THEY_ _ HAD COMMITTED, ABOVE ALL THAT
THEIR FATHERS HAD DONE._
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For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on
every high hill, and under every green tree.
GROVES , [ 'Asheeriym (H842)] - Asherah, images en bois ou en pierre
d'un arbre symbolique, représentant l'hôte du ciel (cf. 2 Rois 21:7;
2 Rois 23:6; 2 Rois 23:15: voir« Les palais de N... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND THERE WERE ALSO SODOMITES IN THE LAND: AND THEY DID ACCORDING TO
ALL THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE NATIONS WHICH THE LORD CAST OUT BEFORE THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL._
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And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak
king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
SHISHAK, ROI D'ÉGYPTE, EST VENU. Il était l'instrument entre les
mains de la Providence pour punir la défection nationale. Il fut le
premier membre de la 22ème dynastie, (voir les notes à... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the
treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away
all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
IL A EMPORTÉ LES TRÉSORS DE LA MAISON DU SEIGNEUR ET LES TRÉSORS
DE LA MAISON DU ROI. 'La spoliation faite sembl... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND KING REHOBOAM MADE IN THEIR STEAD BRASEN SHIELDS, AND COMMITTED
THEM UNTO THE HANDS OF THE CHIEF OF THE GUARD, WHICH KEPT THE DOOR OF
THE KING'S HOUSE._
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Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
RESTE DES ACTES DE ROBOAM ... ÉCRIT DANS ... LES CHRONIQUES - pas le
livre ainsi appelé, et compris dans le canon sacré, mais les
archives nationales de Juda.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
IL Y AVAIT UNE GUERRE ENTRE ROBOAM ET JÉROBOAM. Il était interdit
au premier d'entreprendre une guerre d'agression; mais comme les deux
royaumes entretenaient une rivalité jalouse, il pouvait être
contraint à des mesures de défense... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
ET LE NOM DE SA MÈRE ÉTAIT NAAMAH AN AMMONITESS. Ceci est une
répétition de ce qui a été dit précédemment (voir les... [ Continuer la lecture ]