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. QUAND ROBOAM ... S'ÉTAIT RENFORCÉ - (voir la note à 2 Chroniques 11:17.) Au cours de la première trois ans de son règne, son influence royale s'e... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD, SHISHAK, ROI D'ÉGYPTE, S'EST HEURTÉ À JÉRUSALEM. Il a été le premier roi de la 22e ou dynastie bubastique, qui, après le de Thèbes de la p... [ Continuer la lecture ]
With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. LES LUBIMS - les Libyens du nord-est de l'Afrique. LES SUKKIIMS. Certains pensent que c'étaient des Arabes de Scénit... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND HE TOOK THE FENCED CITIES WHICH PERTAINED TO JUDAH, AND CAME TO JERUSALEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous. LES PRINCES D'ISRAËL - (cf. 2 Chroniques 12:5, "les princes de Juda.")... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. QUAND LE SEIGNEU... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_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.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made. DONC SHISHAK ... S'EST HEURTÉ À JÉRUSALEM. Après la clause entre parenthè... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_INSTEAD OF WHICH KING REHOBOAM MADE SHIELDS OF BRASS, AND COMMITTED THEM TO THE HANDS OF THE CHIEF OF THE GUARD, THAT KEPT THE ENTRANCE OF THE KING'S HOUSE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well. LORSQU'IL S'EST HUMILIÉ, LA COLÈRE DU SEIGNEUR S'EST DÉTOURNÉE DE LUI. La promesse contenue dans 2 Chroniques 12:7 était vérifié. La Providence divine... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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 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 Naamah... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD. ET IL A FAIT LE MAL - car, par l'influence malheureuse de sa mère, une étrangère païenne, il avait reçu dans sa jeunesse un fort penchant pour l'idolâtrie (voir les notes sur 1 Rois 14:21 - 1 Rois 14:24).... [ Continuer la lecture ]