A NEW REIGN
1 Rois 12:1
"A foolish son is the calamity of his father."
- Proverbes 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... [ Continuer la lecture ]
THE DISRUPTION
1 Rois 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,
ali... [ Continuer la lecture ]
"JEROBOAM THE SON OF NEBAT, WHO MADE ISRAEL TO SIN"
1 Rois 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."
- Osée 8:6
THE condemnation of the first king of Israel sounds like a melancholy
and menacing refrain through... [ Continuer la lecture ]