DOOM OF THE HOUSE OF NEBAT
1 Rois 14:1
"Whom the gods love die young."
-EPICTET.
THE other story about Jeroboam is full of pathos; and though here,
too, there are obvious signs that, in its present form, it could
hardly have come from a contemporary source, it doubtless records a
historic tradit... [ Continuer la lecture ]
THE EARLIER KINGS OF JUDAH
1 Rois 14:21; 1 Rois 15:1
THE history of "the Jews" begins, properly speaking, from the reign of
Rehoboam, and for four centuries it is mainly the history of the
Davidic dynasty.
The only records of the son of Solomon are meager records of disaster
and disgrace. He reign... [ Continuer la lecture ]