Chapter 12

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Rehoboam 1Kgs 11:43; 2Chr 10:1-19

Shechem Gen 12:6, Sichem, Gen 33:18-19; Josh 20:7, Josh 24:1, Josh 24:32; Judg 9:1; Ps 60:6; Acts 7:16, Sychem


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Jeroboam the son of Nebat 1Kgs 11:26-31, 1Kgs 11:40; 2Chr 10:2-3


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our yoke 1Kgs 4:7, 1Kgs 4:20, 1Kgs 4:22-23, 1Kgs 4:25, 1Kgs 9:15, 1Kgs 9:22-23; 1Sam 8:11-18; 2Chr 10:4-5; Matt 11:29-30; Matt 23:4; 1John 5:3


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consulted 2Sam 16:20, 2Sam 17:5; Job 12:12, Job 32:7; Prov 27:10; Jer 42:2-5, Jer 43:2


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If thou wilt 2Chr 10:6-7; Prov 15:1; Mark 10:43-44; Phil 2:7-11

speak good 1Kgs 12:13; 2Sam 15:3-6; Eccl 10:4; Zech 1:13


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2Chr 10:8, 2Chr 25:15-16; Prov 1:2-5, Prov 1:25, Prov 1:30, Prov 19:20, Prov 25:12; Eccl 10:2-3


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1Kgs 22:6-8; 2Sam 17:5-6; 2Chr 10:9, 2Chr 18:5-7


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Thus shalt thou 2Sam 17:7-13

My little finger A proverbial mode of expression: "My little finger is thicker than my father's thigh." As much as the thigh surpasses the little finger in thickness, so much does my power exceed that of my father; and the use I shall make of it to oppress and tax you shall be in proportion. 2Chr 10:10-11; Prov 10:14, Prov 18:6-7, Prov 28:25, Prov 29:23; Isa 47:6


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I will add Exod 1:13-14, Exod 5:5-9, Exod 5:18; 1Sam 8:18; 2Chr 16:10; Isa 58:6; Jer 27:11; Jer 28:13-14

but I will chastise Should you rebel or become disaffected, my father's whip shall be a scorpion in my hand. His was chastisement, mine shall be punishment. Celsius and Hiller conjecture that âkrabbim denotes a thorny kind of shrub, whose prickles are of a venomous nature, called by the Arabs scorpion thorns, from the exquisite pain which they inflict. But the Chaldee renders it margenin, and the Syriac moragyai, i.e., μαραγναι, scourges; and in the parallel place of Chronicles the Arabic has saut, a scourge. Isidore, and after him Calmet and others, assert that the scorpion was a sort of severe whip, the lashes of which were armed with knots or points that sunk into and tore the flesh.

scorpions 1Kgs 12:14; Ezek 2:6; Rev 9:3-10


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Come to me again 1Kgs 12:5; 2Chr 10:12-14


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answered 1Kgs 20:6-11; Gen 42:7, Gen 42:30; Exod 5:2, Exod 10:28; Judg 12:1-6; 1Sam 20:10, 1Sam 20:30-31; 1Sam 25:10-11; 2Sam 19:43; Prov 10:11, Prov 10:32, Prov 15:1, Prov 18:23; Eccl 10:12; Jas 3:17

roughly Heb. hardly, Gen 16:6

forsook Prov 13:20


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the counsel 2Chr 22:4-5; Esth 1:16-21, Esth 2:2-4; Prov 12:5; Isa 19:11-13; Dan 6:7

My father made 1Kgs 12:10-11; Prov 13:10, Prov 16:18, Prov 17:14; Eccl 7:8; Jas 3:14-18, Jas 4:1-2


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the cause The cause of all this confusion and anarchy was Rehoboam's folly, cruelty, and despotic tyranny, and this was certainly not "from the Lord," nor does the original text speak this doctrine. For an elucidation of a similar passage, see note on 2Sam 24:1. It says, sibbah, (from savav, to turn, change), "the change or Revolution was from the Lord;" which is consistent with all the preceding declarations. God stirred up the people to revolt from a man who had neither skill nor humanity to govern them. God serves his own wise and righteous purpose by the imprudences and iniquities of men, and snares sinners in the work of their own hands. "He maketh the wrath of man to praise him." 1Kgs 12:24, 1Kgs 22:23; Deut 2:30; Judg 14:4; 2Chr 10:15, 2Chr 22:7, 2Chr 25:16, 2Chr 25:20; Ps 5:10; Amos 3:6; Acts 2:23, Acts 4:28

that he might 1Kgs 11:11, 1Kgs 11:29-38; 1Sam 15:29; 2Sam 17:14; 2Kgs 9:36, 2Kgs 10:10; Isa 14:13-17; Isa 46:10-11; Dan 4:35; John 19:23-24, John 19:28-29, John 19:32-37; Acts 3:17; Acts 13:27-29


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What portion 2Sam 20:1; 2Chr 10:16

to your tents 1Kgs 22:17, 1Kgs 22:36

now see 1Kgs 11:13, 1Kgs 11:34, 1Kgs 11:36, 1Kgs 11:39; 2Sam 7:15-16; Ps 2:1-6, Ps 76:10, Ps 89:29-37, Ps 132:17; Isa 7:2, Isa 7:6-7, Isa 9:6-7; Jer 23:5-6, Jer 33:15-16, Jer 33:21; Luke 19:14, Luke 19:27

So Israel Judg 8:35; 2Sam 15:13, 2Sam 16:11


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the children 1Kgs 11:13, 1Kgs 11:36; 2Chr 10:17, 2Chr 11:13-17


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Adoram 1Kgs 4:6, 1Kgs 5:14, Adoniram, 2Sam 20:24; 2Chr 10:18, Hadoram

all Israel Exod 17:4; Num 14:10; 2Chr 24:21; Acts 5:26, Acts 7:57-58

made speed Heb. strengthened himself

flee to Jerusalem 1Kgs 20:18-20; Prov 28:1-2; Amos 2:16


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Israel 1Sam 10:19; 2Kgs 17:21; 2Chr 10:19, 2Chr 13:5-7, 2Chr 13:17; Isa 7:17

rebelled or, fell away, Heb 6:6

unto this day Josh 4:9


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and made him 1Sam 10:24; Hos 8:4

none that followed 1Kgs 12:17, 1Kgs 11:13, 1Kgs 11:32; Hos 11:12


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when Rehoboam 2Chr 11:1-3

an hundred 1Chr 21:5; 2Chr 14:8, 2Chr 14:11, 2Chr 17:14-19; Prov 21:30-31


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Deut 33:1; 2Kgs 4:16, 2Kgs 4:22, 2Kgs 4:25, 2Kgs 4:27; 1Tim 6:11

Shemaiah 2Chr 11:2, 2Chr 12:5, 2Chr 12:7

the man 1Kgs 13:1, 1Kgs 13:4-5, 1Kgs 13:11, 1Kgs 17:18, 1Kgs 17:24


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1Kgs 12:6


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Ye shall not go up Num 14:42; 2Chr 11:4, 2Chr 25:7-8, 2Chr 28:9-13

for this thing 1Kgs 12:15, 1Kgs 11:29-38; Hos 8:4

They hearkened 2Chr 25:10, 2Chr 28:13-15


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built 1Kgs 9:15, 1Kgs 9:17-18, 1Kgs 15:17, 1Kgs 16:24; 2Chr 11:5-12

Shechem 1Kgs 12:1; Judg 9:1, Judg 9:45-49

Penuel Gen 32:30-31; Judg 8:8, Judg 8:17


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said in his heart Ps 14:1; Mark 2:6-8; Luke 7:39

Now shall 1Kgs 11:38; 1Sam 27:1; 2Chr 20:20; Isa 7:9; Jer 38:18-21; John 11:47-50; John 12:10-11, John 12:19; Acts 4:16-17


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go up 1Kgs 8:29-30, 1Kgs 8:44, 1Kgs 11:32; Deut 12:5-7, Deut 12:14, Deut 16:2, Deut 16:6

and they shall Gen 12:12-13, Gen 26:7; Prov 29:25; 1Cor 1:19-20


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took counsel 1Kgs 12:8-9; Exod 1:10; Isa 30:1

two calves of gold He invented a political religion, and instituted feasts in his own times, different from those appointed by Jehovah; gave the people certain objects of adoration, and pretended to think that it would be both inconvenient and oppressive to them to go up to Jerusalem to worship. These calves were doubtless of the same kind as the calf which was set up by Aaron; and it is remarkable, that in pointing them out to the people he should use the same words that Aaron used on that occasion, when they must have heard what terrible judgments fell upon their forefathers for this idolatry. Solomon's idolatry, however, had prepared the people for Jeroboam's abominations. Exod 20:4; Deut 4:14-18; 2Kgs 10:29, 2Kgs 17:16; 2Chr 11:15; Hos 8:4-7, Hos 10:5-6

It is too much Isa 30:10; 2Pet 2:19

behold Exod 32:4, Exod 32:8


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Bethel Gen 12:8, Gen 28:19, Gen 35:1; Hos 4:15

Dan Gen 14:14; Deut 34:1; Judg 18:29-31, Judg 20:1; 2Kgs 10:29; Jer 8:16; Amos 8:14


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became a sin 1Kgs 13:34; 2Kgs 10:31, 2Kgs 17:21


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an house 1Kgs 13:24, 1Kgs 13:32; Deut 24:15; Ezek 16:25; Hos 12:11

priests 1Kgs 13:33; Num 3:10; 2Kgs 17:32; 2Chr 11:14-15, 2Chr 13:9; Ezek 44:6-8


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like unto 1Kgs 8:2, 1Kgs 8:5; Lev 23:33, Lev 23:34-44; Num 29:12-40; Ezek 43:8; Matt 15:8-9

offered upon the altar or, went up to the altar, sacrificing. or, to sacrifice. he placed. Amos 7:10-13


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offered upon the altar or, went up to the altar, etc. 1Kgs 12:32

in the month Num 15:39; Ps 106:39; Isa 29:13; Matt 15:6; Mark 7:13

he offered 1Kgs 13:1; 1Sam 13:12; 2Chr 26:6

and burnt incense Heb. to burn incense


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