Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
1 Kings 12:30
And this thing became a sin, it resulted in open idolatry; for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan, the great distance did not hinder them from making their pilgrimages to this city.
And this thing became a sin, it resulted in open idolatry; for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan, the great distance did not hinder them from making their pilgrimages to this city.
THIS THING BECAME A SIN - i. e., this act of Jeroboam’s became an occasion of sin to the people. The author perhaps wrote the following words thus: “The people went to worship before the one to Bethel...
III. THE DIVIDED KINGDOM 1. Rehoboam and the Revolt of the Ten Tribes CHAPTER 12 _ 1. The revolt of the northern tribes (1 Kings 12:1)_ 2. The threatening war averted (1 Kings 12:21) 3. Jeroboam'...
1 Kings 12:25 to 1 Kings 13:34. THE SIN OF JEROBOAM. THE PROPHET AT BETHEL. The sources cannot be exactly determined. Some (see Cent.B) may belong to the annals of the northern kingdom, but the tone i...
BECAME. SIN. See App-44. Hence the repeated stigma who "made Israel to sin". Compare 1 Kings 13:34; 1 Kings 14:16. 1Ki 15:26, 1 Kings 15:30; 1
_And this thing became a sin_ Being in contradiction of the second commandment. _for the people went_to worship _before the one, even unto Dan_ It appears as though by these words it was intended to s...
On the addition in the LXX. after 1 Kings 12:24 This long passage has many peculiarities not only in the arrangement, which differs considerably from that of the narrative of the Hebrew text, but als...
II. THE GREAT APOSTASY 12:25-33 TRANSLATION (25) And Jeroboam built Shechem in Mt. Ephraim, and dwelt in it. And he went out from there and built Penuel. (26) And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the...
_IF THIS PEOPLE GO UP TO DO SACRIFICE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD AT JERUSALEM, THEN SHALL THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE TURN AGAIN UNTO THEIR LORD, EVEN UNTO REHOBOAM KING OF JUDAH, AND THEY SHALL KILL ME, A...
THE REVOLT OF THE TEN TRIBES. REHOBOAM AND JEROBOAM The revolt of the Ten Tribes against the rule of Rehoboam had its origin partly in the discontent which the burdens laid on the people by Solomon ha...
BEFORE THE ONE] The text is incomplete: RM 'before each of them.'...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 12 THE *KINGDOM DIVIDES V1 Rehoboam went to Shechem. All the *Israelites had gone there to make him king. V2 Jeroboam the son of Nebat w...
EVEN UNTO DAN. — It has been thought that there is here a corruption of the text, and that words referring to Bethel have fallen out. But there is no sign of such variation in the LXX. (which only add...
וַ יְהִ֛י הַ דָּבָ֥ר הַ זֶּ֖ה לְ...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
MAN-MADE RELIGION 1 Kings 12:25 Jeroboam knew better than to make these two calves. The prophet had clearly told him that the stability of his throne was contingent upon his obedience, 1 Kings 11:38....
In this and the four following Chapter s we have the central section of this Book recording the tragedy of the break-up of the nation and the degradation of the people. It covers a period of about six...
_Sin, almost irreparable, which brought on the ruin of the ten tribes. Though the calves were taken away along with them into captivity, the people did not return to the service of the Lord: but the g...
(25) В¶ Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel. (26) And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of D...
Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12. Till now we have had the beautiful picture of God's blessing resting upon the son of David, whose only desire it had been to possess wisdom from Go...
AND THIS THING BECAME A SIN,.... The cause and occasion of the sin of idolatry; it led them by degrees to leave off the worship of God, and to worship these calves as gods: FOR THE PEOPLE WENT TO WOR...
And this thing became a sin: for the people went [to worship] before the one, [even] unto Dan. Ver. 30. _For the people went to worship._] At both places. Jeroboam's calves were no sooner up, than Is...
_This thing became a sin_ An occasion of great wickedness, not only of idolatry, which is called _sin_ by way of eminence; nor only of the worship of the calves, wherein they pretended to worship the...
1 The Israelites assembled at Shechem to crowne Rehoboam, by Ieroboam make a suite of relaxation vnto him. 6 Rehoboam refusing the olde mens counsell, by the aduice of young men, answereth them rough...
THE TEN TRIBES REBEL (vs.1-24) Rehoboam went to Shechem for his inauguration as king of Israel (v.1). Jereboam, in Egypt, received word quickly of Solomon's death, and his friends in Israel sent to...
25-33 Jeroboam distrusted the providence of God; he would contrive ways and means, and sinful ones too, for his own safety. A practical disbelief of God's all-sufficiency is at the bottom of all our...
A SIN, i.e. a cause or occasion of great wickedness among that people; not only of idolatry, which is called _sin_ by way of eminency; nor only of the worship of the calves, wherein they pretended to...
1 Kings 12:30 thing H1697 sin H2403 people H5971 went H3212 (H8799) before H6440 one H259 Dan H1835...
INSTEAD OF CHOOSING WHOLLY TO FOLLOW YHWH ON THE BASIS OF THE COVENANT MADE WITH HIM, JEROBOAM THE NEW KING OF ISRAEL CHOOSES THE WAY OF DISASTER (1 KINGS 12:25). But things were not going well in Isr...
THE KINGDOM IN CRISIS AND THE COLLAPSE OF AN EMPIRE (1 KINGS 12:1 TO 1 KINGS 14:31). The death of Solomon, as always with the death of a king who had ruled powerfully for a long time and had been some...
CONTENTS: Accession and folly of Rehoboam. Kingdom divided. CHARACTERS: God, Rehoboam, Jeroboam, Adoram, Shemiah. CONCLUSION: Taking the counsel of unspiritual men always spells blunder and a rough...
1 Kings 12:1. _Shechem._ This city was famed for mischief. Here Dinah was ruined, and the men slaughtered. Here Joseph was sold, and now the ten tribes revolted. 1 Kings 12:4. _Thy father made our yok...
_And Jeroboam said in his heart._ IDOLATRY IN ISRAEL “History is God teaching by example.” All history is that. But the annals of the Hebrew race possess a peculiar interest, because in them the divi...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 12:1 The Kingdom Is Divided. Two kingdoms emerge. Judah is made up of two tribes (Judah and Benjamin) in the south and is ruled by Rehoboam. Israel is made up of the ten northe...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 12:29 Jeroboam builds centers of worship within his own territory to rival Jerusalem, one in the far north (DAN) and one in the far south (BETHEL). He appoints pr
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 12:26. NOW SHALL THE KINGDOM RETURN TO THE HOUSE OF DAVID—Recognizing the immediate peril of Israel’s visits to the temple, he sought to alienate their hearts...
EXPOSITION THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL, AND THE SCHISM IN THE CHURCH.—The historian, after describing the great rebellion of the Jewish people, proceeds, in the rest of this chapter, to...
Now Rehoboam came to Shechem: and all Israel gathered to Shechem (1 Kings 12:1) Which is just about the center of the land, just about the heart of the country. And they gathered to make him king. An...
1 Kings 13:34; 2 Kings 10:31; 2 Kings 17:21...
A sin — That is, an occasion of great wickedness, not only of idolatry, which is called sin by way of eminency; nor only of the worship of the calves, wherein they pretended to worship the true God; b...