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Verse 27. _AND THEY SHALL KILL ME_] He found he had little cause to
trust this fickle people; though they had declared for him it was more
from _caprice, desire of change_, and _novelty_, than from an...
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KILL ME - In case his subjects desired a reconciliation with Rehoboam,
Jeroboam’s death would at once facilitate the re-establishment of a
single kingdom, and obtain favor with the legitimate monarch....
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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'...
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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...
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IF THIS PEOPLE. His apostasy was willful, designed, and deliberate....
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_if this people go up to do sacrifice_ There appears to have been no
thought in the popular mind that the choice of a different ruler for
the ten tribes would break their connexion with the worship at...
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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...
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IF THIS PEOPLE GO UP TO DO SACRIFICE, &C.— Though the people were
very angry with their ill-advised king, and though his ungracious
reception of their tender of duty to him, and his threats of worse
t...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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In these verses is recorded the adoption of the fatal policy which has
caused Jeroboam to be handed down in the sacred record as “the son
of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.” Hitherto his new royalty ha...
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אִֽם ־יַעֲלֶ֣ה ׀ הָ עָ֣ם הַ זֶּ֗ה לַ
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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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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....
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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...
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If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD (l) at
Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their
lord, [even] unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill...
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_Him. Jeroboam chose to follow the dictates of human policy, rather
than to depend on the express declaration of God, who had given him
the kingdom. It was natural that the people should have a predil...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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IF THIS PEOPLE GO UP TO DO SACRIFICE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD AT
JERUSALEM,.... In the temple there, three times in the year, which all
the males were obliged to, besides other times, when they had oc...
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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,...
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_If this people go up to do sacrifice at Jerusalem_, &c. All the
people of Israel being bound, at the three great feasts, to go up to
Jerusalem; and on other solemn occasions devout persons being used...
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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...
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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...
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JEROBOAM KING OVER ISRAEL...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 12:27 people H5971 up H5927 (H8799) offer H6213 (H8800)
sacrifices H2077 house H1004 LORD H3068 Jerusalem
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 12:27 TWO CALVES OF GOLD. Jeroboam fears
that the presence of the TEMPLE OF THE LORD AT JERUSALEM will lead the
people of northern Israel to return to Rehoboa
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 1:19; 1 Corinthians 1:20; 1 Kings 11:32; 1 Kings 8:29;...
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Will turn — Which in itself might seem a prudent conjecture; for
this would give Rehoboam, and the priests, and Levites, the sure and
faithful friends of David's house, many opportunities of alienatin...