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                        For Gath, see Joshua 13:3 note. Its native king, Achish 1 Kings 2:39,
is to he regarded, not as an independent monarch, but as one of the
many vassal-kings over whom Solomon reigned 2 Chronicles 9:23.... 
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                        III. THE HISTORY OF THE KINGS OF JUDAH:EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE
CAPTIVITY
1. Decline and Apostasy under Rehoboam, Abijah and Asa
CHAPTER 11 Rehoboam's Reign
_ 1. The forbidden war (2 Chronicles 11:... 
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                        SHEMAIAH RESTRAINS REHOBOAM FROM ATTACKING JEROBOAM (see notes on 1
Kings 12:21). The variations between the two records are unimportant.
 2 CHRONICLES 11:5. REHOBOAM ESTABLISHES HIMSELF IN JERUSALEM... 
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                        TOOK HIM MAHALATH... AND ABIHAIL. Render "took him with Malahath...
Abihail".... 
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                        _Gath_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 18:1.
_Mareshah_ in the Shephelah south of the modern Beit Jibrin. Cp. 2
Chronicles 14:9; 2 Chronicles 20:37.
_Ziph_ Probably _Tell-Zif_south of Hebron. 
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                        The Prosperity of Rehoboam
 This section has no corresponding section in 1 Kin. On the other hand
the Chronicler omits three important sections of 1 Kings 12:25-33 (the
setting up of the golden calves... 
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                        2. THE REIGN OF REHOBOAM (11-12)
TEXT
2 Chronicles 11:1. And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he
assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore
thousand chosen men, that were... 
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                        _HE BUILT EVEN BETHLEHEM, AND ETAM, AND TEKOA,_
No JFB commentary on these verses.... 
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                        REIGN OF REHOBOAM (CONTINUED)
This chapter repeats the substance of 1 Kings 12:21, and adds much
information relating to Rehoboam's buildings, the withdrawal of the
Levites from the kingdom of Jerobo... 
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                        2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE 
The *Kingdom called Judah
 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 11
*ISRAEL AND JUDAH ARE AT PEACE – 2 CHRONICLES 11:1-4
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                        GATH. — Uncertain. Perhaps in the _Wady-el-Gat_ north of Ascalon.
(See 1 Kings 2:39 and 1 Chronicles 18:1, from a comparison of which it
appears that, under Solomon, Gath was ruled by a vassal king.)... 
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                        וְ אֶת ־גַּ֥ת וְ אֶת ־מָרֵשָׁ֖ה וְ 
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                        REHOBOAM AND ABIJAH: THE IMPORTANCE OF RITUAL
2 Chronicles 10:1; 2 Chronicles 11:1; 2 Chronicles 12:1;... 
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                        Then God interfered. No human folly has even been permitted to
continue long enough to thwart His purpose. Shemaiah, a prophet of
God, declared to Rehoboam that the revolt was in the divine plan.
Reho... 
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                        Those fenced cities were intended, no doubt, to act upon the
defensive, after that he had received command from the Lord.... 
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                        THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10, 11, AND 12.
Solomon's faults are not related here for reasons which we have
already pointed out; but the history of Rehoboam shows us the
immediate fall... 
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                        AND GATH,.... Which cannot be that Gath which was one of the
principalities of the Philistines, but a city in the tribe of Judah;
though of it we nowhere else read; unless this is the same with
Moresh... 
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                        1 Rehoboam raising an armie to subdue Israel, is forbidden by
Shemaiah.
5 He strengtheneth his kingdome with forts and prouision.
13 The Priests and Leuites, and such as feared God, forsaken by
Iero... 
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                        and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,... 
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                        Rehoboam's Army and Forts... 
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                        GOD FORBIDS REHOBOAM TO ATTACK ISRAEL 
(vv.1-4)
When Rehoboam saw his kingdom so largely torn away from him, he
assembled an army of 180,000 warriors of Judah and Benjamin (for
Benjamin remained wit... 
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                        1-12 A few good words might have prevented the rebellion of Rehoboam's
subjects; but all the force of his kingdom cannot bring them back. And
it is in vain to contend with the purpose of God, when it... 
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                        2 Chronicles 11:8 Gath H1661 Mareshah H4762 Ziph H2128
Gath - 1 Chronicles 18:1
Mareshah - Jo 
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                        Let us read, for our instruction, part of the story of Rehoboam, the
son of Solomon.
2 Chronicles 11:1. And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he
gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hund... 
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                        CONTENTS: Rehoboam returns to Jerusalem. Jeroboam rejects the worship
of God.
CHARACTERS: God, Rehoboam, Jeroboam, Ahijah, Shamaiah.
CONCLUSION: It is dangerous to undertake anything contrary to the... 
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                        2 Chronicles 11:15. _For the devils._ שׁעירים _sheîrim,_ the
hairy ones. The goat was worshipped in Egypt as well as the calf.... 
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                        2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 11:1 Rehoboam’s reign shows the
themes of judgment and restoration (2 Chronicles 7:13) being acted out
in the life of the kingdom.... 
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                        2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 11:5 This information comes from a
source other than 1–2 Kings. It illustrates the blessings that come
to the southern kingdom (Judah) as they obey the word of the Lo... 
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                        CRITICAL NOTES.] Rehoboam forbidden to war (2 Chronicles 11:1). This
section a repetition in abbreviated form of 1 Kings 12:21. Remainder
of chapter new matter. Rehoboam fortifies many towns (2 Chroni... 
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                        EXPOSITION
The first four verses of this chapter would have been better placed as
the conclusion of the previous chapter. They correspond with 1 Kings
12:21-11; and they tell how Rehoboam was restrain... 
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                        1 Chronicles 18:1; 1 Samuel 23:14; 1 Samuel 23:19; Joshua 15:24;...