Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Chronicles 12:16
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Verse 2 Chronicles 12:16. _ABIJAH HIS SON_] Concerning the many varieties in this king's name, 1 Kings 14:31....
CHAPTER 12 REHOBOAM'S APOSTASY, PUNISHMENT, AND DEATH _ 1. Rehoboam's apostasy (2 Chronicles 12:1)_ 2. Punishment through Shishak (2 Chronicles 12:2) 3. Death of Rehoboam (2 C
SHISHAK INVADES JUDAH; SUMMARY OF REHOBOAM'S REIGN; HIS DEATH (see notes on 1 Kings 14:21 f., 1 Kings 14:25; 1 Kings 14:29). The words in...
SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS. See note on Deuteronomy 31:16. ABIJAH. Called Abijam (1 Kings 14:31). See note on 1 Chronicles 25:11....
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...
REIGN OF REHOBOAM (CONCLUDED) This chapter is parallel to 1 Kings 14:21, but supplies additional particulars respecting Shishak's army and the prophet Shemaiah....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 12 REHOBOAM – 2 CHRONICLES 12:1-16 V1 Rehoboam established his rule as...
AND REHOBOAM SLEPT WITH HIS FATHERS. — Abridged from 1 Kings 14:31, which see. ABIJAH. — 2 Chronicles 11:22. _Abijam,_ the spelling of Kings, is probably due to an accident of transcription....
וַ יִּשְׁכַּ֤ב רְחַבְעָם֙ עִם ־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַ י
REHOBOAM AND ABIJAH: THE IMPORTANCE OF RITUAL 2 Chronicles 10:1; 2 Chronicles 11:1; 2 Chronicles 12:1;...
The issue was that Rehoboam "forsook the law of the Lord." The scourge came in the person of Israel's ancient foe, the king of Egypt. The patience of God is ever manifest in His dealing with His peopl...
What a poor trifling, uninteresting character was this man! alas! what can make any character respectable but a life of piety and obedience towards God....
REFLECTIONS READER! what evidences do the whole earth afford of the reality of grace. We see men like Rehoboam, filling up a place in history, and the sum total of their lives is this, they lived, and...
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...
2 Chronicles 12:15....
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead. Ver. 16. _And was buried in the city of David._] Burial of the dead is neither to be...
1 Rehoboam forsaking the LORD, is punished by Shishak. 5 He and the Princes repenting at the preaching of Shemaiah, are deliuered from destruction, but not from spoile. 13 The reigne and death of Re...
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the City of David; and Abijah, his son, selected by his father as his successor, REIGNED IN HIS STEAD. Note: Apostasy from God has ever resulted i...
EGYPT ATTACKS JUDAH (vv.1-9) Rehoboam's prosperity however became his downfall. When he strengthened himself in his kingdom sufficiently to think himself secure, he gave up any regard he had for the...
2 Chronicles 12:16 Rehoboam H7346 rested H7901 (H8799) fathers H1 buried H6912 (H8735) City H5892 David H1732
2 Chronicles 12:1. _And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him._ He was not able to endure t...
CONTENTS: Rehoboam defeated by Shishak. Death of Rehoboam. CHARACTERS: God, Rehoboam, Shishak, Shemaiah. CONCLUSION: It becomes us, when we are under the rebukes of providence, to justify God (2 Chro...
2 Chronicles 12:1. _Rehoboam forsook the law of the Lord._ His juvenile council, his harem of eighteen queens and sixty concubines, are lamentable proofs of the imbecility of his mind. The apple-tree...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 12:15 These verses generally follow 1 Kings 14:29 but specify that historical records from SHEMAIAH and...
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter parallel with 1 Kings 14:21, but considerably enlarges the narrative contained in that passage. The account of Shishak’s chariots and horsemen, the composition of his arm...
EXPOSITION This chapter finishes for us the history of Rehoboam, his "acts" and his character; and, with the preceding two chapters, it may be counted among the masterpieces of Scripture biography. In...
It came to pass [chapter twelve], when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him (2 Chronicles 12:1). As the king goes...
1 Chronicles 3:10; 1 Kings 14:29; 1 Kings 14:31; 2 Chronicles 13:1;...