They humbled themselves; which though they did but forcedly, yet God was pleased so far to regard it, as to mitigate their calamity. My wrath shall not be poured out; I will give some stop to the course of my wrath, which was ready to be poured forth upon them to their utter destruction.
Compare the repentance of Ahab (marginal reference) and that of the Ninevites Jonah 3:5 which produced similar revocations of divine decrees that had been pronounced by the mouth of a prophet. SOME DE...
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...
SOME. for. little while. See note on Proverbs 5:14....
_some deliverance_ Rather (as R.V. mg.), DELIVERANCE WITHIN A LITTLE WHILE....
DISCOURSE: 401 HUMILIATION THE MEANS OF DELIVERANCE 2 Chronicles 12:7. _And when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves...
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...
_AND WHEN THE LORD SAW THAT THEY HUMBLED THEMSELVES, THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO SHEMAIAH, SAYING, THEY HAVE HUMBLED THEMSELVES; THEREFORE I WILL NOT DESTROY THEM, BUT I WILL GRANT THEM SOME DELIVERA...
12:7 deliverance; (c-33) Or 'deliverance for a short space,' or 'in a short time.' see Ezra 9:8 ....
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...
BUT I WILL GRANT THEM SOME DELIVERANCE. — Rather, _and I will give them a few for a remnant._ (Comp. 2 Chronicles 12:12, “that he would not destroy him altogether.”) For the phrase “to give a remnant,...
וּ בִ רְאֹ֤ות יְהוָה֙ כִּ֣י נִכְנָ֔עוּ הָיָה֩
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...
_A little help. I will not suffer them to be quite destroyed. Hebrew also signifies, "shortly." (Calmet) --- Fall, ( stillabit) like drops of water, even to the last. (Haydock) --- How soon is God app...
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....
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...
AND WHEN THE LORD SAW THAT THEY HUMBLED THEMSELVES,.... Though but externally; the Lord takes notice of external humiliation, as he did of Ahab's, 1 Kings 21:29, THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO SHEMAIAH...
And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; [therefore] I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliver...
_They have humbled themselves_ Which though they did by constraint and with reluctance, yet God was pleased so far to regard it, as to mitigate their calamity. _I will not destroy them_ Such a vast, a...
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...
In God will I praise His Word; in the Lord will I praise His Word. In God have I put my trust; I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. Cf v. 4. sorrow; THEREFORE I WILL NOT DESTROY THEM, BUT I W...
REHOBOAM SUBDUED BY SHISHAK...
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...
SOME: Or, a little while...
2 Chronicles 12:7 LORD H3068 saw H7200 (H8800) humbled H3665 (H8738) word H1697 LORD H3068 Shemaiah H8098
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._ They prospered, at first, b...
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 12:6 HUMBLED THEMSELVES. See 2 Chronicles 7:14. The partial DELIVERANCE was
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 Kings 21:28; 1 Kings 21:29; 2 Chronicles 34:21; 2 Chronicles 34:25;...
Some deliverance — I will give some stop to the course of my wrath, which was ready to be poured forth upon them to their utter destruction. Those who acknowledge God is righteous in afflicting them,...