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...
CHIEF. princes. GUARD. runners....
_the chief_ R.V. THE CAPTAINS. _the guard_ R.V. mg. (more literally) THE RUNNERS. These derived their name from the duty of running before the king's chariot to clear the way for him; cp. 2 Samuel 15...
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...
_INSTEAD OF WHICH KING REHOBOAM MADE SHIELDS OF BRASS, AND COMMITTED THEM TO THE HANDS OF THE CHIEF OF THE GUARD, THAT KEPT THE ENTRANCE OF THE KING'S HOUSE._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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...
INSTEAD OF WHICH KING REHOBOAM MADE. — See Note on 1 Kings 14:27, with which this verse coincides. CHIEF OF THE GUARD. — Literally, _captains of the runners,_ or _couriers. _...
וַ יַּ֨עַשׂ הַ מֶּ֤לֶךְ רְחַבְעָם֙ תַּחְתֵּיהֶ֔ם...
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...
_Bearers. Hebrew, "runners," as the guards attended the king on foot._...
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...
2 Chronicles 12:9....
Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed [them] to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house. Ver. 10. _Instead of which, &c._] See on...
_Shishak took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the king's house_ He plundered both the temple and the exchequer, the treasuries of both which Solomon had left full. David and Solomo...
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...
Instead of which King Rehoboam made shields of brass, of inferior metal, but brightly burnished, AND COMMITTED THEM TO THE HANDS OF THE CHIEF OF THE GUARD THAT KEPT THE ENTRANCE OF THE KING'S HOUSE, r...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 12:10 King H4428 Rehoboam H7346 made H6213 (H8799) bronze H5178 shields H4043 committed H6485 ...
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...
_Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass._ THE DOWNWARD GRADE See how deterioration follows all character that goes down in its religious aspects. This deterioration marks the whole prog...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 12:9 The TREASURES of the temple and palace were surrendered as tribute to SHISHAK KING OF EGYPT, so that he would not attack the city....
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...