Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
2 Chronicles 12:8
That they may know my service, and the service of the kingdom - i. e., that they may contrast the light burthen of the theocracy with the heavy yoke of a foreign monarch.
That they may know my service, and the service of the kingdom - i. e., that they may contrast the light burthen of the theocracy with the heavy yoke of a foreign monarch.
Verse 2 Chronicles 12:8. _THEY SHALL BE HIS SERVANTS_] They shall be preserved, and serve their enemies, that they may see the difference between the service of God and that of man. While they were p...
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...
MY SERVICE. In contrast with the service of their enemies. The difference between God's service and men's servitude.. few codices, and six early printed editions, read "his service"....
_that they may know my service_, etc.] That they may learn the difference between my service and other service....
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...
_NEVERTHELESS THEY SHALL BE HIS SERVANTS; THAT THEY MAY KNOW MY SERVICE, AND THE SERVICE OF THE KINGDOMS OF THE COUNTRIES._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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...
NEVERTHELESS THEY SHALL BE_._ — For they shall become servants (_i.e.,_ tributaries) _to him;_ scil., for a while. THAT THEY MAY KNOW (or, _discern_) MY SERVICE, AND THE SERVICE OF THE KINGDOMS. — Th...
כִּ֥י יִהְיוּ ־לֹ֖ו לַ עֲבָדִ֑ים וְ יֵדְעוּ֙
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...
Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my (e) service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. (e) He shows that God's punishments are not to utterly destroy his, but t...
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....
_EASY OR GALLING YOKE—WHICH?_ ‘Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know My service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.’ 2 Chronicles 12:8 The history of life is ma...
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...
NEVERTHELESS, THEY SHALL BE HIS SERVANTS,.... tributaries to the king of Egypt: THAT THEY MAY KNOW MY SERVICE, AND THE SERVICE OF THE KINGDOMS OF THE COUNTRIES; the difference between them, how easy...
Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. Ver. 8. _That they may know my service._] Know by woeful experience, the wort...
2 Chr. 12:8. _i.e., _ That they may know the difference between my service and theirs. So the forbidden tree in Eden was called the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because the experience of th...
_They shall be his servants_ That is, they shall be much at his mercy, and put under contribution by him, and some of them taken prisoners, and held in captivity by him: _that they may know my service...
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...
Nevertheless, they shall be his servants, be tributary to him for awhile, THAT THEY MAY KNOW MY SERVICE, realize that true service of the Lord requires all the heart at all times, AND THE SERVICE OF T...
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...
That they may experimentally know and feel the difference between my yoke and the yoke of a foreign and idolatrous prince, and what mischief they have done to themselves by forsaking me and my service...
2 Chronicles 12:8 servants H5650 distinguish H3045 (H8799) service H5656 service H5656 kingdoms H4467 nations H776 Nevertheless
2 Chronicles 12:8 The history of life is made up of different services. Every man serves something. "Know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey...
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...
_Nevertheless they shall be his servants._ SERVITUDE OR SERVICE-WHICH ?-- I. That there are some who have already chosen the service of the kingdoms of the countries. Some have chosen-- 1. To be t...
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...
Deuteronomy 28:47; Hosea 8:10; Isaiah 26:13; Jeremiah 10:24; Judges 3:
May know — That they may experimentally know the difference between my yoke and the yoke of a foreign and idolatrous prince....