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Verse 1 Kings 12:10. _AND THE YOUNG MEN THAT WERE GROWN UP WITH HIM_]
It was a custom in different countries to educate with the heir to the
throne young noblemen of nearly the same age. This, as Calm...
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MY LITTLE FINGER ... - i. e., “You shall find my hand heavier on you
than my father’s - as much heavier as if my little finger were
thicker than his loins.”...
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III. THE DIVIDED KINGDOM
1. Rehoboam and the Revolt of the Ten Tribes
CHAPTER 12
_ 1. The revolt of the northern tribes (1 Kings 12:1)_
2. The threatening war averted (1 Kings 12:21)
3. Jeroboam'...
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THE REVOLT OF THE NORTHERN TRIBES. It is doubtful whether this section
is Judæ an or not. It bears some resemblance to 2 Samuel 9-20, and
the parts of 1 K. which seem to be a continuation of that hist...
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MY LITTLE FINGER. Figure of speech _Parotmia._ App-6....
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_my little_finger _shall be_(R.V. IS) _thicker than my father's loins_
The italics of A.V. shew that the word -finger" is explanatory, and
not represented in the text. The LXX. gives ἡ μικρότης
μου. T...
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B. THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COUNSELORS 12:6-11
TRANSLATION
(6) And King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had stood before
Solomon his father when he was alive, saying, How do you counsel me to
res...
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_AND THE YOUNG MEN THAT WERE GROWN UP WITH HIM SPAKE UNTO HIM, SAYING,
THUS SHALT THOU SPEAK UNTO THIS PEOPLE THAT SPAKE UNTO THEE, SAYING,
THY FATHER MADE OUR YOKE HEAVY, BUT MAKE THOU IT LIGHTER UNT...
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THE REVOLT OF THE TEN TRIBES. REHOBOAM AND JEROBOAM
The revolt of the Ten Tribes against the rule of Rehoboam had its
origin partly in the discontent which the burdens laid on the people
by Solomon ha...
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MY LITTLE _finger_] a figurative expression, explained by what
follows....
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 12
THE *KINGDOM DIVIDES
V1 Rehoboam went to Shechem. All the *Israelites had gone there to
make him king. V2 Jeroboam the son of Nebat w...
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THUS SHALT THOU SPEAK. — The advice of the young men — the spoilt
children of a magnificent and luxurious despotism, of which alone they
had experience — is the language of the arrogant self-confidenc...
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וַ יְדַבְּר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו הַ יְלָדִים֙
אֲשֶׁ֨ר ג
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THE DISRUPTION
1 Kings 12:6
"It was of the Lord." It is no small proof of the insight and
courageous faithfulness of the historian that he accepts without
question the verdict of ancient prophecy tha...
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THE WISE KING'S FOOLISH SON
1 Kings 11:41; 1 Kings 12:1
Solomon's reign had been splendid but very oppressive, and it was
reasonable to ask for some relief. The people felt that the accession
of the...
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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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In this and the four following Chapter s we have the central section
of this Book recording the tragedy of the break-up of the nation and
the degradation of the people. It covers a period of about six...
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And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying,
Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying,
Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou [it] lighter un...
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Finger is not expressed in Hebrew or Septuagint, but the Syriac and
Josephus agree with the Vulgate. In Paralipomenon, we read loins,
instead of back. Hebrew and Septuagint, my little (Protestants sup...
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(5) And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again
to me. And the people departed. (6) And king Rehoboam consulted with
the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he ye...
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Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater
than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus
prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12.
Till now we have had the beautiful picture of God's blessing resting
upon the son of David, whose only desire it had been to possess wisdom
from Go...
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AND THE YOUNG MEN THAT WERE GROWN UP WITH HIM, SPAKE UNTO HIM,
SAYING,.... Gave him the following advice:
THUS SHALT THOU SPEAK UNTO THIS PEOPLE THAT SPAKE UNTO THEE, SAYING;
as is said, 1 Kings 12:4...
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And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying,
Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying,
Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou [it] lighter un...
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_My little finger shall be thicker_, &c. Or, rather, _is thicker_, and
therefore stronger, and more able to crush you, if you proceed in
these mutinous demands, _than his loins_ In which is the princi...
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1 The Israelites assembled at Shechem to crowne Rehoboam, by Ieroboam
make a suite of relaxation vnto him.
6 Rehoboam refusing the olde mens counsell, by the aduice of young
men, answereth them rough...
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Rehoboam's Foolish Answer...
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And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, noting
the trend of his thought and ready to flatter his ambition, SAYING,
THUS SHALT THOU SPEAK UNTO THIS PEOPLE THAT SPAKE UNTO THEE, SA...
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THE TEN TRIBES REBEL
(vs.1-24)
Rehoboam went to Shechem for his inauguration as king of Israel (v.1).
Jereboam, in Egypt, received word quickly of Solomon's death, and his
friends in Israel sent to...
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1-15 The tribes complained not to Rehoboam of his father's idolatry,
and revolt from God. That which was the greatest grievance, was none
to them; so careless were they in matters of religion, if the...
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Or rather, _is thicker_, and therefore stronger, and mere able to
crush you, if you proceed in these mutinous demands, THAN HIS LOINS,
in which is the principal seat of strength. My father was young a...
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REHOBOAM'S ARROGANCE ALIENATES ISRAEL (1 KINGS 12:1).
The elders of Israel came together with a view to anointing Rehoboam
as king on condition that he would guarantee them a somewhat easier
lifestyle...
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THE KINGDOM IN CRISIS AND THE COLLAPSE OF AN EMPIRE (1 KINGS 12:1 TO 1
KINGS 14:31).
The death of Solomon, as always with the death of a king who had ruled
powerfully for a long time and had been some...
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CONTENTS: Accession and folly of Rehoboam. Kingdom divided.
CHARACTERS: God, Rehoboam, Jeroboam, Adoram, Shemiah.
CONCLUSION: Taking the counsel of unspiritual men always spells
blunder and a rough...
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1 Kings 12:1. _Shechem._ This city was famed for mischief. Here Dinah
was ruined, and the men slaughtered. Here Joseph was sold, and now the
ten tribes revolted.
1 Kings 12:4. _Thy father made our yok...
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_My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins._
REHOBOAM’S FOOLISH ANSWER
These were the words of an infatuated fool--a fool led on to his own
destruction by the “irony of destiny.”
I. W...
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_When Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt heard of it _. .. _
they sent and called him._
THE KINGDOM DIVIDED
1. This chapter reveals one of the turning-points in Israel’s
history, for it is...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 12:1 The Kingdom Is Divided. Two kingdoms
emerge. Judah is made up of two tribes (Judah and Benjamin) in the
south and is ruled by Rehoboam. Israel is made up of the ten northe...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 12:10 MY LITTLE FINGER IS THICKER THAN MY
FATHER’S THIGHS. Rehoboam is saying that he will be much harsher
than his father was. SCORPIONS probably refers to a particularly
vici...
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THE DISRUPTION OF THE KINGDOM
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 12:1. REHOBOAM WENT TO SHECHEM—Instead of remaining in
_Jerusalem_, whither Israel should have come to him, as they did to
David...
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EXPOSITION
THE REVOLT OF THE TEN TRIBES.—With the reign of Rehoboam, on which
our historian now enters, we begin the second great period in the
history of the Hebrew monarchy, so far as it is related...
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Now Rehoboam came to Shechem: and all Israel gathered to Shechem (1
Kings 12:1)
Which is just about the center of the land, just about the heart of
the country. And they gathered
to make him king. An...
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2 Chronicles 10:10; 2 Chronicles 10:11; 2 Samuel 17:7; Isaiah 47:6;...
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Shall be thicker — Or rather, is thicker, and therefore stronger,
and more able to crush you, if you proceed in these mutinous demands,
than his loins, in which is the principal seat of strength....