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Verse 24. _FOR THIS THING IS FROM ME._] That is, the _separation_ of
the ten tribes from the house of David.
_THEY - RETURNED TO DEPART_] This was great deference, both in
Rehoboam and his officers,...
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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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THIS THING: i.e. the division of the kingdom. Not the rebellion of
Jeroboam. Compare 2 Chronicles 13:4....
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On the addition in the LXX. after 1 Kings 12:24
This long passage has many peculiarities not only in the arrangement,
which differs considerably from that of the narrative of the Hebrew
text, but als...
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_for this thing is from me_ See above on 1 Kings 12:15.
_and returned to depart_ This is the literal rendering of the
original, but is Hebrew rather than English. In R.V. the sense is
given by - AND...
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DISCOURSE: 338
REVOLT OF THE TEN TRIBES
1 Kings 12:24._ This thing is from me._
IN histories written by men, events are always traced to human efforts
and sagacity; but in the inspired history every...
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D. THE RESPONSE OF REHOBOAM 12:21-24
TRANSLATION
(21) Now Rehoboam came to Jerusalem and assembled the house of Judah
and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred eighty thousand chosen men who
were warriors...
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_BUT THE WORD OF GOD CAME UNTO SHEMAIAH THE MAN OF GOD, SAYING,_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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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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כֹּ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֡ה לֹֽא ־תַעֲלוּ֩
וְ לֹא
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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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THE KINGDOM RENT IN TWAIN
1 Kings 12:12
Rehoboam richly deserved his fate. He was forty-one years old, 2
Chronicles 12:13, and ought to have known better. His speech betrayed
the _despot_. He had no...
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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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Thus saith the (k) LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your
brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for
this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of t...
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Them. This shews the great authority of Semeias. He wrote the history
of Roboam, 2 Paralipomenon xii. 15. He also foretold the irruption of
Sesac, to punish the house of Israel; but not to destroy it....
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(21) And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the
house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore
thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the h...
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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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_A FUTILE ENDEAVOUR_
‘And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house
of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, … to bring the kingdom again
to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.’
1 Kings...
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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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THUS SAITH THE LORD,.... A common preface the prophets used when they
spoke in the name of the Lord:
YE SHALL NOT GO UP, NOR FIGHT AGAINST YOUR BRETHREN THE CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL; and that because they...
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Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your
brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for
this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the
L...
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_The word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God_ The prophet so
called, partly to distinguish him from others of that name, (see
Nehemiah 6:10; Jeremiah 29:31,) and partly to add more weight to his
w...
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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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JEROBOAM KING OVER ISRAEL...
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Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, not undertake the proposed
campaign, NOR FIGHT AGAINST YOUR BRETHREN, THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
RETURN EVERY MAN TO HIS HOUSE; FOR THIS THING IS FROM ME, the eve...
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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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16-24 The people speak unbecomingly of David. How soon are good men,
and their good services to the public, forgotten ! These
considerations should reconcile us to our losses and troubles, that
God is...
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THIS THING IS FROM ME; this event is from my counsel and providence,
to punish Solomon's apostacy, though they procured it by sinful means;
and therefore, if you proceed, you must fight with me as wel...
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REHOBOAM SEEKS TO WHIP ISRAEL INTO LINE BUT IS PREVENTED BY YHWH
WHILST JEROBOAM IS MADE KING OVER ALL ISRAEL (1 KINGS 12:17).
Rehoboam still had total control over all who dwelt in the cities of
Jud...
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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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_This thing is from me._
THIS THING IS FROM ME
I. Some events are specially from God. God is in events which are
produced by the sin and the stupidity of men. This breaking up of the
kingdom of Solom...
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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 12:24 THEY LISTENED TO THE WORD OF THE LORD
AND WENT HOME. War is avoided, at least for now. But the peace does
not last long....
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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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1 Kings 11:29; 1 Kings 12:15; 2 Chronicles 11:4; 2 Chronicles 25:10;...
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From me — This event is from my counsel and providence, to punish
Solomon's apostasy....