2 Chronicles 11:23 wisely H995 (H8799) dispersed H6555 (H8799) sons H1121 territories H776 Judah H3063 Benjamin H1144 fortified H4694 city H5892 gave H5414 (H8799) provisions H4202 abundance H7230 sought H7592 (H8799) many H1995 wives H802
he dealt - 2 Chronicles 10:8-15; Luke 16:8
dispersed - 2 Chronicles 21:3; Genesis 25:6; 1 Kings 1:5-6
every fenced city - 2 Chronicles 11:11
many wives - Heb. a multitude of wives, 2 Chronicles 11:21
Verse 2 Chronicles 11:23. _HE DEALT WISELY_] It was true policy to disperse his own sons through the different provinces who were not likely to form any league with Jeroboam against their father. _H...
Rehoboam’s wisdom was shown: (1) In dispersing his other sons instead of allowing them to remain together in Jerusalem, where they might have joined in a plot against Abijah, as Adonijah and his brot...
III. THE HISTORY OF THE KINGS OF JUDAH:EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE CAPTIVITY 1. Decline and Apostasy under Rehoboam, Abijah and Asa CHAPTER 11 Rehoboam's Reign _ 1. The forbidden war (2 Chronicles 11:...
SHEMAIAH RESTRAINS REHOBOAM FROM ATTACKING JEROBOAM (see notes on 1 Kings 12:21). The variations between the two records are unimportant. 2 CHRONICLES 11:5. REHOBOAM ESTABLISHES HIMSELF IN JERUSALEM...
THEM: i.e. the sons. WIVES. wives [for them]....
_his children throughout all the countries_ R.V. HIS SONS THROUGHOUT ALL THE LANDS, i.e. the territory of Judah; cp. 1 Chronicles 13:2 (R.V. mg.). _And he desired many wives_ Render (with R.V. mg.), A...
The Prosperity of Rehoboam This section has no corresponding section in 1 Kin. On the other hand the Chronicler omits three important sections of 1 Kings 12:25-33 (the setting up of the golden calves...
AND HE DESIRED MANY WIVES— _And he took wives for them; i.e. for his sons._ Houbigant. REFLECTIONS.—1st, Though Rehoboam had been unsuccessful in his attempt to reduce the people by fair words, he re...
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 HE DEALT WISELY, AND DISPERSED OF ALL HIS CHILDREN THROUGHOUT ALL THE COUNTRIES OF JUDAH AND BENJAMIN, UNTO EVERY FENCED CITY: AND HE GAVE THEM VICTUAL IN ABUNDANCE. AND HE DESIRED MANY WIVES._...
REIGN OF REHOBOAM (CONTINUED) This chapter repeats the substance of 1 Kings 12:21, and adds much information relating to Rehoboam's buildings, the withdrawal of the Levites from the kingdom of Jerobo...
HE DEALT WISELY] By acting as here described he sought to secure the tranquil succession of the son whom he had chosen as his heir: cp. 2 Chronicles 21:3. DESIRED] probably for his sons....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 11 *ISRAEL AND JUDAH ARE AT PEACE – 2 CHRONICLES 11:1-4 v1
AND HE DEALT WISELY. — Rehoboam showed his sagacity by providing each of his sons with an independent position and royal establishment in accordance with the notions of the time. In this way he secure...
וַ יָּבֶן֩ וַ יִּפְרֹ֨ץ מִ כָּל ־בָּנָ֜יו
REHOBOAM AND ABIJAH: THE IMPORTANCE OF RITUAL 2 Chronicles 10:1; 2 Chronicles 11:1; 2 Chronicles 12:1;...
Then God interfered. No human folly has even been permitted to continue long enough to thwart His purpose. Shemaiah, a prophet of God, declared to Rehoboam that the revolt was in the divine plan. Reho...
And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he (h) desired many wives....
Because. Septuagint, "And he was magnified above....and he gave them (cities, Greek: autais) abundance," &c. This may be all understood of Abia. But Hebrew rather speaks of his father: "And he acted w...
REFLECTIONS WHAT a poor trifling character is this Rehoboam? Is this the son of Solomon? Alas! what a poor resemblance of wisdom to the Father. Reader! do remark that grace is not hereditary. As the...
There is very little more to be gathered from the character of this prince than that he wisely preferred peace to war. Indeed the shelter he gave to the priests and Levites is much to his honour. No d...
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 HE DEALT WISELY,.... Acted a prudent part, in order to execute his scheme, and particularly by disposing of his other sons in different parts of his kingdom, as follows: or "he made him his son Ab...
And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives. Ve...
_He dealt wisely, and dispersed his children_, &c. Either, 1st, Lest his other sons should, after his death, unite together against Abijah; or rather, 2d, Because he could repose confidence in them, f...
1 Rehoboam raising an armie to subdue Israel, is forbidden by Shemaiah. 5 He strengtheneth his kingdome with forts and prouision. 13 The Priests and Leuites, and such as feared God, forsaken by Iero...
Rehoboam's Worship, Idolatry, and Family...
And he dealt wisely, with prudent foresight, AND DISPERSED OF ALL HIS CHILDREN THROUGHOUT ALL THE COUNTRIES OF JUDAH AND BENJAMIN, UNTO EVERY FENCED CITY, making them officers of fortresses, laying re...
GOD FORBIDS REHOBOAM TO ATTACK ISRAEL (vv.1-4) When Rehoboam saw his kingdom so largely torn away from him, he assembled an army of 180,000 warriors of Judah and Benjamin (for Benjamin remained wit...
MANY WIVES: _ Heb._ a multitude of wives...
13-23 When the priests and Levites came to Jerusalem, the devout, pious Israelites followed them. Such as set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel, left the inheritance of their fathers, and w...
DISPERSED OF ALL HIS CHILDREN: lest his other sons should after his death unite their counsels and forces together against Abijah, he wisely dispersed them into several and distant places, and under p...
CONTENTS: Rehoboam returns to Jerusalem. Jeroboam rejects the worship of God. CHARACTERS: God, Rehoboam, Jeroboam, Ahijah, Shamaiah. CONCLUSION: It is dangerous to undertake anything contrary to the...
2 Chronicles 11:15. _For the devils._ שׁעירים _sheîrim,_ the hairy ones. The goat was worshipped in Egypt as well as the calf....
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 11:5 This information comes from a source other than 1–2 Kings. It illustrates the blessings that come to the southern kingdom (Judah) as they obey the word of the Lo...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 11:18 The growth of Rehoboam’s family is a sign of God’s blessing on him. These details must refer to the whole of his 17-year reign, and not just the three-year peri...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Rehoboam forbidden to war (2 Chronicles 11:1). This section a repetition in abbreviated form of 1 Kings 12:21. Remainder of chapter new matter. Rehoboam fortifies many towns (2 Chroni...
EXPOSITION The first four verses of this chapter would have been better placed as the conclusion of the previous chapter. They correspond with 1 Kings 12:21-11; and they tell how Rehoboam was restrain...
1 Kings 1:5; 1 Kings 1:6; 2 Chronicles 10:8; 2 Chronicles 11:11;...
Dispersed — Lest his other sons should after his death unite together against Abijah, he wisely dispersed them into distant places....