1 Kings 12:16

What portion. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

the son of Jesse. Used in contempt. Compare 1 Samuel 16:18; 1 Samuel 20:31. 1Sa 22:7, 1 Samuel 22:8; 1 Samuel 22:9. 1Sa 25:10. 2 Samuel 20:1.

to your tents. One of the emendations of the Sopherim. App-33. The primitive text was "to your gods", because the sin here was apostasy from Jehovah's worship in Jerusalem. Two letters transposed made it read "to your tents". See note on 1 Samuel 20:1, and compare 2 Chronicles 10:16.