Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
2 Chronicles 10:15
Verse 2 Chronicles 10:15. For the cause was of God] "For there was an occasion Divinely given." - Targum.
Verse 2 Chronicles 10:15. For the cause was of God] "For there was an occasion Divinely given." - Targum.
II. THE REBELLION OF THE TEN TRIBES CHAPTER 10 _ 1. Rehoboam made king (2 Chronicles 10:1)_ 2. Jeroboam's return from Egypt and his request (2 Chronicles 10:2) 3. Rehoboam's answer ...
PART IV (2 Chronicles 10-36). THE HISTORY OF JUDAH FROM REHOBOAM TO THE EDICT OF CYRUS. 2 Chronicles 10:1. Rehoboam is Rejected by the Israelites (see notes on 1 Kings 12:1). The variations between t...
WORD, WHICH HE SPAKE. Our acquaintance with 1 Kings 11:29 is taken for granted....
_the cause was of God_ R.V. IT WAS BROUGHT ABOUT OF GOD. _might perform_ R.V. MIGHT ESTABLISH. _Ahijah_ Cp. 1 Kings 11:29-39. The incident referred to is not narrated in Chron., being assumed to be...
_ALL ISRAEL INTREAT REBOBOAM TO LIGHTEN THE YOKE LAID UPON THEM BY SOLOMON. REHOBOAM, DESPISING THE COURT OF THE OLD MEN, FOLLOWS THAT OF THE YOUNG ONES. TEN TRIBES SEPARATE THEMSELVES FROM HIM._ _B...
II. THE DIVISION OF THE KINGDOM (2 Chronicles 10:1 to 2 Chronicles 36:21) 1. JEROBOAM'S REVOLUTION (Chapter 10) TEXT 2 Chronicles 10:1. And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel
_SO THE KING HEARKENED NOT UNTO THE PEOPLE: FOR THE CAUSE WAS OF GOD, THAT THE LORD MIGHT PERFORM HIS WORD, WHICH HE SPAKE BY THE HAND OF AHIJAH THE SHILONITE TO JEROBOAM THE SON OF NEBAT._ The cause...
REIGN OF REHOBOAM This chapter is a repetition of 1 Kings 12:1 with slight differences....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ THE TWO *KINGDOMS – 2 CHRONICLES 10:1-11 CHAPTER 10 *Israel separates from Jud...
THE CAUSE WAS OF GOD. — _It was brought about by God._ Literally, _it was a turn_ or _turning-point_ (_of events_)_ from with God._ The word _n’sibbah_ is equivalent to _sibbah_ of Kings. Both are iso...
וְ לֹֽא ־שָׁמַ֥ע הַ מֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶל ־הָ
REHOBOAM AND ABIJAH: THE IMPORTANCE OF RITUAL 2 Chronicles 10:1; 2 Chronicles 11:1; 2 Chronicles 12:1;...
Despotism is seldom transmissible. That Solomon had been an autocrat and had ruled with a hand of iron under the velvet is evidenced by the words of the men of Israel, "Thy father hath made our yoke g...
So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the (e) cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. (e) God...
_Will of God: not that the king should act foolishly, or the people rebel, but to effect what he had promised. (Haydock) --- Syriac has well expressed the sense: "because this rebellion happened by th...
I have purposely gone through all these verses in one reading before that I offered any Commentary upon them in order to come to this last verse, which explains the whole; the cause was of God. It is...
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...
1 Kings 12:15....
_A.M. 3029. B.C. 975._ The people request Rehoboam to ease their grievances, 2 Chronicles 10:1. _Rehoboam, rejecting the old men's counsel, by the advice of the young men, answers them roughly, 2 Chr...
1 The Israelites assembled at Shechem to crowne Rehoboam, by Ieroboam make a suite of relaxation vnto him. 6 Rehoboam, refusing the old mens counsell, by the aduice of yong men, answereth them roughl...
So the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was of God, He it was that arranged matters in this manner, THAT THE LORD MIGHT PERFORM HIS WORD WHICH HE SPAKE BY THE HAND OF AHIJAH THE SHILO...
THE REVOLT OF ISRAEL...
JEROBOAM LEADS A REVOLT (vv.1-18) Rehoboam was inaugurated as king at Shechem. Jereboam who had gone to Egypt for fear of King Solomon, hearing of Solomon's death, returned to Israel. The tribes of...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 10:15 king H4428 listen H8085 (H8804) people H5971 turn H5252 God H430 LORD H3068 fulfill...
CONTENTS: Accession and folly of Rehoboam. Division of the kingdom. Accession of Jeroboam over Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Rehoboam, Jeroboam, Ahijah, Hadoram. CONCLUSION: Taking counsel of men who kno...
This chapter is so nearly a repetition of 1 Kings 12., that the reader is referred to the Notes and Reflections on that part of sacred history....
_And Rehoboam went to Shechem._ REHOBOAM A cause so stated must succeed. There will be difficulty, but the end is assured. The reasonable always triumphs, due time being given for the elucidation of...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 10:1 The Kingdom of Judah down to the Exile. After the death of Solomon, and following the division of the nation into north and south, Chronicles deals almost exclus...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Here begins the fourth part of the book of Chronicles, extending from the division of the kingdom to the decree of Cyrus, authorising the return of the exiles and confining itself to...
EXPOSITION This chapter begins the fourth and last great division of the work once called in its unity, "The Chronicles." This fourth and last division, therefore, will see us to the end of our 2 Chro...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to II Chronicles, chapter 10. The children of Israel have been brought out of Egypt by Moses. Through the leadership of Joshua they were brought into the land that God had...
1 Kings 11:29; 1 Kings 11:31; 1 Kings 12:15; 1 Kings 12:24;...