Geneva Study Bible Commentary
1 Kings 12:31
And he made an (n) house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
(n) That is, a temple, where altars were built for idolatry.
And he made an (n) house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
(n) That is, a temple, where altars were built for idolatry.
Verse 1 Kings 12:31. _A HOUSE OF HIGH PLACES_] A temple of temples; he had many _high places_ in the land, and to imitate the temple at Jerusalem, he made one chief over all the rest, where he establi...
HE MADE AN HOUSE OF HIGH PLACES - i. e., “He built a temple, or sanctuary, at each of the two cities where the calves were set up.” The writer uses the expression “house of high places” in contempt, m...
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'...
1 Kings 12:25 to 1 Kings 13:34. THE SIN OF JEROBOAM. THE PROPHET AT BETHEL. The sources cannot be exactly determined. Some (see Cent.B) may belong to the annals of the northern kingdom, but the tone i...
HOUSE. a temple. Not merely "high places"....
_An house of high places_ The graven image must have its temple. So in Bethel and in Dan buildings were raised, and an eminence chosen for the site of each. Hence it is better to render the plural not...
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...
HE—MADE PRIESTS OF THE LOWEST OF THE PEOPLE, &C.— _Out of the bulk of the people,_ &c. See Genesis 47:2.Ezekiel 33:2. _Of certain families which were not of the tribe of Levi._ Houbigant....
II. THE GREAT APOSTASY 12:25-33 TRANSLATION (25) And Jeroboam built Shechem in Mt. Ephraim, and dwelt in it. And he went out from there and built Penuel. (26) And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the...
_AND HE MADE AN HOUSE OF HIGH PLACES, AND MADE PRIESTS OF THE LOWEST OF THE PEOPLE, WHICH WERE NOT OF THE SONS OF LEVI._ He made an house of high places, х_ BEEYT_ (H1004) _ BAAMOWT_ (H1116)] - a cha...
12:31 classes (b-14) See Genesis 19:4 . Lit. 'the ends.'...
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...
AN HOUSE OF HIGH PLACES] LXX 'made houses (i.e. sanctuaries) upon high places': see on 1 Kings 3:2. OF THE LOWEST OF THE PEOPLE] better, 'from all the people indiscriminately.' In Dt the priesthood is...
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...
OF THE LOWEST OF THE PEOPLE. — This is universally recognised as a mistranslation, though a natural one, of the original, “the ends of the people.” The sense is “from the whole mass of the people,” wi...
וַ יַּ֖עַשׂ אֶת ־בֵּ֣ית בָּמֹ֑ות וַ יַּ֤עַשׂ
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
MAN-MADE RELIGION 1 Kings 12:25 Jeroboam knew better than to make these two calves. The prophet had clearly told him that the stability of his throne was contingent upon his obedience, 1 Kings 11:38....
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...
Places, to other idols or devils, (2 Paralipomenon xi. 15.; Haydock) not merely at Bethel, chap. xiii. --- Lowest. Such places were fittest for him. (Worthington) --- Hebrew, "extremity:" others under...
(25) В¶ Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel. (26) And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of D...
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...
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...
AND HE MADE AN HOUSE OF HIGH PLACES,.... Or "altars" s, built a temple at Dan, and set up several altars in it for sacrifice, both for burnt offerings, and for incense, as at Jerusalem: AND MADE PRIE...
And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. Ver. 31. _And he made a house._] A mock temple, a pantheon, a place to hold his...
_And he made a house of high places_ That is, saith Abarbinel, he made a house or temple at Dan, wherein there was not one altar only, as there was at Jerusalem, but a great many altars or high places...
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...
And he made an house of high places, a temple, or shrine, for the images in both cities, AND MADE PRIESTS OF THE LOWEST OF THE PEOPLE, literally, "from the mass of the people," from all classes, WHICH...
JEROBOAM KING OVER ISRAEL...
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...
25-33 Jeroboam distrusted the providence of God; he would contrive ways and means, and sinful ones too, for his own safety. A practical disbelief of God's all-sufficiency is at the bottom of all our...
AN HOUSE OF HIGH PLACES, or, _an house_ (i.e. houses, or chapels) _in the high places_. Besides the famous houses, or temples, which he built at Dan and Beth-el, he built also, for his people's better...
1 Kings 12:31 made H6213 (H8799) shrines H1004 places H1116 made H6213 (H8799) priests H3548 class H7098 people...
INSTEAD OF CHOOSING WHOLLY TO FOLLOW YHWH ON THE BASIS OF THE COVENANT MADE WITH HIM, JEROBOAM THE NEW KING OF ISRAEL CHOOSES THE WAY OF DISASTER (1 KINGS 12:25). But things were not going well in Isr...
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...
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...
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...
_And Jeroboam said in his heart._ IDOLATRY IN ISRAEL “History is God teaching by example.” All history is that. But the annals of the Hebrew race possess a peculiar interest, because in them the divi...
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...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 12:29 Jeroboam builds centers of worship within his own territory to rival Jerusalem, one in the far north (DAN) and one in the far south (BETHEL). He appoints pr
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 12:26. NOW SHALL THE KINGDOM RETURN TO THE HOUSE OF DAVID—Recognizing the immediate peril of Israel’s visits to the temple, he sought to alienate their hearts...
EXPOSITION THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL, AND THE SCHISM IN THE CHURCH.—The historian, after describing the great rebellion of the Jewish people, proceeds, in the rest of this chapter, to...
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...
1 Kings 13:24; 1 Kings 13:32; 1 Kings 13:33; 2 Chronicles 11:14;...
An house — Houses, or chapels, besides the temples, which are built at Dan and Beth — el; he built also for his peoples better accommodation, lesser temples upon divers high places. Of the lowest — Wh...