And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and (a) all Israel with him.
(a) For such is the inconstancy of the people, that for the most part they follow the vices of their governors.
CHAPTER XII _Rehoboam and his subjects, forsaking the Lord, are delivered_ _into the hands of Shishak, king of Egypt_, 1-4. _Shemaiah the prophet remonstrates with them, and they humble_ _themselv...
ALL ISRAEL WITH HIM - i. e., “all Judah and Benjamin” - all the Israelites of those two tribes....
CHAPTER 12 REHOBOAM'S APOSTASY, PUNISHMENT, AND DEATH _ 1. Rehoboam's apostasy (2 Chronicles 12:1)_ 2. Punishment through Shishak (2 Chronicles 12:2) 3. Death of Rehoboam (2 C
SHISHAK INVADES JUDAH; SUMMARY OF REHOBOAM'S REIGN; HIS DEATH (see notes on 1 Kings 14:21 f., 1 Kings 14:25; 1 Kings 14:29). The words in...
HE FORSOOK. It is taken for granted that we know the details of 1 Kings 14:22. ALL. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Whole), put for the part (viz. the ten tribes)....
2 Chronicles 12:1-12 (cp. 1 Kings 14:22; 1 Kings 14:25-28). The Invasion of Shishak 1. _all Israel_ i.e. all the Southern Kingdom; cp. note on...
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 IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN REHOBOAM HAD ESTABLISHED THE KINGDOM, AND HAD STRENGTHENED HIMSELF, HE FORSOOK THE LAW OF THE LORD, AND ALL ISRAEL WITH HIM._ When Rehoboam ... had strengthened himself - ...
REIGN OF REHOBOAM (CONCLUDED) This chapter is parallel to 1 Kings 14:21, but supplies additional particulars respecting Shishak's army and the prophet Shemaiah....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 12 REHOBOAM – 2 CHRONICLES 12:1-16 V1 Rehoboam established his rule as...
WHEN REHOBOAM HAD ESTABLISHED THE KINGDOM. — Rather, _when Rehoboam’s kingdom had been established._ The construction is impersonal: _when one had established Rehoboam’s kingdom._ The narrative is res...
וַ יְהִ֗י כְּ הָכִ֞ין מַלְכ֤וּת רְחַבְעָם֙ וּ
REHOBOAM AND ABIJAH: THE IMPORTANCE OF RITUAL 2 Chronicles 10:1; 2 Chronicles 11:1; 2 Chronicles 12:1;...
The issue was that Rehoboam "forsook the law of the Lord." The scourge came in the person of Israel's ancient foe, the king of Egypt. The patience of God is ever manifest in His dealing with His peopl...
_Israel, in his dominions. The kingdom of Jeroboam had long before apostatized, though there were still many true servants of God, who would not bend the knee before Baal, ver. 12. (Haydock)_...
CONTENTS We have an awful sequel to the life of Rehoboam in this chapter. The lustful king forsaking God is left in the hand of the king of Egypt. His death. 2 Chronicles 12:1 The Reader would do we...
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 IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN REHOBOAM HAD ESTABLISHED THE KINGDOM,.... Or when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established; the tribes of Judah and Benjamin being firmly attached to him, and great numbers fr...
And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him. Ver. 1. _When Rehoboam had established the kingd...
_When Rehoboam had established the kingdom_ Israel was very much disgraced and weakened by being divided into two kingdoms; yet the kingdom of Judah, having both the temple and the royal city, both th...
1 Rehoboam forsaking the LORD, is punished by Shishak. 5 He and the Princes repenting at the preaching of Shemaiah, are deliuered from destruction, but not from spoile. 13 The reigne and death of Re...
REHOBOAM SUBDUED BY SHISHAK...
And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, his encouragement of the right worship of Jehovah bringing him many people from the northern kingdom, 2 Ch...
EGYPT ATTACKS JUDAH (vv.1-9) Rehoboam's prosperity however became his downfall. When he strengthened himself in his kingdom sufficiently to think himself secure, he gave up any regard he had for the...
2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 12 Rehoboam, forsaking the Lord, is punished by Shishak, 2 CHRONICLES 12:1. Shemaiah reproveth him: he with the princes repenteth; is preserved in his kingdom; but is spoiled of t...
2 Chronicles 12:1 Rehoboam H7346 established H3559 (H8687) kingdom H4438 strengthened H2393 forsook H5800 (H8804) law...
2 Chronicles 12:1. _And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him._ He was not able to endure t...
2 Chronicles 12:1. _And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him._ They prospered, at first, b...
CONTENTS: Rehoboam defeated by Shishak. Death of Rehoboam. CHARACTERS: God, Rehoboam, Shishak, Shemaiah. CONCLUSION: It becomes us, when we are under the rebukes of providence, to justify God (2 Chro...
2 Chronicles 12:1. _Rehoboam forsook the law of the Lord._ His juvenile council, his harem of eighteen queens and sixty concubines, are lamentable proofs of the imbecility of his mind. The apple-tree...
_He forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him._ REHOBOAM, FIRST KING OF JUDAH Individual lives attract and reward attention; hence the interest and fascination of fiction and history. Wha...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 12:1 That Rehoboam and his people ABANDONED THE LAW OF THE LORD is the same as abandoning God himself (v....
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter parallel with 1 Kings 14:21, but considerably enlarges the narrative contained in that passage. The account of Shishak’s chariots and horsemen, the composition of his arm...
EXPOSITION This chapter finishes for us the history of Rehoboam, his "acts" and his character; and, with the preceding two chapters, it may be counted among the masterpieces of Scripture biography. In...
It came to pass [chapter twelve], when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him (2 Chronicles 12:1). As the king goes...
1 Kings 12:17; 1 Kings 14:22; 1 Kings 9:9; 2 Chronicles 11:17;...
And all Israel — So called, because they forsook God, as Israel had done....