1 Kings 12:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. ”

• 1 Kings 12:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Israel ... - The Israelites proper, or members of the other tribes, who happened to be settled within the limits of the land of Judah. These Israelites quietly submitted to Rehoboam. “Israel” thr...

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• 1 Kings 12:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Revolt of the Northern Tribes. It is doubtful whether this section is Judæ an or not. It bears some resemblance to 2 Samuel 9-20, and the parts of 1 K. which seem to be a continuation of that h...

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• 1 Kings 12:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  children . sons. Israel which dwelt in. Judah. Here was. nucleus of true worshippers constantly increased ( 1 Kings 12:19 . 1Ch 9:3. 2 Chronicles 10:17 ; 2 Chronicles 11:3 2 Chronicles 11:16...

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• 1 Kings 12:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

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• 1 Kings 12:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents,...

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• 1 Kings 12:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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 Solomo...

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• 1 Kings 12:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah. — The expression is doubly significant. ( a ) Historically the tribe of Judah had its semi-dependent tribes — Simeon, already absorbed int...

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• 1 Kings 12:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE DISRUPTION 1 Kings 12:6-20 "It was of the Lord." It is no small proof of the insight and courageous faithfulness of the historian that he accepts without question the verdict of ancient pro...

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• 1 Kings 12:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 ; 1 Kings 8:1-66 ; 1 Ki...

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• 1 Kings 12:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 si...

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• 1 Kings 12:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (16) В¶ So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your ten...

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• 1 Kings 12:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah ,.... Either such Israelites of the ten tribes that had before dwelt, or now upon this removed, for the sake of worship, to dwell...

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• 1 Kings 12:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  But [as for] the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. Ver. 17. But as for the children of Israel. ] Not the men of Judah only, but the Simeonites th...

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• 1 Kings 12:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• 1 Kings 12:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Revolt of the Ten Tribes. B. C. 975.       16 So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened...

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• 1 Kings 12:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Which dwelt in the cities of Judah; by which phrase he principally understands the tribe of Judah; but withal, those parts and parcels of the tribes of Levi, and Simeon, and Benjamin, whose dwellin...

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• 1 Kings 12:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  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 b...

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• 1 Kings 12:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  THE DISRUPTION OF THE KINGDOM CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 1 Kings 12:1 . Rehoboam went to Shechem —Instead of remaining in Jerusalem , whither Israel should have come to him, as they did...

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• 1 Kings 12:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 o...

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• 1 Kings 12:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

  When Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt heard of it . .. they sent and called him. The kingdom divided 1. This chapter reveals one of the turning-points in Israel’s history, for it...

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• 1 Kings 12:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE REVOLT OF THE TEN TRIBES .—With the reign of Rehoboam, on which our historian now enters, we begin the second great period in the history of the Hebrew monarchy, so far...

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• 1 Kings 12:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Jeroboam King over Israel

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• 1 Kings 12:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 11:13 ; 1 Kings 11:36 ; 2 Chronicles 10:17 ; 2 Chronicles 11:13-17

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• 1 Kings 12:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Judah — The tribe of Judah; with those parts of the tribes of Levi, and Simeon, and Benjamin, whose dwellings were within the confines of Judah.

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