1 Kings 12:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: ”

• 1 Kings 12:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Jeroboam’s fear was lest a reaction should set in, and a desire for reunion manifest itself. He was not a man content to remain quiet, trusting simply to the promise made him 1 Kings 11:38 . Hence...

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• 1 Kings 12:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• 1 Kings 12:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

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• 1 Kings 12:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: Jeroboam said in his heart. Having received the kingdom from God, he should have relied on the divine prote...

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• 1 Kings 12:26 - 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 12:26 - 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 12:26 - 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 12:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (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...

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• 1 Kings 12:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And Jeroboam said in his heart , c,] As he was musing about the state of his kingdom and the affairs of it: now shall the kingdom return to the house of David such were his fears, unless some met...

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• 1 Kings 12:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: Ver. 26. And Jeroboam said in his heart. ] His kingdom was not without cares, his throne without thorns: for h...

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• 1 Kings 12:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Jeroboam said in his heart Reasoned within himself. The sacred historian shows, by this phrase, the fountain of his error, that he did not consult God, who had given him the kingdom, as in all reas...

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• 1 Kings 12:26 - 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 12:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Jeroboam's Idolatry. B. C. 975.       25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and d...

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• 1 Kings 12:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Said in his heart, i.e. reasoned within himself: The phrase discovers the fountain of his error, that he did not consult with God, who had given him the kingdom; as in all reason, and justice, and...

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• 1 Kings 12:26 - 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 12:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• 1 Kings 12:26 - 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 12:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• 1 Kings 12:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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,...

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• 1 Kings 12:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Jeroboam King over Israel

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• 1 Kings 12:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 11:38 ; 1 Samuel 27:1 ; 2 Chronicles 20:20 ; Acts 4:16 ; Acts 4:17 ; Isaiah 7:9 ; Jeremiah 38:18-21 ; John 11:47-50 ; John 12:10 ; John 12:11 ; John 12:19 ; Luke 7:39 ; Mark 2:6-...

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• 1 Kings 12:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Said, &c. — Reasoned within himself. The phrase discovers the fountain of his error, that he did not consult with God, who had given him the kingdom; as in all reason, and justice, and gratitud...

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