“ And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. ”
PART IV (2 Chronicles 10-36). The History of Judah from Rehoboam to the Edict of Cyrus. 2 Chronicles 10:1-19 . Rehoboam is Rejected by the Israelites (see notes on 1 Kings 12:1-9 ). The variat...
And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. Israel rebelled - A few soft words, and the removal of a part of the oppressive taxes, (for they said, Ease thou Somewhat the grievous se...
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....
Reign of Rehoboam This chapter is a repetition of 1 Kings 12:1-19 with slight differences.
Unto this day . — Neither the compiler of Kings nor the chronicler saw fit to alter a phrase which no longer applied to the political circumstances of their own day. (Comp. 1 Chronicles 4:41 ; 1 C...
REHOBOAM AND ABIJAH: THE IMPORTANCE OF RITUAL 2 Chronicles 10:1-19 ; 2 Chronicles 11:1-23 ; 2 Chronicles 12:1-16 ; 2 Chronicles 13:1-22 THE transition from Solomon to Rehoboam brings to ligh...
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...
If we read this spiritually, and with an eye to Jesus, is not the language of every unawakened man similar to this, We have none inheritance in the son of Jesse. Alas! how was this fulfilled in the i...
1 Kings 12:19 .
And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. Ver. 19. And Israel rebelled. ] Their making Jeroboam king is added; 1Ki 12:20 but this historian meddleth not with that usurper or hi...
A.M. 3029. B.C. 975. The people request Rehoboam to ease their grievances, 2 Chronicles 10:1-5 . Rehoboam, rejecting the old men's counsel, by the advice of the young men, answers them roughl...
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...
Rehoboam's Folly. B. C. 975. 12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the...
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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...
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...
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...
The Revolt of Israel
1 Kings 12:19 ; 1 Kings 12:20 ; 2 Chronicles 10:16 ; 2 Chronicles 13:5-7 ; 2 Chronicles 5:9 ; 2 Kings 17:21-23 ; Ezra 9:7 ; Joshua 4:9 ; Psalms 89:30