2 Chronicles 11:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side. ”

2 Chronicles 11:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Shemaiah Restrains Rehoboam from Attacking Jeroboam (see notes on 1 Kings 12:21-24 ). The variations between the two records are unimportant. 2 Chronicles 11:5-23 . Rehoboam Establishes himsel...
2 Chronicles 11:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
2 Chronicles 11:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side. No JFB commentary on this verse.
2 Chronicles 11:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Reign of Rehoboam (continued) This chapter repeats the substance of 1 Kings 12:21-24 , and adds much information relating to Rehoboam's buildings, the withdrawal of the Levites from the kingdom o...
2 Chronicles 11:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shields. — The “targets” of 2 Chronicles 9:15 . Made them exceeding strong. — Strengthened them (the same word as “fortified” in 2 Chronicles 11:11 ) very abundantly ( l’harbçh meôd ). A f...
2 Chronicles 11:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
2 Chronicles 11:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Then God interfered. No human folly has even been permitted to continue long enough to thwart His purpose. Shemaiah, a prophet of God, declared to Rehoboam that the revolt was in the divine plan. Reh...
2 Chronicles 11:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Those fenced cities were intended, no doubt, to act upon the defensive, after that he had received command from the Lord.
2 Chronicles 11:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And in every several city he put shields and spears ,.... Furnished them with these and perhaps other pieces of armour, these being put for all, to defend themselves with against an enemy, and to an...
2 Chronicles 11:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And in every several city [he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side. Ver. 12. And made them exceeding strong. ] But sin was at the bottom,...
2 Chronicles 11:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

GOD FORBIDS REHOBOAM TO ATTACK ISRAEL (vv.1-4) When Rehoboam saw his kingdom so largely torn away from him, he assembled an army of 180,000 warriors of Judah and Benjamin (for Benjamin remained...
2 Chronicles 11:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Rehoboam Forbidden to Make War. B. C. 975. 1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he...
2 Chronicles 11:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In every several city, to wit, so fortified, as he said, 2 Chronicles 11:11
2 Chronicles 11:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Rehoboam forbidden to war ( 2 Chronicles 11:1-4 ). This section a repetition in abbreviated form of 1 Kings 12:21-24 . Remainder of chapter new matter. Rehoboam fortifies many towns...
2 Chronicles 11:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Let us read, for our instruction, part of the story of Rehoboam, the son of Solomon. 2 Chronicles 11:1-4 . And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin a...
2 Chronicles 11:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 11:15 . For the devils. שׁעירים sheîrim, the hairy ones. The goat was worshipped in Egypt as well as the calf.
2 Chronicles 11:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The first four verses of this chapter would have been better placed as the conclusion of the previous chapter. They correspond with 1 Kings 12:21-11 ; and they tell how Rehoboam was...
2 Chronicles 11:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Rehoboam's Army and Forts
2 Chronicles 11:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 11:1 ; 2 Chronicles 26:14 ; 2 Chronicles 26:15 ; 2 Chronicles 32:5 ; 2 Samuel 13:19 ; 2 Samuel 13:22

2 Chronicles 11:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 11:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 11:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 11:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 11:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 11:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Chronicles 11:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 11:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Chronicles 11:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Chronicles 11:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Chronicles 11:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 11:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 11:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Chronicles 11:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Chronicles 11:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Chronicles 11:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 11:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Chronicles 11:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Chronicles 11:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge