“ And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, ”
For Gath, see Joshua 13:3 note. Its native king, Achish 1 Kings 2:39 , is to he regarded, not as an independent monarch, but as one of the many vassal-kings over whom Solomon reigned 2 Chronicl...
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...
took him Mahalath... and Abihail. Render "took him with Malahath... Abihail".
And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, No JFB commentary on these verses.
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...
Gath. — Uncertain. Perhaps in the Wady-el-Gat north of Ascalon. (See 1 Kings 2:39 and 1 Chronicles 18:1 , from a comparison of which it appears that, under Solomon, Gath was ruled by a vassal...
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...
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...
Those fenced cities were intended, no doubt, to act upon the defensive, after that he had received command from the Lord.
And Gath ,.... Which cannot be that Gath which was one of the principalities of the Philistines, but a city in the tribe of Judah; though of it we nowhere else read; unless this is the same with Mor...
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...
Rehoboam Forbidden to Make War. B. C. 975. 1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he...
No text from Poole on this verse.
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...
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 11:15 . For the devils. שׁעירים sheîrim, the hairy ones. The goat was worshipped in Egypt as well as the calf.
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...
Rehoboam's Army and Forts
1 Chronicles 18:1 ; 1 Samuel 23:14 ; 1 Samuel 23:19 ; Joshua 15:24 ; Joshua 15:44 ; Psalms 54:1