“ And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, ”
The site of Adoraim is uncertain. For Lachish, see Joshua 10:3 ; Azekah, Joshua 10:10 ; Zorah, Joshua 15:33 ; Aijalon, Joshua 10:12 ; Hebron, Joshua 14:15 . No one of the cities was really wit...
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...
And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
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...
Adoraim. — Dûra; a village about seven and a-half miles south west of Hebron. Called Αδωρα 1Ma. 13:20, and often mentioned by Josephus in connection with Marissa (Mareshah). The name is not found...
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 Adoraim ,.... Called by Josephus d Adora, which he mentions along with Mareshah, or Marissa: and Lachish : a royal city in the time of the Canaanites, and which fell to the lot of Judah, Josh...
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
2 Chronicles 32:9 ; Joshua 10:11 ; Joshua 10:5 ; Joshua 15:35 ; Joshua 15:39