Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam— How Solomon came to know what was transacted between Ahijah and Jeroboam alone, is a question of no great difficulty; for, perhaps, the prophet made no scruple to report what he had delivered in the name of the Lord; perhaps Jeroboam himself, being puffed up with this assurance, could not contain, but told it to some of his confidents, who spread it abroad; or perhaps his servants, though they heard not the words of the prophet, yet, seeing him rend the garment into twelve parts, and give ten to him, might speak of this strange and unaccountable action, which Solomon, as soon as he came to hear of it, might easily understand; because the same prophet, very likely, had told him but just before, that the kingdom should be rent from him, and given to his servant; 1 Kings 14:8.
Shishak king of Egypt— All the kings of Egypt, from the time of Abraham, are in the sacred history called by the name of Pharaoh, except Rameses (mentioned Genesis 47:11.) be the name of a king, and not a country; so that this is the first we meet with, called by his proper name, different from the rest of the Pharaohs. Who this Egyptian prince was, the learned are not agreed. The opinion is pretty general, that it was the famous Sesostris, mentioned in Herodotus; but his life could hardly be extended to this period. Our great Usher sets him a vast way backward, even to the time of the Israelites' peregrination, and some chronologers carry it further. But, be that as it may, it is very probable, that the prince had taken some offence at Solomon, otherwise he would hardly have harboured such seditious refugees as Jeroboam was.