1 Kings 12:25

Jeroboam built Shechem— 1:e. Rebuilt, enlarged, and beautified it, and made it a royal city.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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²⁵ Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 12:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Kings 12:25