2 Chronicles 11:5-12; 2 Kings 18:17; Isaiah 10:11; Isaiah 36:1; Isaiah 8:8; Jeremiah 5:10
See 1 the Kings 14:25 note.
Shishak invades Judah; Summary of Rehoboam's Reign; his Death (see notes on 1 Kings 14:21 f., 1 Kings 14:25-28 ; 1 Kings 14:29-31 ). The words...
And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Reign of Rehoboam (concluded) This chapter is parallel to 1 Kings 14:21-31 , but supplies additional particulars respecting Shishak's army and th...
He took the fenced cities. — Those very cities which Rehoboam had fortified as bulwarks against Egypt ( 2 Chronicles 11:5-12 ). Fourteen names of c...
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...
The issue was that Rehoboam "forsook the law of the Lord." The scourge came in the person of Israel's ancient foe, the king of Egypt. The patience of...
How gracious is the Lord in raising up instruments of correction!
And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah ,.... Which Rehoboam had lately built, and placed his sons in them, 2 Chronicles 11:5 , thes...
And he took the fenced cities which [pertained] to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. Ver. 4. And he took the fenced cities. ] There is no fence agains...
EGYPT ATTACKS JUDAH (vv.1-9) Rehoboam's prosperity however became his downfall. When he strengthened himself in his kingdom sufficiently to thin...
Abijah's Reign over Judah. B. C. 970. ...
No text from Poole on this verse.
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter parallel with 1 Kings 14:21-31 , but considerably enlarges the narrative contained in that passage. The account of Shi...
2 Chronicles 12:1 . And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, a...
2 Chronicles 12:1 . Rehoboam forsook the law of the Lord. His juvenile council, his harem of eighteen queens and sixty concubines, are lamentable...
EXPOSITION This chapter finishes for us the history of Rehoboam, his "acts" and his character; and, with the preceding two chapters, it may be c...
Rehoboam Subdued by Shishak
And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, the fortresses built by Rehoboam proving too weak to withstand the onslaught of his immense f...
4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.