He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
See Joshua 15 and notes at Joshua 15:33-36 , notes; Joshua 15:48-51 , notes; Joshua 15:58-59 , notes. For Adullam see 1 Samuel 22:1 note....
Shemaiah Restrains Rehoboam from Attacking Jeroboam (see notes on 1 Kings 12:21-24 ). The variations between the two records are unimportant....
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...
He built even. — And he built — i.e., fortified. Beth-lehem. — Beit-lahm, on a rocky eminence, two hours south of Jerusalem ( Genesis 35:1...
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...
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 Re...
Those fenced cities were intended, no doubt, to act upon the defensive, after that he had received command from the Lord.
He built even Bethlehem ,.... The place of our Lord's birth, about six miles from Jerusalem: and Etam ; another city in the tribe of Judah; see 1...
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 warr...
Rehoboam Forbidden to Make War. B. C. 975. ...
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...
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...
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...
Rehoboam's Army and Forts
He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, as outposts of Jerusalem toward the south,
1 Chronicles 4:32 ; 1 Samuel 17:12 ; 2 Chronicles 20:20 ; 2 Samuel 14:2 ; Amos 1:1 ; Genesis 35:19 ; Jeremiah 6:1 ; Joshua 19:15 ; Judges 15...
6 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,