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1 Kings 12:1

1 Kings 12:1

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1 Kings 12 — Overview1 Kings 12 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe glory of the kingdom of Israel was in its height and perfection in Solomon; it was long in coming to it, but it soon declined, and began to sink and wither in the very next reign, as we find in this chapter,…1 Kings 12 — Overview1 Kings 12 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledge1 Kings 12:1, The Israelites, assembled at Shechem to crown Rehoboam, by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation unto him; 1 Kings 12:6, Rehoboam, refusing the old men’s counsel, answers them roughly; 1 Kings 12:16, Ten…1 Kings 12 — Overview1 Kings 12 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter relates Rehoboam's going to Shechem to be made king, and Jeroboam's return from Egypt, 1Ki 12:1, the people's request to Rehoboam to be eased of their taxes, as the condition of making him king, 1Ki 12:3,…1 Kings 12:1-151 Kings 12:1-15 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleSolomon had 1000 wives and concubines, yet we read but of one son he had to bear up his name, and he a fool. It is said (Hos. iv. 10), They shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase. Sin is a bad way of…1 Kings 12:1-241 Kings 12:1-24 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION THE REVOLT OF THE TEN TRIBES.—With the reign of Rehoboam, on which our historian now enters, we begin the second great period in the history of the Hebrew monarchy, so far as it is related in these Books of…1 Kings 12:1-241 Kings 12:1-24 · The Pulpit CommentaryAt this point the Vat. LXX. inserts along addition, which differs from, and indeed contradicts, the Hebrew text in some important particulars. Rehoboam is represented as 16 years of age (Hebrews 40), as reigning 12…