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1 Kings 12:23

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“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying,

KJV

Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

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This verse in 1 Kings 12

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon king of Judah,.... He is called king before, but of what tribe or tribes is not expressly said, only it is implied in 1Ki 12:17 and he is only acknowledged king of Judah by the Lord himself: and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin; which made but one house, as before but one tribe, 1Ki 11:36. and to the remnant of the people; of the other tribes that might dwell among them at Jerusalem, and especially Simeon, whose inheritance was within the tribe of Judah, Jos 19:1. saying: as follows.

This site's exposition

an hundred and fourscore thousand

on 1 Kings 12:21-24

Rehoboam raises Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to force the ten tribes back under him by the sword, and civil war stands one march away from beginning. Shemaiah the man of God stops it with a single sentence carrying the Lord's own name on it, this thing is from me, and Rehoboam obeys a prophet's word over a standing army's advantage. The word is the same one already announced at verse 15, now spoken directly to the king rather than narrated about him, and Judah's whole host turns for home without a battle fought.

This site's exposition

the rest of the people

The word of the LORD names Rehoboam king of Judah, the title verse 17 had already made true. John Gill takes the rest of the people as members of other tribes living in Judah, above all Simeon. Simeon's inheritance lay within Judah's portion, at Joshua 19:9.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Rehoboam determined to assert his authority by leading a large force into the disaffected provinces. But the revolt of the ten tribes was completed when the prophet Shemaiah ordered, in the Lord's name, an abandonment of any hostile measures against the revolutionists. The army, overawed by the divine prohibition, dispersed, and the king was obliged to submit.
The remnant - i. e., “the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah” (1Ki 12:17 note).

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • אֱמֹ֗רsay

    ʾemorH559 →5305 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • רְחַבְעָ֤םRehoboam

    rechavamH7346 →50 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹה֙Solomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • יְהוּדָ֔הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • וְאֶל־and to

    veel-H413 →5510 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • בֵּ֥ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • יְהוּדָ֖הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • וּבִנְיָמִ֑יןand Benjamin

    uvinyaminH1144 →166 times

  • וְיֶ֥תֶרand [the] rest of

    veyeterH3499 →102 times

  • הָעָ֖םthe people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

  • לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

1 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Kings 12:17but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.2 works

The walk

4 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Kings 12:17

    but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 11:13

      Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I…

    • 1 Kings 11:36

      I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.

    • 2 Chronicles 11:13–17

      Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam.

    • 2 Chronicles 10:17

      but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.

Where this verse is studied

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About 1 Kings

The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
1 Kings: the study guide →Read 1 Kings 12 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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