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- 1 Kings
- Chapter 12
- Verse 19
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Gill's Exposition
And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, From Shechem, which was forty miles (n) from Jerusalem:
he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand…
Barnes' Notes
Unto this day - This expression shows that the writer, who lived during the captivity, and consequently long after the rebellion of Israel had come to an end, is embodying in his history the exact…
We have here the rending of the kingdom of the ten tribes from the house of David, to effect which,
I. The people were hold and resolute in their revolt. They highly resented the provocation that…
Cambridge Bible
unto this day This phrase occurring several times in the book marks the original composition, from which the compiler of the Kings drew his material, as written while the two kingdoms were still…
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