And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
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Gill's Exposition
But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God,.... A prophet in those days, see Ch2 12:15 and the word that came to him, as in the Targum, is called the word of prophecy:
saying; as follows.
Barnes' Notes
The first act of the Israelites, on learning what had occurred at Shechem, was to bring together the great “congregation” of the people (compare Jdg 20:1), in order that, regularly and in solemn form,…
Adam Clarke
Made him king over all Israel - What is called Israel here, was ten-twelfths of the whole nation; and had they a right to call another person to the throne? They had not, - they had neither legal nor…
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
when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again R.V. was returned. This change is made because the words are like 2Ch 10:2, and the two should be represented as agreeing. The movement described in…
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