And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
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Gill's Exposition
And they buried him,.... In an honourable manner, suitable to his rank and pedigree:
and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by the hand of his servant…
Barnes' Notes
Jeroboam had by this time removed from Shechem, and established a new capital in Tirzah, one of the old Canaanite towns Jos 12:24 - a town of great reputation for beauty, counted in that respect on a…
When those that set up idols, and keep them up, go to enquire of the Lord, he determines to answer them, not according to the pretensions of their enquiry, but according to the multitude of their…
Cambridge Bible
and came to Tirzah This place has not been identified with certainty. It was an ancient city, mentioned first Jos 12:24. Its beauty is celebrated in Son 6:4. Jeroboam, as we see here, made it a royal…
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