And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom,.... Or when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established; the tribes of Judah and Benjamin being firmly attached to him, and great numbers…
Barnes' Notes
All Israel with him - i. e., “all Judah and Benjamin” - all the Israelites of those two tribes.
Adam Clarke
He forsook the law of the Lord - This was after the three years mentioned Ch2 11:17.
Israel was very much disgraced and weakened by being divided into two kingdoms; yet the kingdom of Judah, having both the temple and the royal city, both the house of David and the house of Aaron,…
Cambridge Bible
2Ch 12:1-12 (cp. 1Ki 14:22; 1Ki 14:25-28). The Invasion of Shishak
1. all Israel i.e. all the Southern Kingdom; cp. note on 2Ch 11:3. The details of Judah's apostasy are given, 1Ki 14:22-24.
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