1 Kings 12:1-3
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Other commentaries on this verse
- John Gill - Exposition - 1 Kings 12
- John Gill - Exposition - 1 Kings 12:1
- John Gill - Exposition - 1 Kings 12:2
- John Gill - Exposition - 1 Kings 12:3
- Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 12
- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - 1 Kings 12:3-4
1 Kings 12:1-3. And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. And it came to pass, when Jeroboam. The son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) that they sent and called him.
It was a sure sign of great discontent when the people sent for a rebel to be their spokesman.