John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 14:21

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah, etc.] Over the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, when Jeroboam reigned over the other ten: Rehoboam [was] forty one years old when he began to reign; being born one year before his father Solomon began to reign, and so it might have been expected he would have begun his reign more wisely than he did: and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem; not half so long as his father and grandfather, being neither so wise nor so good a prince as either of them: the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there; to have a temple built for him, and his worship carried on in it; which was an aggravation of the sin of Rehoboam, that he should reign in such a place, and yet be guilty of the crimes he was; the three first years he reigned well, but afterwards forsook the law of the Lord, (<141117>2 Chronicles 11:17 12:1) and his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess; and which is observed again, (<111431>1 Kings 14:31), she being the instrument of drawing him into idolatry, which it is very probable she practised in the days of Solomon, (<111105>1 Kings 11:5,7).

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