The circumstances of Shishak’s invasion, described here very briefly, are given more fully by the author of Chronicles. It is still a question whet…

He even took away all. —There is a touch of pathos in the description of the utter spoil of the treasures in which Solomon and Isr…

And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord
Which perhaps Jeroboam had informed him of, and for the sake…

Nothing good is said here of Rehoboam, and much is said to the disadvantage of his subjects. The prevalence of the worst crimes, those of the worst…