It appears from this verse that even though Rehoboam encouraged and perhaps secretly practiced idolatry (1 Kings 14:22–24; compare to […

When the king went. —Therefore we see that Rehoboam still worshipped in the house of the Lord. If his idolatry were like that of h…

And it was so, when the king went into the house of the Lord , &c.] The temple; for though he had fallen into idolatry, h…

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…