The strong expression “drave Israel” alludes to the violent measures to which Jeroboam resorted: stopping the outflow of the more religious portion…

For he rent ... —The verse assigns the source and origin of the evil; it makes the secession of the Ten Tribes fr…

For he rent Israel from the house of David
In the times of Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when ten tribes revolted fro…

Although the destruction of the kingdom of the ten tribes was only briefly related, in these verses it is largely commented upon, and its reasons g…