That they may know my service, and the service of the kingdom - that is, that they may contrast the light burden of the theocracy with the h…

Nevertheless they shall be.—For they shall become servants (that is, tributaries) to him; namely, for a…

And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I wi…

Nevertheless, they shall be his servants
tributaries to the king of Egypt:

When Rehoboam was so strong that he supposed he had nothing to fear from Jeroboam, he cast off his outward profession of godliness. It is very comm…