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Jeroboam said in his heart, Now will the kingdom return to the house of David:
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Distrusting God's Promises
Commentators agree that Jeroboam's foundational sin was a "practical disbelief of God's all-sufficiency." Despite receiving a direct promise from God for his kingdom, he feared losing it and chose to rely on his own "crooked devices of a merely human policy" instead of trusting in God's providence. This shows how a lack of faith is often the root of disobedience.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Jeroboam’s fear was that a reaction would set in and that a desire for reunion would manifest itself. He was not a man content to remain quiet, tru…
19th Century
Baptist
Jeroboam is motivated by political strategy, you see. It is very hard, I believe, to be a ruler over people and yet to be a servant of God. There s…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jeroboam said in his heart , &c,] As he was musing about the state of his kingdom and the affairs of it:
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Jeroboam distrusted the providence of God; he would contrive ways and means, and sinful ones too, for his own safety. A practical disbelief of God'…
