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The Sin of Human Invention
Multiple commentators emphasize the phrase "devised of his own heart." Jeroboam's primary sin was replacing God's specific commands for worship with his own convenient and politically motivated ideas. As Charles Spurgeon highlights, any religious practice manufactured by humans instead of commanded by God is a condemnation, as it becomes a form of self-worship rather than true worship of God.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 12:33
18th Century
Theologian
This verse belongs to 1 Kings 13 rather than to 1 Kings 12, being intended as an introduction to what follows.
Which he had devised of h…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 12:33
19th Century
Bishop
So he offered upon the altar. —The repetition of this verse is accounted for by its belonging properly in sense to the ne…
Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Kings 12:33
19th Century
Preacher
And ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
Thus Israel was led astray at th…
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John Gill
On 1 Kings 12:33
17th Century
Pastor
So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the
fifteenth day of the eighth month
Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 12:25–33
17th Century
Minister
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'…