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The Mother's Influence
Commentators like Spurgeon and Gill highlight the specific mention of Rehoboam's mother, "Naamah an Ammonitess." They suggest her foreign, likely idolatrous, background was a significant negative influence on her son, contributing to his failures. This serves as a biblical reminder of how parental heritage and ungodly influences can steer even those in positions of privilege away from God.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 14:21
18th Century
Theologian
For information on the age of Rehoboam at his accession, see the note on 1 Kings 12:8. The seventeen years of his reign must have been …
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 14:21
19th Century
Bishop
And Rehoboam. —Here begins the second series of the book—a series of brief annals, touching only the main points of the history of…
Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Kings 14:21
19th Century
Preacher
Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose ou…
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John Gill
On 1 Kings 14:21
17th Century
Pastor
And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah
Over the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, when Jeroboam reigned ov…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 14:21–31
17th Century
Minister
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…