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and tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it you; and yet you have not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in my eyes,
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The Standard of David
God holds Jeroboam accountable by comparing him to David. Commentators explain that David's defining quality here was his wholehearted devotion to God's commands and his steadfast avoidance of idolatry. Despite his other flaws, David maintained pure worship, a standard Jeroboam utterly failed to meet after being gifted the kingdom.
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1 Kings
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19th Century
Anglican
I exalted you. —There is throughout a close allusion to Ahijah’s prophecy (1 Kings 11:31; [Reference 1 Kings …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee Even ten parts ou…
Presbyterian
Whether we keep an account of God's mercies to us or not, he does; and he will set them in order before us, if we are ungrateful, to our greater co…
