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Thus says Yahweh, You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they listened to the words of Yahweh, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
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God's Sovereign Purpose
Commentators emphasize God's declaration, "this thing is of me." The division of the kingdom was not a political accident but a direct result of God's sovereign will. Therefore, for Rehoboam to fight against the northern tribes would have been to fight against God's own revealed purpose.
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2 Chronicles
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19th Century
Anglican
Thus says the Lord.—The words of the prophecy are reported as in 1 Kings 12:24, omitting “the sons of Israel”…
Baptist
And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which wer…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 1 Kings 12:24).
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Presbyterian
A few good words might have prevented the rebellion of Rehoboam's subjects; but all the force of his kingdom cannot bring them back. And it is in v…
