39And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
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For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: …
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: …
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 26-40)We have here the first mention of that infamous name Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that made Israel to sin ; he is here brought upon the stage as an adversary to Solomon, whom God had expressly told (1 Kgs. 11:11) that he would give the greatest part of his kingdom to his servant, and Jeroboam was the man. We have here an account, I. Of his extraction, 1 Kgs. 11:26. He was of the tribe of Ephraim, he…
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