17But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
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Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-24)We have here the rending of the kingdom of the ten tribes from the house of David, to effect which, I. The people were hold and resolute in their revolt. They highly resented the provocation that Rehoboam had given them, were incensed at his menaces, concluded that that government would in the progress of it be intolerably grievous which in the beginning of it was so very haughty, and therefore im…
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