He offers to get involved in influencing david verse 14 iv. And in that day thou shalt say, o lord, i will praise thee. Verse by verse commentaries by book precept austin. This is a summary of the twelfth chapter of 1st kings, the most important verse, and what i think god is wanting us to do in response to it. Genesis 3 commentary genesis 12 commentary genesis 15 commentary genesis 49 commentary. Dan was in the extremity of his dominions to the north in the confines of syria. It lay at the southern end of jeroboams kingdom on the main northsouth road to jerusalem.
He placed it beside the altar, on the right side as one enters the temple of the lord. Chapter 14 god prospers david materially, which was the blessing he had promised his earthly people. It was first used in a hebrew print of the bible by daniel bomberg. If rehoboam the son of solomon had taking heed to this word of wisdom of his father he would have retained the whole kingdom of israel. And he made temples in the high places, and priests of. The priests who guarded the entrance put into the chest all the money that was brought to the temple of the lord. In things natural, moral, divine, and spiritual, and that not slight and superficial, but exceeding deep, and large beyond expression. Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish.
They apparently mixed with the remaining israelites and. According to jewish tradition in the talmud the author was the prophet jeremiah. And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, read this, i pray thee. Solomon has adonijah executed along with the rest of his enemies, and gets to work building an empire. Choose a chapter and verse from 1 chronicles to begin your versebyverse study of gods word using the more than 100 commentaries available on. As the illustrious life of king david draws to a close, only some quick thinking by the prophet nathan and solomons mom bathsheba prevents adonijah from stealing the throne from solomon, the rightful king. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. The two books of kings are called the 3 rd and 4 th book of kings in the septuagint as well as the vulgate. The message might highlight gods requirement for deliverance from bondage through the application of the blood of the sacrifice, gods instruction for the. Verses 28 and 29 could be included in the exposition of the previous section as the culmination of that part. The books of samuel represent the transition from the time of the judges to the time of the kings.
Therefore, 2 kings is actually the fourth book in the series on the history of the hebrew kings as presently arranged. Exodus chapter 29 kjv king james version 1 and this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priests office. For an outline of both 1 and 2 kings see introduction to 1 kings. First and second kings were originally one book, called in the hebrew text, kings, from the first word in 1. Additional resources burton coffman jamieson, fausset. Verse 29 gives the reason michal was rejected as being the mother of the royal line. Coregent with predecessor or successor the years in brackets give alternative calculations. This summary of the book of 2 kings provides information about the title, authors, date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the book of 2 kings. The first book of samuel covers a time of about 90 years starting at samuels birth around 1100 bc unto the death of saul around the year 1010 bc.
The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the kings of israel and judah by a deuteronomic compiler in the seventh century bce, with a supplement added in the sixth century bce. And the rest of the acts of solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of solomon. And his mothers name was zibiah of beersheba 2 and jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the lord all his days wherein jehoiada the priest instructed him 3 but the high places were not taken away. God sheweth by a sign from heaven that they had done ill in asking for a king. The key phrase in chapter 1 is found in verse 5, where adonijah exalted himself. The second book of samuel describes the reign of david around 1010 to 970 bc. Behold i have hearkened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you. One in bethel, and the other in dan one at the southern and the other at the northern extremity of the land. Verse 27 chapter 10 verse 29 chapter 12 printer friendly version. Home commentaries john gills exposition of the entire bible 1 kings chapter 11 verse 28. Complete text of 1 kings 12 from the authorized king james bible.
The greek translation of the old testament, the septuagint lxx, divided the book in two and this was followed by the latin vulgate version and english translations. As for the other events of rehoboams reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of judah. Bethel was a city of the tribe of ephraim in the southern part of the dominions of jeroboam, about six leagues from jerusalem. The present hebrew bibles that use an alternate christian method of chapter and verse have the above verse as no. Bethel was located about 11 miles north of jerusalem within the territory of benjamin joshua 18.