Roboam’s reign. His kingdom is strengthened.
Roboam intending by force to reduce •l Israel to his subiection, is Warned by a Prophet to cease from that enterprise. 5. He maketh Walles about diuers cities, 11. •urnisheth them With Victuals, and munition, 13. Priestes, Leuites, and manie others repaire to Ierusalem, because Ieroboam maketh a new religion, and new priestes 18. Roboam taketh manie Wiues, and concubines. 22. preferreth A•ias aboue al his other sonnes.
1And Roboam came to Jerusalem, and called together all the house of Juda and of Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men and warriors, to fight against Israel, and to bring back his kingdom to him.E giunto che fu Roboamo a Gerusalemme, convocò tutta la tribù di Giuda, e quella di Beniamin, in numero di cento ottanta mila scelti combattenti, per far guerra ad Israele, e riunirlo al suo regno.AND Roboam came into Ierusalem, and called together al the house of Iuda and Beniamin, an hundred fourescore thousand chosen men and warriers, to fight agaynst Israel, and to conuert his kingdom vnto him.Venit autem Roboam in Jerusalem, et convocavit universam domum Juda et Benjamin, centum octoginta millia electorum atque bellantium, ut dimicaret contra Israël, et converteret ad se regnum suum. 2And the word of the Lord came to Semeias the man of God, saying:Ma il Signore parlò a Semeia uomo di Dio, e disse:And the word of our Lord came to Semeias the man of God, saying:Factusque est sermo Domini ad Semeiam hominem Dei, dicens: 3Speak to Roboam the son of Solomon the king of Juda, and to all Israel, in Juda and Benjamin:Dirai a Roboam figliuolo di Salomone, re di Giuda, e a tutto Israele di Giuda, e di Benjamin:Speake to Roboam the sonne of Salomon the king of Iuda, and to al Israel, that is in Iuda and Beniamin:Loquere ad Roboam filium Salomonis regem Juda, et ad universum Israël, qui est in Juda et Benjamin: 4Thus saith the Lord: You shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: let every man return to his own house, for by my will this thing has been done. And when they heard the word of the Lord, they returned, and did not go against Jeroboam,Queste cose dice il Signore: Non vi moverete, né farete guerra ai vostri fratelli: se ne torni ciascuno a casa sua, perocché per voler mio è avvenuto questo. E quelli, udita la parola del Signore, se n'andarono, né si mossero contro Geroboam.Thus sayth our Lord: You shal not goe vp, neither shal you fight agaynst your brethren: let euerie man returne into his house, because this thing is done by my wil. Who when they had heard the word of our Lord, returned, neither went they forward agaynst Ieroboam.Hæc dicit Dominus: Non ascendetis, neque pugnabitis contra fratres vestros: revertatur unusquisque in domum suam, quia mea hoc gestum est voluntate. Qui cum audissent sermonem Domini, reversi sunt, nec perrexerunt contra Jeroboam. 5And Roboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built walled cities in Juda.E Roboamo abitò in Gerusalemme, e fabbricò delle città murate nel paese di Giuda.And Roboam dwelt in Ierusalem, and built walled cities in Iuda.Habitavit autem Roboam in Jerusalem, et ædificavit civitates muratas in Juda.
6And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Thecue,E fortificò Bethlehem, ed Etam, e Thecue;And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Thecue,Exstruxitque Bethlehem, et Etam, et Thecue, 7And Bethsur, and Socho, and Odollam,Ed anche Bethsur, e Socho, e Odollam;Bethsur also, and Socho, & Odollam,Bethsur quoque, et Socho, et Odollam, 8And Geth, and Maresa, and Ziph,E Geth, e Maresa, e Ziph;moreouer also Geth, and Maresa, and Ziph,necnon et Geth, et Maresa, et Ziph, 9And Aduram, and Lachis, and Azecha,E Aduram, e Lachis, e Azeca;yea and Aduram, and Lachis, and Azeca,sed et Aduram, et Lachis, et Azeca, 10Saraa also, and Aialon, and Hebron, which are in Juda and Benjamin, well fenced cities.E Saraa, e Ajalon, ed Hebron, che erano nel paese di Giuda, e di Beniamin, città fortissime.Saraa also, and Aialon, and Hebron, which were in Iuda and Beniamin, most fensed cities.Saraa quoque, et Ajalon, et Hebron, quæ erant in Juda et Benjamin, civitates munitissimas. 11And when he had enclosed them with walls, he put in them governors and storehouses of provisions, that is, of oil and of wine.E quando le ebbe cinte di mura, vi pose dei governatori, e dei magazzini di viveri, cioè d'olio, e di vino.And when he had inclosed them with walles, he put in them princes, and store houses of victuals, that is, of oile and wine.Cumque clausisset eas muris, posuit in eis principes, ciborumque horrea, hoc est, olei, et vini. 12Moreover in every city he made an armoury of shields and spears, and he fortified them with great diligence, and he reigned over Juda, and Benjamin,E parimente fece in tutte le città un arsenale di scudi, e di picche, e le fortificò con grandissima cura: e regnò sopra la tribù di Giuda, e di Beniamin.Yea and in euerie citie he made armories of shieldes and speares, and he strengthened them with great diligence, and reigned ouer Iuda and Beniamin.Sed et in singulis urbibus fecit armamentarium scutorum et hastarum, firmavitque eas summa diligentia, et imperavit super Judam et Benjamin. 13And the priests and Levites, that were in all Israel, came to him out of all their seats,E i sacerdoti, e i Leviti, che erano in tutto Israele, andarono a lui da tutti i luoghi loro,And the Priestes and Leuites, that were in al Israel, came to him out of al their seates,Sacerdotes autem et Levitæ qui erant in universo Israël, venerunt ad eum de cunctis sedibus suis, 14Leaving their suburbs, and their possessions, and passing over to Juda, and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off, from executing the priestly office to the Lord.E abbandonando i sobborghi, e tutti i loro beni, passarono dalla parte di Giuda, e di Gerusalemme: perchè Geroboam, e i suoi figliuoli li maltrattavano, affinchè non facessero le funzioni del sacerdozio del Signore.leauing their suburbes, and their possessious, and passing to Iuda, and Ierusalem, because Ieroboam had cast them of, and their posteritie: that they should not execute the priesthood of our Lord.relinquentes suburbana et possessiones suas, et transeuntes ad Judam et Jerusalem: eo quod abjecisset eos Jeroboam et posteri ejus, ne sacerdotio Domini fungerentur.
15And he made to himself priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.Ed egli creò sacerdoti del luoghi eccelsi, e de' demonj, e de' vitelli, che avea fatti.Who made vnto him selfe priestes of the excelses, and of diuels, and of the calues which he had made.Qui constituit sibi sacerdotes excelsorum, et dæmoniorum, vitulorumque quos fecerat. 16Moreover out of all the tribes of Israel, whosoever gave their heart to seek the Lord the God of Israel, came into Jerusalem to sacrifice their victims before the Lord the God of their fathers.Ma di tutte le tribù d'Israele tutti quelli, che aveano in cuore di seguire il Signore Dio d'Israele, andavano a Gerusalemme ad offerirvi le loro vittime dinanzi al Signore Dio de' padri loro.Yea and of al the tribes of Israel, whosoeuer had geuen their hart to seeke our Lord the God of Israel, came into Ierusalem to immolate their victims before our Lord the God of their fathers.Sed et de cunctis tribubus Israël, quicumque dederant cor suum ut quærerent Dominum Deum Israël, venerunt in Jerusalem ad immolandum victimas suas coram Domino Deo patrum suorum. 17And they strengthened the kingdom of Juda, and established Roboam the son of Solomon for three years: for they walked in the ways of David and of Solomon, only three years.E fortificarono il regno di Giuda, e sostennero il regno di Roboam figliuolo di Salomone per tre anni: perocché eglino batterono le vie di David, e di Salomone per tre anni.And they strenghened the kingdom of Iuda, and established Roboam the sonne of Salomon for three yeares: for they walked in the waies of Dauid and Salomon, onlie three yeares.Et roboraverunt regnum Juda, et confirmaverunt Roboam filium Salomonis per tres annos: ambulaverunt enim in viis David et Salomonis, annis tantum tribus. 18And Roboam took to wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David: and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Isai.Or Roboamo prese per moglie Mahalath, figliuola di Jerimoth, figliuolo di David: ed anche Abihail figliuola di Eliab, figliuolo d'Isai.And Roboam tooke to wife Mahalath, the daughter of Ierimoth the sonne of Dauid: Abihail also the daughter of Eliab the sonne of Isai,Duxit autem Roboam uxorem Mahalath filiam Jerimoth filii David: Abihail quoque filiam Eliab filii Isai, 19And they bore him sons Jehus, and Somorias, and Zoom.La quale gli partorì Jehus, e Somoria, e Zoom.who bare him sonnes Iehus, and Somorias, and Zoom.quæ peperit ei filios Jehus, et Somoriam, et Zoom.
20And after her he married Maacha the daughter of Absalom, who bore him Abia, and Ethai, and Ziza, and Salomith.Dopo questa sposò Maacha figliuola di Assalone, la quale gli partorì Abia, ed Ethai, e Ziza e Salomith.After this woman also he tooke Maacha the daughter of Absalom, who bare him Abia, and Ethai, and Ziza, and Salomith.Post hanc quoque accepit Maacha filiam Absalom, quæ peperit ei Abia, et Ethai, et Ziza, et Salomith. 21And Roboam loved Maacha the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and concubines: for he had married eighteen wives, and threescore concubines: and he begot eight and twenty sons, and threescore daughters.E Roboam amò Maacha figliuola di Assalone più di tutte le sue mogli, e concubine: perocché egli avea diciotto mogli, e sessanta concubine: e generò ventotto figliuoli, e sessanta figliuole.And Roboam loued Maacha the daughter of Absalom aboue al his wiues, and concubines: for he had maried eightene wiues, and threescore concubines: and he begat eight and twentie sonnes, and threescore daughters.Amavit autem Roboam Maacha filiam Absalom super omnes uxores suas et concubinas: nam uxores decem et octo duxerat, concubinas autem sexaginta: et genuit viginti octo filios, et sexaginta filias. 22But he put at the head of them Abia the son of Maacha to be the chief ruler over all his brethren: for he meant to make him king,Ma ad Abia figliuolo di Maacha diede la preferenza, e lo fece come capo sopra tutti i suoi fratelli: perocché aveva in animo di dargli il regno,But he appoynted for head Abias the sonne of Maacha duke ouer al his brethren: for he meant to make him king,Constituit vero in capite Abiam filium Maacha ducem super omnes fratres suos: ipsum enim regem facere cogitabat, 23Because he was wiser and mightier than all his sons, and in all the countries of Juda, and of Benjamin, and in all the walled cities: and he gave them provisions in abundance, and he sought many wives.Perchè egli era più saggio, e più forte di tutti i suoi figliuoli, i quali stavano qua, e là ai confini di Giuda, e di Beniamin in tutte le città murate, dove dava loro da vivere largamente, e li provvide di molte mogli.because he was wiser, and mightier aboue al his sonnes, and in al the costes of Iuda, and of Beniamin, and in al the walled cities: and he gaue them much meate, and he disired manie wiues.quia sapientior fuit, et potentior super omnes filios ejus, et in cunctis finibus Juda et Benjamin, et in universis civitatibus muratis: præbuitque eis escas plurimas, et multas petivit uxores.
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Year of the World 3030, Year before Christ 974.
Tirinus
Chosen. Septuagint, "young," (Haydock) as the Hebrew term also signifies. (Tirinus)
His. Hebrew, "the kingdom again to Roboam."
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Juda. This was now become a frontier country, and both kings were forced to erect fortifications, 3 Kings 12:25.
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Governors, of a military character. Hebrew, "captains, (Tirinus) and store of provisions, (wheat) and of oil," etc., such as would be requisite in a siege.
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Calmet
Off. This was done at different times; so that almost all the Levites took refuge in the dominions of Juda. Yet some prevaricated. Ezechiel (xliv. 12.) only exempts the family of Sadoc. (Calmet)
Worthington
The rest set before us a noble example to endure temporal loss, rather than to neglect the practice of religion, or to conform to a false one. (Worthington)
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Calmet
Devils. Hebrew, "goats." (Calmet)
Haydock
Septuagint express this by two names, "for the idols, and for the fools." (Haydock)
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They, the pious refugees. (Tirinus) (Chap. 15:9.)
Solomon, while virtuous.
Only is not expressed in Hebrew or Septuagint, but it is sufficiently implied.
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Kennicott
Daughter. Hebrew ban, "the son." But bath, "daughter," (Haydock) occurs properly in some manuscripts, as in the ancient versions. Leusden has here this very odd note: "perhaps by ban, (with a pathah) here both sexes may be understood." Forte per ban hic intelligitur uterque sexus. (Kennicott)
Haydock
Protestants substitute, "daughter." (Haydock)
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Calmet
Daughter, or grand-daughter, by Thamar, 3 Kings 15:2. (Calmet)
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Haydock
Head. Septuagint, "prince." (Haydock)
Haydock
Grotius maintains that Abia was the eldest. But all others are of a contrary opinion, and believe that Roboam derogated from the law, (Deuteronomy 21:16.; Calmet) as David had done, unless it was left to the option of the king to appoint whom he pleased for his successor. (Haydock)
Meant. Protestants supply, "he thought" which is found in the Septuagint.
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Tirinus
Because. Septuagint, "And he was magnified above....and he gave them (cities, autais) abundance," etc. This may be all understood of Abia. But Hebrew rather speaks of his father: "And he acted wisely, and dispersed all his other children, throughout the countries of Juda;" (Haydock) keeping them at a distance, to prevent any commotion, (Calmet) but making ample provision and procuring wives for them, perhaps at no small cost, as few might wish to be thus prisoners at large. (Tirinus)
Calmet
It was probably then the custom to educate the royal children in the noblest families. See 4 Kings 10:1. (Calmet)
Haydock
This would also tend to increase their father's influence, and to make them better acquainted with the country, that they might be able to communicate all necessary intelligence. (Haydock)
Menochius
Pagnin and Vatable insinuate, that Roboam "caused to be educated and dispersed some of all his children, throughout all the lands of Juda." (Menochius)
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A worthie example to suffer temporal damage rather then to conforme them selues to the practise of false religion.
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1. OF THE CHOSEN AND WARLIKE, — that is, of chosen warriors. It is a hendiadys. In Hebrew בחורים bachurim, signifies both the chosen and the young. For wars belong to the young, counsels to the old, as that one says.
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11. HE SET PRINCES IN THEM, — that is, commanders of war, with sufficient provisions, so that they could withstand the attacks of the neighboring enemy, namely of Jeroboam his antagonist. For they were border cities, on the frontier of Judah and Israel.
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14. BECAUSE JEROBOAM HAD CAST THEM OFF, — that is, deprived them of the priestly and Levitical office, because they were unwilling to serve his calves as if they were idols, but to serve the true God.
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17. FOR THEY WALKED IN THE WAYS OF DAVID AND SOLOMON; — understand, before Solomon in his old age apostatized from God to idols.
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22. HE APPOINTED ABIJAH AS HEAD, — that is head and prince of his other brothers, who were 28, because he himself, although younger in age, yet surpassed all in prudence, vigor and industry.
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23. AND MIGHTIER THAN ALL HIS SONS, AND IN ALL THE BORDERS OF JUDAH AND BENJAMIN, AND IN ALL THE FORTIFIED CITIES; — repeat, Abijah was "mightier," that is to say, Abijah occupied all the borders of the kingdom, and all the fortified and strengthened cities, and thus made himself master and mighty over all, so that all the borders of the kingdom and all fortified cities obeyed him. AND HE PROVIDED THEM (the fortified cities and the borders of the kingdom) WITH MUCH FOOD (lest enemies besiege them, and compel them to surrender by famine), AND HE TOOK MANY WIVES, — namely for Abijah himself, so that from them he might beget many sons, by whom he might establish and strengthen his kingdom, lest it could be invaded by his brothers. This sense is required by our version, as well as by the Septuagint, which for "mightier than all his sons," translates, he prospered above all his sons, and in all the borders of Judah, etc. Moreover, from the Hebrew it can be translated otherwise with Pagninus, Vatablus, Marinus and others, namely thus: Rehoboam dispersed all his sons over all the borders of Judah and Benjamin, and throughout all the fortified cities; so that they might be separated from one another, and could not put their heads together; so that together they could not conspire against Abijah the younger, whom he had preferred to all, according to that political and tyrannical precept of Machiavelli: "If thou wishest to reign, divide." And so that they might be content with their lot and live, and not think of the kingdom, he provided them with much food, and gave them a multitude of wives, so that, devoted to belly and lust, they might languish and grow old in delightful idleness. The Emperor of the Turks does the same to his brothers, until he has offspring; once he has it, he kills his brothers, lest they invade the empire.
Machine translation from the Latin, not reviewed.
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… Later it is mentioned among the cities fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chron. 11, 6), among the localities that after the exile saw the remnants of their children return (Ezra 2, 21 = Neh. 7, 26).
2. City fortified by Jeroboam, in the vicinity of Bethlehem (I Par. 4, 3; II Par. 11, 6; Jos. 15, 19 in the Septuagint), where, according to Flavius Josephus (Antiq. …
Thecua (Heb. Tēqōā; Septuagint Θεκώ and Θεκούς)
… Tēqōā; Septuagint Θεκώ and Θεκούς). - A city of Palestine in the tribe of Judah (Josh. 16:60 Gk.; 1 Chron. 2:24; 4:5) situated toward the desert of Engedi (2 Chron. 20:20), fortified by Rehoboam (ibid. 11:6), birthplace of the prophet Amos (Am. 1:1). Repopulated after the exile, it collaborated in the restoration of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh. 3:5, 27). In the desert of T. near the …
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… Already before the exile it was an important city, fortified by Rehoboam (II Par. 11, 7, 11, 12); invaded by the Idumeans during the exile, it was again occupied by the returning Jews, and made the capital of a district (περίγραφος, cf. Neh. 3, 16).
Odollam (Hebrew 'Adhullām; cf. Arabic 'Adula, "To Take Refuge")
ODOLLAM (Hebrew 'Adhullām; cf. Arabic 'Adula, "To Take Refuge"). - A Canaanite city, often mentioned in the Bible from the time of the Patriarchs to that of the Maccabees (cf. Gen. 38:1; Josh. 12:15; 15:35; 2 Chron. 11:7; Neh. 11:30; 2 Macc. 12:38), identified in 1875 by Clermont-Ganneau with the present-day Hirbet 'Id-el-mā ('Idelmijeh), about 20 km west-southwest of Bethlehem.
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Geth (Hebrew Gath, Akkadian Gimtu, "Winepress")
The Kingdom of Judah claimed it for itself (1 Sam. 7:14; 1 Chron. 8:13; 2 Chron. 11:8; 26:6). David conquered it (2 Sam. 8:1; 1 Chron. 18:1) and had an elite corps of six hundred Gittite warriors (2 Sam. 15:18). Hazael, king of Syria, occupied G. (2 Kings 12:18), …
MARESA. - City of Judea (Josh. 15:44) fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chron. 11:8). In Greek times it was inhabited by Edomites and known under the name of Marisa or Marissa. …
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… Holy Scripture relates that L., inhabited by Canaanites and governed by a king, was taken by Joshua (Josh. 10:3, 31 ff.; 12:11; cf. 15:21). Rehoboam, son of Solomon, fortified it like other cities of Judea around 920 B.C. (2 Chron. 11:9). L. saw the death of King Amaziah (789 B.C.) at the hands of his assassins (2 Kings 18:19; 2 Chron. 25:27). In the time of Isaiah, under Hezekiah, in 702, the Assyrian king Sennacherib …
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Aijalon (Hebrew, from root 'Ajjāl "Deer", nearly "Place of Deer")
… First mentioned in connection with the miracle of the sun (Josh. 10:12), it was assigned first to the tribe of Dan (Josh. 19:42), then to the Levites (Josh. 21:24). Fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chron. 11:10), it was taken by the Philistines under Ahaz (ibid. 28:18); after that occupation there is no further record of this city. …
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Levites (Heb. Lēwī, pl. Lēwījīm; Gr. Lēwījī, pl. -ai)
… from the families of Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun, mentioned also as authors of psalms (Ps. 50, 62, 73-83, 88; cf. 89). At the time of the apostasy of the north the Levites again gave proof of Yahwistic fidelity, for which they were driven out by Jeroboam (II Par. 11:13-14; 13:9; I Reg. 12:21); the descendants of certain priests, who on that occasion and in the following decades had accommodated themselves to idolatry, were later degraded to simple Levites …
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Eliab (Heb. "Il My God Is Father")
(1 Chron. 2:13); he was of a proud disposition (1 Sam. 17:13, 18); his daughter or niece Abigail married Rehoboam (2 Chron. 11:18).
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1. Son of Rehoboam and his successor on the throne of Judah, he reigned three years - exactly two years and a few months - from 912 to 910 B.C. His mother was Maacah; he had 27 brothers and 60 sisters on his father's side, but only three brothers also on his mother's side (II Chron. 11:20 ff.). …
2. M., consort of Rehoboam king of Judah and mother of Abijah (I Kings 15:2; II Chron. 11:20-22), called the "daughter" of Absalom: she was in reality his granddaughter, since Absalom had only one daughter (II Sam. 14:27) named Tamar (her father, according to II Chron. 13:2, …
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… To prevent the brothers from casting a shadow over the chosen one, he gave each of them command of a fortress (ibid. 11:21-23). A. enjoyed himself in the palace of Je-
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