Ahias the prophet forsheweth the ruine of Hieroboams famili: 12. namely the death of his sonne, for whom being sick, the mother consulteth the prophet. 20. Hieroboam dieth, and his sonne Nadab reigneth. 21. Some also of the people of Iuda, committing idolatrie and other sinnes, 25. the King of Aegypt inuadeth and sacketh Hierusalem. 31. Roboam dieth and his sonne Abias reigneth.
1At that time Abia, the son of Jeroboam, fell sick.In quel tempo Abìa figliuolo di Geroboam si ammalò.AT that time Abia the sonne of Ieroboam was sicke.In tempore illo ægrotavit Abia filius Jeroboam. 2And Jeroboam said to his wife: Arise, and change thy dress, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Silo, where Ahias, the prophet is, who told me that I should reign over this people.E Geroboam disse a sua moglie: Va, cambia di vestito, affinchè non sii riconosciuta per moglie di Geroboam, e va a Silo, dove è Ahia profeta, il quale mi predisse ch'io sarei stato re di questo popolo.And Ieroboam sayd to his wife: Arise, and change thy habite, that thou be not knowen to be the wife of Ieroboam, and goe into Silo, where Ahias the prophete is, which spake to me, that I should reigne ouer this people.Dixitque Jeroboam uxori suæ: Surge, et commuta habitum, ne cognoscaris quod sis uxor Jeroboam, et vade in Silo, ubi est Ahias propheta, qui locutus est mihi quod regnaturus essem super populum hunc. 3Take also with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a pot of honey, and go to him: for he will tell thee what will become of this child.Prendi ancora teco dieci pani, una torta, e un vaso di miele, e va a trovarlo; perocché egli ti dirà quello, che abbia da essere di questo fanciullo.Take also in thy hand ten loaues, and crackneles, and a vessel of honic, and goe to him: for he wil shew thee what shal happen to this childe.Tolle quoque in manu tua decem panes, et crustulam, et vas mellis, et vade ad illum: ipse enim indicabit tibi quid eventurum sit puero huic. 4Jeroboam’s wife did as he told her: and rising up, went to Silo, and came to the house of Ahias; but he could not see, for his eyes were dim by reason of his age.Fece la moglie di Geroboam quello, che egli le avea detto; e si partì, e andò a Silo, e giunse a casa ai Ahia. Or egli non potea vedere; perocché se gli era offuscata la vista per la vecchiezza.The wife of Ieroboam did as he had spoken: and rising vp went into Silo, and came into the house of Ahias: but he could not see, because his eies were dimme for age.Fecit ut dixerat, uxor Jeroboam: et consurgens abiit in Silo, et venit in domum Ahiæ: at ille non poterat videre, quia caligaverant oculi ejus præ senectute. 5And the Lord said to Ahias: Behold the wife of Jeroboam cometh in, to consult thee concerning her son, that is sick: thus and thus shalt thou speak to her. So when she was coming in, and made as if she were another woman,Ma il Signore disse ad Ahia: Ecco la moglie di Geroboam, la quale viene a consultarti riguardo al suo figliuolo, che è ammalato: tu le dirai questo, e questo. Mentre adunque ella entrava nascondendo il suo essere,And our Lord sayd to Ahias: Behold the wife of Ieroboam cometh in, to consult thee concerning her sonne that is sicke: thus and thus shalt thou speake to her. When she therfore entered in, and dissembled to be that she was,Dixit autem Dominus ad Ahiam: Ecce uxor Jeroboam ingreditur ut consulat te super filio suo qui ægrotat: hæc et hæc loqueris ei. Cum ergo illa intraret, et dissimularet se esse quæ erat, 6Ahias heard the sound of her feet, coming in at the door, and said: Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam: why dost thou feign thyself to be another? But I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.Sentì Ahia il rumor de' piedi di lei, che entrava nella porta, e disse Entra pure, moglie di Geroboam: per qual motivo ti fingi tutt'altra? or io son mandato a darti cattive nuove.Ahias heard the sound of her feete entring in at the doore, and sayd: Come in Ieroboams wife: Why doest thou fayne thy self to be an other woman? But I am sent to thee a heauie messenger.audivit Ahias sonitum pedum ejus introëuntis per ostium, et ait: Ingredere, uxor Jeroboam: quare aliam te esse simulas ? ego autem missus sum ad te durus nuntius.
7Go, and tell Jeroboam: Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel: For as much as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel;Va, e di' a Jeroboam: Queste cose dice il Signore Dio d'Israele: Io ti ho esaltato dalla turba del popolo, e ti ho fatto capo del popol mio d'Israele:Goe, and tel Ieroboam: Thus sayth our Lord the God of Israel: Because I haue exalted thee out of the middes of the people, and made thee prince ouer my people Israel:Vade, et dic Jeroboam: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël: Quia exaltavi te de medio populi, et dedi te ducem super populum meum Israël, 8And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to thee, and thou hast not been as my servant, David, who kept my commandments, and followed me with all his heart, doing that which was well pleasing in my sight:E ho spezzato il regno della casa di Davidde, e l'ho dato a te; ma tu non se' stato qual fu il mio servo Davidde, il quale osservò i miei comandamenti, e seguì me con tutto il cuor suo, facendo quello, che piaceva a me:and haue rent the kingdom of the house of Dauid, and geuen it to thee, and thou haft not beene as my seruant Dauid, who kept my commandementes, and folowed me in al his hatt, doing that which was wel liked in my sight:et scidi regnum domus David, et dedi illud tibi, et non fuisti sicut servus meus David, qui custodivit mandata mea, et secutus est me in toto corde suo, faciens quod placitum esset in conspectu meo: 9But hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast made thee strange gods, and molten gods, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:Ma tu hai fatto del male più di tutti quelli, che furono prima di te, e ti se' fatti degli dei stranieri, e di getto, per provocare il mio sdegno, e hai gettato me dietro alle tue spalle:but hast wrought euil aboue al, that haue beene before thee, and hast made thee strange and molten goddes, that thou mightest prouoke me to anger, and hast reiected me behind thy backe:sed operatus es mala super omnes qui fuerunt ante te, et fecisti tibi deos alienos et conflatiles, ut me ad iracundiam provocares, me autem projecisti post corpus tuum: 10Therefore, behold I will bring evils upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up, and the last in Israel: and I will sweep away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as dung is swept away till all be clean.Per questo ecco, che io pioverò sciagure sopra la casa di Geroboam, e ucciderò della casa di Geroboam fino i cani, e i rinchiusi, e gli ultimi d'Israele; e spazzerò gli avanzi della casa di Geroboam, come suole spazzarsi lo sterco fino all'intera ripulitura.therfore behold I wil bring in euils vpon the house of Ieroboam, and wil strike of Ieroboam him that pysseth to the wal, and the inclosed, and the vilest in Israel: and I wil cleanse the remaynes of the house of Ieroboam, as dung is wont to be cleansed til al be pure.idcirco ecce ego inducam mala super domum Jeroboam, et percutiam de Jeroboam mingentem ad parietem, et clausum, et novissimum in Israël: et mundabo reliquias domus Jeroboam, sicut mundari solet fimus usque ad purum.
11Them that shall die of Jeroboam in the city, the dogs shall eat: and them that shall die in the field, the birds of the air shall devour: for the Lord hath spoken it.Quelli della casa di Geroboam, che morranno in città, saran mangiati da' cani: e quelli, che resteran morti in campagna, li divoreranno gli uccelli dell'aria; perocché il Signore ha parlato.They that shal die of Ieroboam in the citie, them the dogges shal eate: and they that shal die in the field, them the foules of the ayre shal deuoure: because our Lord hath spoken.Qui mortui fuerint de Jeroboam in civitate, comedent eos canes: qui autem mortui fuerint in agro, vorabunt eos aves cæli: quia Dominus locutus est. 12Arise thou, therefore, and go to thy house: and when thy feet shall be entering into the city, the child shall die,Tu pertanto parti, e vattene a casa tua, e in quel punto che tu porrai il piede in città, morrà il fanciullo,Thou therfore arise, and goe into thy house: and in the verie entrance of thy feete into the citie, the childe shal die,Tu igitur surge, et vade in domum tuam: et in ipso introitu pedum tuorum in urbem, morietur puer, 13And all Israel shall mourn for him, and shall bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall be laid in a sepulchre, because in his regard there is found a good word from the Lord, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.E tutto Israele lo piangerà, e gli darà sepoltura; imperocché questi è il solo della stirpe di Geroboam, che sarà messo nel sepolcro, perchè in lui il Signore Dio d'Israele ha trovato del bene in casa di Geroboam.and al Israel shal mourne for him, and shal burie him: for this onlie of Ieroboam shal be brought into the sepulchre, because vpon him hath beene found a good word from our Lord the God of Israel, in the house of Ieroboam.et planget eum omnis Israël, et sepeliet: iste enim solus inferetur de Jeroboam in sepulchrum, quia inventus est super eo sermo bonus a Domino Deo Israël in domo Jeroboam. 14And the Lord hath appointed himself a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam in this day, and in this time:Or il Signore si è eletto un re per Israele, il quale sterminerà la casa di Geroboam in questo dì, e in questo tempo:And our Lord wil appoynt to him self a king ouer Israel, that shal strike the house of Ieroboam in this day, and in this time:Constituet autem sibi Dominus regem super Israël, qui percutiet domum Jeroboam in hac die, et in hoc tempore: 15And the Lord God shall strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water: and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river: because they have made to themselves groves, to provoke the Lord.E il Signore Dio sconvolgerà Israele, come una canna è agitata dalle acque, ed estirperà Israele da questa buona terra data da lui ai padri loro, e gli sperpera oltre il fiume, perchè hanno dedicati dei boschetti, per irritare il Signore.and our Lord the God of Israel shal strike it, as a reede is went to be moued in the water: and he shal plucke out Israel from this good countrie, which he gaue to their fathers, and shal scatter them ouer the Riuer: because they haue made to them selues groues, to prouoke our Lord.et percutiet Dominus Deus Israël, sicut moveri solet arundo in aqua: et evellet Israël de terra bona hac, quam dedit patribus eorum, et ventilabit eos trans flumen: quia fecerunt sibi lucos, ut irritarent Dominum.
16And the Lord shall give up Israel for the sins of Jeroboam, who hath sinned, and made Israel to sin.E il Signore lascerà in abbandono Israele pei peccati di Geroboam, il quale peccò, e fece peccare Israele.And our Lord shal deliuer Israel for the sinnes of Ieroboam, who hath sinned, & made Israel to sinne.Et tradet Dominus Israël propter peccata Jeroboam, qui peccavit, et peccare fecit Israël. 17And the wife of Jeroboam arose, and departed, and came to Thersa: and when she was coming in to the threshold of the house, the child died,Si partì adunque la moglie di Geroboam, e se n'andò a Thersa, e mentre ella metteva il piede sulla soglia di casa, il fanciullo morì,The wife therfore of Ieroboam arose, and departed, and came into Thersa: and when she entered the threshold of the house, the childe died,Surrexit itaque uxor Jeroboam, et abiit, et venit in Thersa: cumque illa ingrederetur limen domus, puer mortuus est, 18And they buried him. And all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke by the hand of his servant Ahias, the prophet.E lo seppellirono: e tutto Israele le pianse secondo la parola detta dal Signore per bocca di Ahia profeta suo servo.and they buried him. And al Israel mourned for him according to the word of our Lord, which he spake in the hand of his seruant Ahias the prophete.et sepelierunt eum. Et planxit eum omnis Israël juxta sermonem Domini, quem locutus est in manu servi sui Ahiæ prophetæ. 19And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he fought, and how he reigned, behold they are written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel.Il resto poi delle azioni di Geroboam, e le sue guerre, e in qual modo ei regnasse, tutte queste cose sono scritti nel Giornale dei re d'Israele.But the rest of the wordes of Ieroboam, how he fought, and how he reigned, behold they are written in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Israel.Reliqua autem verborum Jeroboam, quomodo pugnaverit, et quomodo regnaverit, ecce scripta sunt in libro verborum dierum regum Israël. 20And the days that Jeroboam reigned, were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers: and Nadab, his son, reigned in his stead.E la durata del regno di Geroboam, fu di ventidue anni; e si addormentò co' padri suoi: e gli succedette nel regno Nadab suo figliuolo.And the daies, that Ieroboam reigned, are two and twentie yeares: and he slept with his fathers: and Nadab his sonne reigned for him.Dies autem quibus regnavit Jeroboam, viginti duo anni sunt: et dormivit cum patribus suis, regnavitque Nadab filius ejus pro eo.
21And Roboam, the son of Solomon, reigned in Juda: Roboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naama, an Ammonitess.Roboamo poi figliuolo di Salomone regnò in Giuda. Quarant'un anno avea Roboamo, quando cominciò a regnare: e regnò diciassette anni in Gerusalemme città eletta dal Signore tra tutte le tribù d'Israele, per istabilirvi il suo nome. La madre sua chiamavasi Naama, ed era Ammonita.Moreouer Roboam the sonne of Salomon reigned in Iuda: one and fourtie yeares old was Roboam when he began to reigne: seuentene yeares reigned he in Ierusalem the citie, which our Lord chose to put his name there, of al the tribes of Israel. And his mothers name was Naama an Ammonite.Porro Roboam filius Salomonis regnavit in Juda. Quadraginta et unius anni erat Roboam cum regnare cœpisset: decem et septem annos regnavit in Jerusalem civitate, quam elegit Dominus ut poneret nomen suum ibi, ex omnibus tribubus Israël. Nomen autem matris ejus Naama Ammanitis. 22And Juda did evil in the sight of the Lord, and provoked him above all that their fathers had done, in their sins which they committed.E Giuda fece il male al cospetto del Signore, ed essi lo irritarono più di quello, che avesser fatto con tutte le loro male opere i padri loro.And Iudas did euil before our Lord, and prouoked him aboue al thinges, that their fathers had done, in their sinnes which they sinned.Et fecit Judas malum coram Domino, et irritaverunt eum super omnibus quæ fecerant patres eorum in peccatis suis quæ peccaverunt. 23For they also built them altars, and statues, and groves, upon every high hill, and under every green tree:Perocché eglino pure si eressero altari, e statue, e boschetti sopra tutte le alte colline, e sotto ogni albero ombroso.For they also built them altars, and statues, and groues vpon euerie high hil, and vnder euerie tree ful of grene leaues:Ædificaverunt enim et ipsi sibi aras, et statuas, et lucos super omnem collem excelsum, et subter omnem arborem frondosam: 24There were also the effeminate in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the people, whom the Lord had destroyed before the face of the children of Israel.E oltre a questo eranvi nel paese dei giovani effeminati, i quali, rinnovellarono tutte le abominazioni delle genti, le quali il Signore distrusse all'arrivo de' figliuoli d'Israele.yea and effeminates were in the land, and they did al the abominations of the gentiles, which our Lord destroyed before the face of the children of Israel.sed et effeminati fuerunt in terra, feceruntue omnes abominationes gentium quas attrivit Dominus ante faciem filiorum Israël.
25And in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Sesac, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem.Or l'anno quinto del regno di Roboamo, Sesac re d'Egitto venne a Gerusalemme.And in the fifth yeare of the reigne of Roboam, Sesac the king of Aegypt came vp into Ierusalem,In quinto autem anno regni Roboam, ascendit Sesac rex Ægypti in Jerusalem, 26And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the king’s treasures, and carried all off: as also the shields of gold which Solomon had made:E portò via i tesori della casa del Signore, e i tesori del re, e depredò ogni cosa, e fino gli scudi d'oro fatti da Salomone:and tooke the treasures of the house of our Lord, and the kinges treasures, and al thinges he spoyled: the shieldes also of gold, which Salomon had made:et tulit thesauros domus Domini, et thesauros regios, et universa diripuit: scuta quoque aurea, quæ fecerat Salomon: 27And Roboam made shields of brass instead of them, and delivered them into the hand of the captains of the shieldbearers, and of them that kept watch before the gate of the king’s house.In vece de' quali il re Roboamo fece degli scudi di bronzo, e li pose nelle mani dei capitani delle guardie, e di quelli, che facevano sentinella dinanzi alla porta della casa del re.for the which Roboam made brasen shieldes, & deliuered them into the hand of the captaynes of shield bearers, and of them that kept watch before the doore of the kinges house.pro quibus fecit rex Roboam scuta ærea, et tradidit ea in manum ducum scutariorum, et eorum qui excubabant ante ostium domus regis. 28And when the king went into the house of the Lord, they whose office it was to go before him, carried them: and afterwards they brought them back to the armoury of the shieldbearers.E quando il re entrava nella casa del Signore, li portavano quelli, che dovean precederlo; e poi li riportavano all'arsenale delle guardie.And when the king went into the house of our Lord, they that had the office to goe before, caried them: and afterward they recaried them to the armourie of the shield bearers.Cumque ingrederetur rex in domum Domini, portabant ea qui præeundi habebant officium: et postea reportabant ad armamentarium scutariorum. 29Now the rest of the acts of Roboam, and all that he did, behold they are written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda.Il resto poi delle azioni di Roboamo, e tutto quello, ch'ei fece, sta scritto nel Giornale delle cose dei re di Giuda.And the rest of the wordes of Roboam, & al that he did, behold they are written in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iuda.Reliqua autem sermonum Roboam, et omnia quæ fecit, ecce scripta sunt in libro sermonum dierum regum Juda.
30And there was war between Roboam and Jeroboam always.E fu guerra continua tra Roboamo, e Geroboam.And there was warre betwen Roboam and Ieroboam alwaies.Fuitque bellum inter Roboam et Jeroboam cunctis diebus. 31And Roboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with them, in the city of David: and his mother’s name was Naama, an Ammonitess: and Abiam, his son, reigned in his stead.E Roboamo si addormentò co' padri suoi, e fu con essi sepolto nella città di Davidde: il nome poi di sua madre fu Naama, ed ella era Ammonita. E il suo figliuolo Abiam fu suo successore nel regno.And Roboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the citie of Dauid: and his mothers name was Naama an Ammonite: and Abias his sonne reigned for him.Dormivitque Roboam cum patribus suis, et sepultus est cum eis in civitate David: nomen autem matris ejus Naama Ammanitis: et regnavit Abiam filius ejus pro eo.
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Calmet
At. The Septuagint omit the 20 verses following. But Grabe's edition has them marked with asterisks, (Haydock) as being supplied from Theodotion, etc. The Vatican copy gives a great part, with some circumstances which occur no where else, 3 Kings 12:24. (Calmet)
Haydock
The wife of Jeroboam is there called Ano, (Menochius) the elder sister of the queen of Egypt, Thekemina. See 3 Kings 11:19; where Adad marries another sister. (Haydock)
St. Chrysostom
Time. This expression does not determine the year. (St. Chrysostom, etc.)
Calmet
The passage in the Vatican Septuagint seems to place this death before Jeroboam ascended the throne: but it took place rather at the end of his reign, ver. 14. Abia seems to have been his eldest son, and fit for command; so that the people mourn for him, which they would hardly have done for an infant. (Calmet)
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Dress. As if the prophet, who could dive into futurity, could be thus imposed upon. Jeroboam was aware that he would be full of indignation at the changes which had been introduced. He might also fear, lest his wife might be exposed to danger in (Calmet) or near (Haydock) the enemy's country, (Calmet) and the people would have been more convinced of the vanity of their idols, if they had seen that it was necessary to have recourse to a prophet of the true God. (Menochius)
The mother might ask without the least suspicion, "Will my son recover?"
Tirinus
Silo might still be attached to the service of God, in consequence of the ark residing there so long, and the presence of the revered Ahias; so that, if it formed a part of the dominions of Israel, (Tirinus) as it was in the tribe of Ephraim, though nearer Jerusalem than Sichem, (Calmet) Jeroboam might reasonably fear lest his wife should be treated with indignity. (Tirinus)
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Calmet
Cracknels. Hebrew nikkudim, "cakes full of holes," etc., Josue 9:12. (Calmet)
Calmet
Septuagint give a double translation, "cakes and raisins." Arabic, "fruits." Syriac adds "dried." It was customary to make presents to the prophets, 1 Kings 9:7. (Calmet)
Du Hamel
But these were mean, that the woman might not be known. (Du Hamel)
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Calmet
Dim. Hebrew, "swelled," etc. (Calmet)
Haydock
Septuagint inform us that the prophet was 60 years old. (Haydock)
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Calmet
Tidings. Hebrew, "I am a hard messenger to thee." (Calmet)
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Challoner
Strange gods; that is, foreign gods: which expression destroys the opinion of those who imagine that Jeroboam designed by his calves to worship the Lord God of Israel. (Challoner)
Back. Literally, "body."
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Haydock
Wall. Every male child, or every dog. See 1 Kings 25:22. (Haydock)
The Hebrew word mashtin, in Spanish and French, signifies a "shepherd's dog."
Menochius
Israel. This proverbial expression signifies, that even those who keep at home, and meddle not with the affairs of war, will not escape; (Calmet) nor shall those who have run away from the field of battle, (Haydock) nor the most precious or contemptible things be spared, Deuteronomy 32:36., and 4 Kings 14:26. (Menochius)
Clean. This family is compared to something most disgusting, (Haydock) because it had introduced idolatry, and the prediction against it was literally fulfilled by Baasa, (chap. 15:29.; Tirinus) "as the vintner seeks in the vineyard even for the last grape." (Syriac and Arabic)
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Devour. They shall have the burial of asses, Jeremias 22:19.
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Grotius
Word from. Hebrew or "thought towards." (Grotius)
Haydock
He has entertained sentiments of piety (Calmet) in the midst of a wicked court; therefore, God will hasten to draw him out of the midst of iniquity. (Haydock)
Calmet
The Rabbins say that he had pulled down the walls, which his father had built, to prevent the people from going to Jerusalem. (Calmet)
Menochius
God was please to shew mercy to him. (Menochius)
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Calmet
Time. Protestants, "But what? even now." The young prince, (Haydock) who was the firmest support of the family, was presently hurried away. Abia, king of Juda, slew above 500,000 of Jeroboam's subjects at once; and Baasa exterminated his family. (Calmet)
Abulensis
The latter had now begun his conspiracy. (Abulensis, q. 26.)
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Water. The kingdom of Israel was continually agitated with wars.
Calmet
River Euphrates, by degrees. The kings of Assyria verified these predictions; and we know not what is become of these ten tribes. (Calmet)
Worthington
To provoke. These people did not perhaps design (Haydock) to make God their enemy, no more than their king did, ver. 9. But their actions had that effect. Such expressions denote not the final cause, but the sequel of other facts, without direct intention. (Worthington)
Haydock
Yet these sins might probably be called sins of malice. (Haydock)
Menochius
They were all involved in ruin, because they had been accomplices in wickedness. (Menochius)
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Calmet
Sin. This is the common effect of evil example in kings. Plus exemplo quàm peccato nocent. (Cicero, Leg. iii.) "As it is esteemed a sort of service to imitate the customs and vices of the king; they laid aside all piety, lest they might seem to upbraid the king with his impiety, if they should live in a virtuous manner." (Lactantius 5:6.) The crimes of kings are seldom confined to their own persons. (Calmet)
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Calmet
Thersa. Septuagint inform us that Jeroboam had built this place, which the call Sarira, while he was employed by Solomon. No wonder, therefore, that it is not mentioned by Josue. Its exact situation is not known, though it must have been very delightful, since Solomon compares the spouse to it. (Calmet)
Tirinus
Where we read sweet, (Canticle of Canticles 6:3.) Hebrew has, "Thou art beautiful....as Thersa, and comely as Jerusalem." Hither Jeroboam had removed his court from Sichem. (Tirinus)
Bonfrere
Some place Thersa in the tribe of Manasses; (Adrichomius) others, in that of Ephraim. (Bonfrere)
Haydock
House. Hebrew, "door," or gate of the city, when the prophet had denounced that the child should die, (ver. 12.) unless the palace was contiguous to the walls. (Haydock)
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Haydock
The book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel. This book, which is often mentioned in the Book of Kings, is long since lost. For as to the books of Paralipomenon, or Chronicles, (which the Hebrews call the words of the days) they were certainly written after the Book of Kings, since they frequently refer to them; (Challoner) and they also remit us to these journals for farther information. (Haydock)
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Du Hamel
Forty. Some suspect there is a mistake, and that it should be twenty-one. See 1 Paralipomenon 22:5. (Grotius) (Du Hamel)
Calmet
Hardouin dates from the aera of Solomon. Roboam was young, in the Scripture style. But he might be forty-one years old, 3 Kings 12:10. (Calmet)
Calmet
Ammonitess. She probably perverted her son; (Menochius) so that he only continued three years faithful to the Lord; (2 Paralipomenon 11:17.) when his people readily imitated the idolatry of Israel, as they had been already staggered in their faith by the conduct of Solomon. (Calmet)
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Calmet
High hill. Such places of devotion had been tolerated, before the temple was built: but now they were deemed profane. (Calmet)
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Challoner
The effeminate. Catamites, or men addicted to unnatural lust. (Challoner)
Calmet
This crime had been punished in the Sodomites, and in the people of Chanaan, and of Benjamin. Yet they continued prevalent in the country, 3 Kings 15:12., and 4 Kings 23:7., and Isaias 2:6., and 2 Machabees 4:12. (Calmet)
Haydock
These were perpetrated in honour of Venus, Priapus, etc. (Menochius) See Deuteronomy 23:17. (Haydock)
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Year of the World 3030.
Calmet
Sesac. See 3 Kings 11:40. He was allied to Jeroboam, (Calmet) so that he might come to his assistance, (Haydock) being attracted by the ivory throne, (Rabbins) and the immense riches of Jeroboam. (Calmet)
Roboam was informed by Semeias, that resistance would be fruitless; and being humbled, he repaired more frequently to the temple, ver. 18. But his piety was of short duration, as it was influenced only by fear, 2 Paralipomenon 12:14.
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Haydock
Hand. Symmachus, "the place where the courtiers" (guards) stood, (Haydock) in the hall; (Calmet) or he made the guards carry these shields before him, ver. 28. (Haydock)
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Always. The two kingdoms were constantly divided, and did each other all the harm they could; though we know not that they ever came to a pitched battle. Roboam was too great a coward, 2 Paralipomenon 13:7.
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Calmet
Roboam. He deserved some commendation for procuring provisions, and fortifying his dominions; (2 Paralipomenon 11:5, 12.) but was a prince devoid of wisdom or religion. He married 18 wives and 60 concubines. The son of Maacha, his most favourite queen, succeeded him, after he had reigned seventeen years, and lived fifty-eight. (Calmet)
Semeias and Addo wrote his history, 2 Paralipomenon 12:15.
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The book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel.... This book, which is often mentioned in the Book of Kings, is long since lost. For as to the books of Paralipomenon, or Chronicles, (which the Hebrews call the words of the days,) they were certainly written after the Book of Kings, since they frequently refer to them.
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The effeminate.... Catamites, or men addicted to unnatural lust.
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Ieroboam did not wittingly and of purpose set vp false goddes, to the end he might prouoke God to anger: for his intention only was to kepe the people frō going to Ierusalem, left by that occasion they should returne to Roboam their Lord. king of Iuda. ch. 12. v. 27. But by settīg vp idols he did prouoke God consequently to anger. So here and in other places this phrase: that he might prouoke: that it might be fulfilled, and the like, signifieth not the final cause, but the sequele of other factes, without direct intention:
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san Girolamo † 420 d.C. Against the Pelagians 1.28
xiv. 5 . The prophet detecting the motive of Jeroboam’s wife.
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san Girolamo † 420 d.C. Against the Pelagians 2
1 Kings xiv. 8 . It was God who gave Jeroboam the kingdom.
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sant'Ireneo di Lione † 202 d.C. Against Heresies 4.26.2
… But those who cleave asunder, and separate the unity of the Church, [shall] receive from God the same punishment as Jeroboam did.
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Origene † 254 d.C. Origen Against Celsus i.36
… There is therefore no absurdity in their prophets having uttered predictions even about events of no importance, to soothe those who desire such things, as when Samuel prophesies regarding three she-asses which were lost, or when mention is made in the third book of Kings respecting the sickness of a king’s son.
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1. ÆGROTAVIT ABIA FILIUS JEROBOAM, — puniente Deo idololatriam Jeroboam per morbum et mortem filii. COMMUTA HABITUM (ut deposita regali veste plebeiam induas, abeasque sola sine comitatu) NE COGNOSCARIS QUOD SIS UXOR JEROBOAM, — ne scilicet Ahias, qui mihi regnum detulit cum obligatione servandi veram fidem cultumque Dei, videns me erexisse vitulos aureos in idola, te et me acriter objurget aut repellat, nec responso dignetur. Hanc uxorem Septuaginta Romana asserunt fuisse sororem reginæ Ægypti natu majorem, eamque vocant Ano; Lucifer Calaritanus, De Regibus Apostaticis, vocat Annam. Ita Serarius et Salianus.
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3. ET CRUSTULAM. — Chaldaice, et placentas; Septuaginta, et collyria; Vatablus, dulciarios panes; Gallice, des gauffres: nam solebant illis imprimere formam quandam in qua erant foramina. Hebraice enim נקדים nickudim significat punctata, puta liba vel crustulas punctis notatas et distinctas. Regina hæc munera non regia, sed plebeia et rusticana (qualem se simulabat) offert, scilicet panes, placentas, vas mellis.
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6. EGO AUTEM MISSUS SUM AD TE DURUS NUNTIUS, — ut denuntiem filium, pro quo me consulis moriturum, et alias longe majores clades Dei jussu infligam: quia Jeroboam Deo fuit durus et refractarius: duro autem nodo durus quærendus est cuneus.
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10. ET PERCUTIAM DE DOMO JEROBOAM MINGENTEM AD PARIETEM, — id est omnem masculum: soli enim masculi ad parietem mingunt, ait Elias in Thesba. Aut potius, q. d. Occidam omne vivens in domo Jeroboam, usque ad canem, ut ne canem vivum in ea relinquam: soli enim canes elevata tibia parietem aqua sua conspergunt, q. d. Ne canibus quidem parcam. Ita Theodoretus, Vatablus, Serarius. ET CLAUSUM, — id est carcere conclusum, vel domi abditum. ET NOVISSIMUM, — id est ultimum, qui scilicet usque ad finem belli relictus fuerit, q. d. Reliqui omnes tandem peribunt. Aut «novissimum,» id est vilissimum, abjectissimum. Hac phrasi utitur Scriptura cum omnes omnino vult significare, q. d. Delebo omnes reliquias et quisquilias tuæ familiæ. Simili modo Deus occidit omnes primogenitos Ægypti, «a primogenito Pharaonis usque ad primogenitum captivæ quæ erat in carcere,» Exodi XII, 29. ET MUNDABO (scopabo, scopis everram, evertam) RELIQUIAS DOMUS JEROBOAM, SICUT MUNDARI SOLET FIMUS (Chaldaice stercus) USQUE AD PURUM, — ut nil fimi remaneat, sed totum domus pavimentum sit purum.
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12. IN IPSO INTROITU PEDUM TUORUM IN URBEM MORIETUR PUER, — ut pateat a Deo per me mortem filio intentatam et immissam ob tua et tui mariti idola, ideoque gravius doleatis, quod vestri filii fueritis quasi parricidæ. Sic Valens Imperator morbum filio suo ob Arianismum immissum depulit per preces S. Basilii; at mox vocans Arianos ad eum visendum, eumdem perdidit.
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13. ILLE ENIM SOLUS INFERETUR DE JEROBOAM IN SEPULCRUM, QUIA INVENTUS EST SUPER EO SERMO BONUS A DOMINO. — Aliqui putant filium hunc aliquid boni gessisse, ob quod meruerit apud Deum sepulturam, v. g. quod fideles euntes in Jerusalem ad adorandum Deum in templo, ire permiserit. Ita Rabbini. Verum filius hic erat puer, ut dictum est vers. 12. Melius alii, non filii, sed alicujus domestici meritis id attribuunt; hoc enim significat «in domo Jeroboam,» q. d. Aliqui e familia Jeroboam nonnulla bona fecerunt, ob quæ Deus eos remunerabitur hac mercede, ut filius hic Jeroboam sepultura digna donetur. Ita Vatablus.
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14. CONSTITUIT (constituere decrevit) AUTEM SIBI DOMINUS REGEM ISRAEL (Baasa servum Jeroboam) QUI PERCUTIET DOMUM JEROBOAM IN HAC DIE, ET IN HOC TEMPORE, — hoc est brevi, post paucos dies, post modicum tempus. Pro «in hoc tempore,» Hebræi ad verbum habent, et quid? etiam nunc, q. d. Quin imo ex nunc, ex hoc instanti incipiam percutere Jeroboam, occidendo filium ejus parvulum ægrotantem. Aliter Vatablus, q. d. Quid nunc? id est quantula et quam parva est hæc pœna et tribulatio, præ illis quæ regi Jeroboam parantur in futurum, puta in gehenna? Aliter quoque Chaldæus qui vertit: Exterminabit domum Jeroboam eum qui vivit hodie, et etiam qui gignetur ex nunc et ultra.
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15. ET PERCUTIET DOMINUS DEUS ISRAEL, SICUT MOVERI SOLET ARUNDO, — q. d. Deus percutiet regem Jeroboam, ejusque populum Israel assidue ab omnibus partibus undequaque, sicut assidue ab omnibus ventis agitatur arundo, ut nulla ei sit requies, sed continuis hostium incursionibus, deprædationibus, præliis conquassetur, donec cadat et intereat. Rursum, ventilabit (id est in omnem ventum disperget, ac per quatuor mundi ventique plagas dissipabit) EOS (Israelitas) TRANS FLUMEN, — scilicet Euphratem, qui erat terminus terræ Judæis promissæ. Id reipsa præstitit, cum sub Osee ultimo rege decem tribus abductæ sunt a Salmanassar in Assyriam anno 6 Ezechiæ regis, uti audiemus cap. XVI et XVII. QUIA FECERUNT SIBI LUCOS, — puta sylvas arboribus consitas, umbrosas, amœnas et nemorosas, in quibus more Gentium sua colebant idola, quibus hosce lucos dicabant. Unde in iis comessando, inebriando, fornicando serviebant Baccho et Priapo, ut patet cap. XV, vers. 13. Causas alias lucorum affert Plinius, lib. XII, cap. 1: «Hæc, ait, fuere quondam numinum templa, priscoque ritu simplicia rura; etiam nunc Deo præcellentem arborem dicant: nec magis auro fulgentia atque ebore simulacra, quam lucos et in iis silentia ipsa adoramus. Arborum genera numinibus suis dicata, perpetuo servantur, uti Jovi æsculus, Apollini laurus, Minervæ olea, Veneri myrtus, Herculi populus. Quin et sylvanos faunosque et dearum genera sylvis, ac sua numina non secus ac cœlo attributa credimus.» Causas vero cur Deus lucos adeo vetuerit, recenset Philo, lib. De Monarch.: «Primo, inquit, quoniam verum Dei templum non amœnitates postulat, sed severam castimoniam. Deinde quia non est fas illuc importare quæ faciunt ad virorem arborum, hoc est brutorum et hominum excrementa. Tertio, quia sylvestris materiæ nullus est usus, cum sit, ut poetæ loquuntur, telluris inutile pondus: fructiferæ autem arbores parum cordatos et pios ab intentione animi religioneque sacris debita retraherent. Præterea condensa sylvarum maleficis conveniunt ex latebris securitatem et insidiarum occasionem quærentibus: at patentia et oculis exposita loca, quæ introgressi et videri ab aliis et videre alios possunt, sacris maxime apta sunt et accommodata.»
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16. ET TRADET DOMINUS ISRAEL (hoc est Israelem, puta decem tribus in manus hostium, scilicet Assyriorum), PROPTER PECCATA JEROBOAM. — Nota hic quatuor plagas gravissimas, quibus Deus castigavit idololatriam publicam Jeroboam. Primo enim prædicit filium ejus puerum moriturum. Secundo, ipsum periturum cum omnibus posteris, idque cum infamia, ut careant sepultura atque a canibus et feris lanientur. Tertio, regnum a Jeroboam, ejusque familia ad alium regem transferendum. Quarto, totum populum in captivitatem abducendum.
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19. RELIQUA AUTEM VERBORUM (id est factorum; est metonymia) JEROBOAM, etc., SCRIPTA SUNT IN LIBRO VERBORUM (factorum) DIERUM REGUM ISRAEL, — puta in Annalibus, Chronicis et Diariis, in quibus scribebantur gesta regum populique Israel per singulos dies. Aliqui putant hunc librum esse librum Paralipomenon; sed errant, quia hic liber citatur in libro Paralipomenon, quare ante librum Paralipomenon æque ac ante libros Regum (nam in iis hic et alibi citatur) conscriptus est. Vide Abulensem, Proœm. in lib. Paralip.
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21. PORRO ROBOAM, — finitis gestis Jeroboam primi regis Israel, transit ad gesta Roboam primi regis Juda. UT PONERET NOMEN SUUM IBI. — «Nomen,» id est nominis sui cognitionem, fidem, cultum, adorationem æque ac celebritatem, famam, gloriam, miracula, oracula, etc. In Jerusalem enim erat templum, sacerdotes, pontifices et prophetæ, qui populum in Dei fide cultuque instruerent et promoverent. NOMEN AUTEM MATRIS EJUS NAAMA AMMANITIS, — nimirum soror aut filia Sobi, quem David loco Hanon bello victi regem Ammonitarum constituerat, qui proinde ut arctius sibi Davidem devincirct, petiit, ut Naama daretur uxor Salomoni filio Davidis, ut dixi II Reg. XVII, 27. Concessit id David, eo quod Naama ad Judaismum se converti velle diceret; sed Vatablus et Emmanuel Sa, aliique suspicantur fictam et simulatam fuisse ejus conversionem, adeoque ipsam in corde mansisse gentilem, et deorum suorum cultricem; imo ad eorum cultum Roboam filium suum traduxisse: atque hanc fuisse causam invalescentis in Juda idololatriæ. Idcirco enim statim hic subdit Scriptura: «Et fecit Judas malum coram Domino, etc. Ædificaverunt enim, et ipsi sibi aras, et statuas, et lucos.» Discant hic Principes, quam periculosum sit et Deo ingratum ducere filias infidelium vel hæreticorum, licet dicant se velle ad fidem converti: hoc enim dicunt ob spem regni vel principatus; quia difficile est ut hæresim, quam a puero imbiberunt, serio ex animo eradicent. Hinc et David ducens Maacha filiam regis Gessur, et ex ea genuit Absalomem. At qualis fuit Absalom? utique fratricida et patricida, quia in necem patris cum toto Israele conjuravit. Porro Absalomis filia vel neptis fuit Maacha, quæ hoc nomen ab avia, puta matre Absalomis accepit, fuitque uxor Roboam, atque aviæ idololatriam et scelera imitata, facta est ipsa, vel potius ejus soror aut neptis, princeps et sacerdotissa sacrorum Priapi, quam proinde Asa filius loco movit, ut audiemus cap. seq. vers. 13. Propago ergo idololatriæ æque ac hæresis (uti ex S. Hieronymo ostendi II Timoth. III, 6), facta est per feminas, utpote novitatis amantes et in suo sensu pertinaces.
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22. ET FECIT JUDAS MALUM, — puta idola, quæ antonomastice vocantur «malum,» sive «peccatum,» quia ipsa summum sunt scelus. Nota Roboam primus tribus regni sui annis, cum sua tribu Juda in fide et cultu veri Dei perstitit: sed iis elapsis, illam deseruit, variasque effeminatorum spurcitias permisit: qua de causa Deus in eum anno regni sui quinto immisit Sesac regem Ægypti, qui Jerosolymam cepit et spoliavit, quæ omnia patent ex seq. et ex II Paral. cap. XI, vers. 17, et cap. XII. Causa idololatriæ fuit partim mater Roboam, puta Naama jam dicta; partim uxor Maacha, de qua vers. 21; partim vicinia idololatrarum: omnes enim Gentes in circuitu, ac præsertim decem tribus Israel colebant idola, ac multæ ex eis florebant pace, opibus, deliciis, atque Judæos sibi vicinos illiciebant ad sua idola colenda, promittentes eis a diis suis similem rerum abundantiam.
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24. SED ET EFFEMINATI FUERUNT IN TERRA, — q. d. Idololatræ permittente Roboam constituerunt lupanaria, non tantum meretricum, sed et puerorum meritoriorum, seu scortorum masculorum, catamitorum, ad præposteram et exsecrandam libidinem, qualia constituit impius Simon, II Machab. IV, 9. Ecce fructus idololatriæ, æque ac hæresis, est libido, eaque infamis et horrenda; hac enim coli volunt spurci dæmones, quos in idolis adorabant, ut homines ad omnem spurcitiam omneque scelus impellant, ad Dei creatoris sui injuriam, æque ac ad ejus offensam et vindictam concitandam.
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25. IN QUINTO AUTEM ANNO REGNI ROBOAM (puniente Deo ejus apostasiam et idololatriam) ASCENDIT SESAC REX ÆGYPTI IN JERUSALEM, — cum sexaginta millibus equitum et peditatu innumerabili ex Ægyptiis, Libyis, Troglodytis et Æthiopibus collecto, ut dicitur II Paralipom. XII, 3. «Sesac» Herodotus apud Josephum vocat «Sesostrim,» a Diodoro, lib. I, vocatur «Sesoosis,» qui et addit columnas ab eo in Palæstina erectas, quibus insculpta erant genitalia muliebria, ut notaret incolarum libidinem, et per effeminationem et ignaviam, quasi qui virilitatem amisissent, ac pavidi instar feminarum non fuissent ausi arma capere, et sibi resistere. Videtur hic Sesac cognatus fuisse Roboam: nam ejus pater Salomon duxerat filiam Pharaonis, cujus in regno Ægypti Sesac videtur fuisse successor et filius (1).
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26. ET TULIT THESAUROS DOMUS DOMINI, etc. — Sesac diripuit Jerusalem, non tamen eam evertit, tum quia in Jerusalem inventa sunt opera bona pœnitentiæ, scilicet religionis, deprecationis, sacrificiorum, eleemosynarum, quibus viri pii eversionem deprecati sunt a Deo, II Paral. XII, 12, tum quia rex Roboam videns Sesac vastare Judæam, cum suis resipuit dicens: «Justus est Dominus,» ut dicitur II Paral. XII, 6, ubi et additur: «Cumque vidisset Dominus, quod humiliati essent, factus est sermo Domini ad Semeiam dicens: Quia humiliati sunt, non disperdam eos, daboque eis pauxillum auxilii, et non stillabit furor meus su- per Jerusalem per manum Sesac. Verumtamen servient ei, ut sciant distantiam servitutis meæ, et servitutis regni terrarum:» quid scilicet intersit inter servire Deo et servire homini, puta Sesac regi. Deus enim suos servos ditat et exaltat, Sesac vero deprimit et spoliat. Denique ibidem de Roboam vers. 14, dicitur: «Fecitque malum, et non præparavit cor suum ut quæreret Dominum.»
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… A. fu sepolto fra il pianto del popolo (I Reg. 14, 1-18).
AHIA (VOLGATA AHIAS; EBR. 'ABIJJAH, COME ACHIA, V.)
… buona parte di Beniamino; cf. I Reg. 11, 29-40). Ormai vecchio e cieco, alla moglie di Jeroboam, venuta da Thersa ad interrogarlo in Silo pel figlio Abia (v.) ammalato, predisse la morte di questo e la distruzione della loro casa per i peccati del re (I Reg. 14, 1-18). In II Par. 9, 29 si parla della «profezia» (la Volgata ha solo «libri») di A. Silonite come fonte scritta circa il regno di Salomone; ma se ne ignora il contenuto. …
Questo fallo fu anche la cagione della rovina e distruzione del suo casato, predettagli dallo stesso profeta Ahia che gli aveva preannunziato il trono (I Reg. 14, 1-16). Ma già all'inaugurazione dell'illegittimo culto in Bethel si alzò un profeta (I Reg. 13, 1-10) che protestò contro quella violazione della legge divina e predisse la distruzione …
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BAASA (EBR. BA'ĀH « ARDITTO » O « MALEFICO »)
BAASA (ebr. Ba'āh « arditto » o « malefico »). - Terzo re d'Israele (908-885 a. C.), figlio di Ahia, di Issachar, capo della milizie del re Nadab, uccise questi mentre assediava Gebbethon e usurpò il trono sterminando i maschi della dinastia di Jeroboam, come aveva predetto Ahia Silonite (I Reg. 14, 10-11). Si scelse una nuova capitale, Thersa.
… Si compiva così la profezia di Ahia di Silo (ibid. 14, 10).
RE, I E II (III E IV) LIBRO DEI
… «peccato di Ieroboam» (otto volte in I Reg. e nove in II Reg.) «fare ciò che è male agli occhi del Signore» (trenta volte nei due libri); «a cagione di David mio servo» (I Reg. 13, 32, 34; 15, 4; II Reg. 8, 19; 19, 34; 20, 6); «mingens ad parietem» (I Reg. 14, 10; 16, 11; 21, 21; II Reg. 9, 8; altrove soltanto in I Sam. 25, 22, 34).
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THERSA (EBR. TIRZĀH; GR. ΘΕΡΑΪ́)
… Tirzāh; gr. Θεραΐ). - Città della Palestina antica (Ios. 12, 24), situata nel territorio della tribù di Manasse (Num. 27, 1; Ios. 17, 3), scelta da Ieroboam a capitale del Regno d'Israele (I Reg. 14, 17).
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RE, I E II (III E IV) LIBRO DEI
Sono citate esplicitamente le seguenti fonti: il Libro delle gesta di Salomone (I Reg. 11, 41); gli Annali dei Re di Giuda (15 volte, la prima per Roboam [I Reg. 14, 29], l'ultima per Ioachin [II Reg. 24, 5]); gli Annali dei Re d'Israele (18 volte, la prima per Ieroboam [I Reg. 14, 19], l'ultima per Phacee [II Reg. 15, 31]). Si di-
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2. Re d'Israele, figlio e successore di Ieroboam I (I Reg. 14, 20).
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ROBOAM (17 anni: 930-914), tenta di sottomettere le tribù ribelli e subisce l'invasione di Sesac d'Egitto (I Reg. 12, 21-24; 14, 21-31).
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… misura, R. si discostò dalla purezza della religione jahwistica e permise che fossero eretti «altari e cippi e pali sacri sopra ogni colle elevato e sotto ogni albero rigoglioso» e che i qédhēlim (volg. effeminati) vi tenessero i loro abominevoli riti (I Reg. 14, 22-24).
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… La Legge pertanto le proibiva (Lev. 26, 1; Deut. 16, 22). Si trovano tuttavia nelle bānāth o santuari in onore di Jahweh (I Reg. 14, 23; II Reg. 17, 10; 18, 4; 23, 14; II Par. 14, 2; 31, 1; Os. 3, 4; 10, 1 sg.; Mi. 5, 12); e anche in onore di Baal (II Reg. 3, 2; 10, 26 sg.). …
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si rifugi Geroboamo inseguito dalla collera di Salomone (I Reg. 11, 40), come aveva fatto Adad al tempo di David (I Reg. 11, 17-22). Nel 927 il re Šešonk si intromette anzi direttamente negli affari della Siria e saccheggia Gerusalemme (I Reg. 14, 25 sg.), invadendo poi anche il regno di Geroboamo, suo protetto; una stele sulla facciata del pilone del grande tempio di Amenrā', a Karnak, conserva i nomi delle città vinte durante questa …
… Nel quinto anno del re Roboan (929), Sesac re d'Egitto saccheggia il Tempio e la reggia (I Reg. 14, 25); più tardi il re Asa (910) aliena gran parte delle ricchezze cittadine per ottenere l'alleanza di Benadad, re di Siria, contro Baasa, re d'Israele (I Reg. 15, 18; II Par. 16, 2-3).
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… Così, per limitarsi a qualche esempio, un'iscrizione del Tempio di Amon in Karnak ricorda le vittorie di Solenk (945-924 a.C.) in Siria e in Palestina, con nomi di varie città o conquistate o sottoposte a tributo; è il Sesac che saccheggiò Gerusalemme secondo I Reg. 14, 25 sg. L'iscrizione di Salmanassar II (859-826 a.C.) - obelisco nero - pone tra i re che pagano tributo anche Iehu d'Israele. …
SESAC (EBR. ŠĪŠAQ, SETTANTA ΣΟΝΟΑΧΊΑ)
… Vi è qui una allusione alla sua campagna contro Roboam re di Giuda, nel 5ᵃ anno di regno di questo sovrano, ricordata in I Reg. 14, 25-26 e II Par. 12, 2-9.
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… Depredato (925) dal faraone Sesak (I Reg. 14, 26), da Ioas d'Israele (798-783), da Athalia; profanato da Achaz, Manasse, Amon, Sedecia (II Par. 36, 14); Achaz (736-721) sostituì l'altare degli olocausti con un altro riproducente …
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… Quando l'agiografo cita fonti letterarie si deve supporre che in linea di massima le approvi (p. es., I Reg. 11, 41; 14, 29; 15, 31 ecc.). …
RE, I E II (III E IV) LIBRO DEI
… incondizionato per aver praticata pura e semplice la religione di Jahweh (Ezechia: II Reg. 18, 3 sgg.; Giosia: ibid. 22, 2). La formula conclusiva contiene: a) indicazione della fonte, a cui anche il lettore viene rinviato per più ampie informazioni (I Reg. 14, 29; 15, 7, 25, 31; II Reg. 8, 23; 10, 34 ecc.); b) morte e successore (I Reg. 14, 31; 15, 8, 24; II Reg. 8, 24; 10, 35 ecc.). …
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RE, I E II (III E IV) LIBRO DEI
… Reg. 18, 3 sgg.; Giosia: ibid. 22, 2). La formula conclusiva contiene: a) indicazione della fonte, a cui anche il lettore viene rinviato per più ampie informazioni (I Reg. 14, 29; 15, 7, 25, 31; II Reg. 8, 23; 10, 34 ecc.); b) morte e successore (I Reg. 14, 31; 15, 8, 24; II Reg. 8, 24; 10, 35 ecc.). …
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… Samuele e David portavano un e. di lino (e. badh), e così pure (secondo il testo masoretico) i sacerdoti di Nob (I Sam. 22, 19). Per l'e. connesso ad immagini sacre cf. Jude. 18, 14; Os. 3, 4. Per 'ūrim in I Reg. 14, 41, cf. i Settanta e la Volgata. …
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