Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Compare I Kings 11:26. The announcement of Ahijah was followed within a little while by rebellion on the part of Jeroboam. As Solomon' s luster faded, as his oppression became greater and its objects more selfish, and as a prospect of deliverance arose from the personal qualities of Jeroboam I Kings 11:28, the tribe of Ephraim to which he belonged, again aspired after its old position (see Joshua 17:14 note). Jeroboam, active, energetic, and ambitious, placed himself at their head. The step proved premature. The power of Solomon was too firmly fixed to be shaken; and the hopes of the Ephraimites had to be deferred until a fitter season.
The "exact" date of Jeroboam' s flight into Egypt cannot be fixed. It was certainly not earlier than Solomon' s twenty-fourth year, since it was after the building of Millo I Kings 11:27. But it may have been several years later.
Shishak - This king is the first Pharaoh mentioned in Scripture who can be certainly identified with any known Egyptian monarch. He is the Sheshonk (Sheshonk I) of the monuments, and the Sesonchosis of Manetho. The Egyptian date for his accession is 980 or 983 BC, which synchronizes, according to the ordinary Hebrew reckoning, with Solomon' s 32nd or 35th year. Sheshonk I has left a record of his expedition against Judah, which accords well with what is related of Shishak I Kings 14:25-26; II Chronicles 12:2-4.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Kings 11:40:
1 Kings 11:29
1 Kings 12:16
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