Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
JEROBOAM MADE KING OVER THEM. (I Kings 12:20-33)
when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again—This verse closes the parenthetical narrative begun at I Kings 12:2, and I Kings 12:21-24 resume the history from I Kings 12:1. Rehoboam determined to assert his authority by leading a large force into the disaffected provinces. But the revolt of the ten tribes was completed when the prophet Shemaiah ordered, in the Lord's name, an abandonment of any hostile measures against the revolutionists. The army, overawed by the divine prohibition, dispersed, and the king was obliged to submit.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Kings 12:20:
1 Kings 12:20-24
Psalms 80:2
Ezekiel 4:5
Hosea 8:4
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