Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
REHOBOAM'S WICKED REIGN. (I Kings 14:21-24)
he reigned . . . in Jerusalem—Its particular designation as "the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there," seems given here, both as a reflection on the apostasy of the ten tribes, and as a proof of the aggravated wickedness of introducing idolatry and its attendant vices there.
his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess—Her heathen extraction and her influence as queen mother are stated to account for Rehoboam's tendency to depart from the true religion. Led by the warning of the prophet (I Kings 12:23), as well as by the large immigration of Israelites into his kingdom (I Kings 12:17; II Chronicles 11:16), he continued for the first three years of his reign a faithful patron of true religion (II Chronicles 11:17). But afterwards he began and encouraged a general apostasy; idolatry became the prevailing form of worship, and the religious state of the kingdom in his reign is described by the high places, the idolatrous statues, the groves and impure rites that with unchecked license were observed in them. The description is suited to the character of the Canaanitish worship.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Kings 14:21:
1 Kings 14:21
2 Chronicles 12:13-14
Ecclesiastes 2:18-19
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