When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
We have here the rending of the kingdom of the ten tribes from the house of David, to effect which, I. The people were hold and resolute in their revolt. They highly resented the provocation that Rehoboam had given them, were incensed at his menaces, concluded that that government would in the progress of it be intolerably grievous which in the beginning of it was...
Commenting on 1 Kings 12:16-24
But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God,.... A prophet in those days, see Ch2 12:15 and the word that came to him, as in the Targum, is called the word of prophecy: saying; as follows.
JEROBOAM MADE KING OVER THEM. (Kg1 12:20-33) when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again--This verse closes the parenthetical narrative begun at Kg1 12:2, and Kg1 12:21-24 resume the history from Kg1 12:1. Rehoboam determined to assert his authority by leading a large force into the disaffected provinces.