33<\/strong>. which he had devised of his own heart<\/em> ] This is a translation of the Keri, i.e. the marginal reading of the Hebrew. The Kethib (i.e. the written text) would be rendered ‘apart,’ and if it be correct must be understood, as intimating that the king consulted nobody, which comes much to the same as what we now translate. The difference to the eye between = ‘apart,’ and = ‘from his heart’ is very slight.<\/p>\n and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense<\/em> ] The marginal note of the A. V. points out that the last verb is in the infinitive. By translating with R.V. this is made apparent in the text and went up unto the altar to burn incense<\/strong>.<\/p>\n This verse belongs to 1 Kings 13<\/span> rather than to 1 Kings 12<\/span>, being intended as an introduction to what follows.<\/P> Which he had devised of his own heart – <\/B>The entire system of Jeroboam receives its condemnation in these words. His main fault was that he left a ritual and a worship where all was divinely authorized, for ceremonies and services which were wholly of his own devising. Not being a prophet, he had no authority to introduce religious innovations. Not having received any commission to establish new forms, he had no right to expect that any religious benefit would accrue from them. (See 1Ki 12:26<\/span> note.)<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 33<\/span>. He offered upon the altar<\/B><\/I>] Jeroboam probably performed the functions of high priest himself, that he might in his own person condense the civil and ecclesiastical power.<\/P> <\/p>\n Which he had devised of his own heart; <\/B>which he appointed without any warrant from God, which was superstition. Compare Jer 7:31<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month<\/strong>,…. As he had done in Dan:<\/p>\n even in the month which he had devised of his own heart<\/strong>; the feast of tabernacles was of God’s appointing, but the time of keeping he had devised himself, changing it from the seventh month, or Tisri, which answers to our September and October, to the eighth month, or Marchesvan, which answers to part of October and part of November:<\/p>\n and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel<\/strong>; to be observed by them as the feast of tabernacles was by the priests of Judah and Benjamin:<\/p>\n and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense<\/strong>; which none but the priests should do; perhaps the reason why the same resentment was not shown as to Uzziah was, because this was not at the altar of the Lord: whether he burnt incense after the manner of the Jewish priests, or as the priests of Egypt did to the sun, where he had been for some time, is not certain; the former burnt incense only twice a day, morning and evening, the latter three times; at sunrising they burnt rosin, about noon myrrh, and about sun setting “kuphi”, which was a compound of sixteen sorts w.<\/p>\n w Plutarch de lside & Osiride.<\/p>\n (33) So he offered upon the altar.<\/strong>The repetition of this verse is accounted for by its belonging properly in sense to the next chapter, opening the story of the mission of the man of God from Judah. The idea of the verse would be best conveyed by rendering the verbs of this verse in the imperfect tense: So Jeroboam was offering, &c.<\/p>\n REFLECTIONS<\/p>\n<\/p>\n WHAT a sad page for the most painful reflection doth the Holy Ghost give us in the view of Rehoboam’s folly and Jeroboam’s sin! what a train of evil is induced by the fall! what is every man by nature but blind, ignorant, wayward, and perverse! Reader! have you ever remarked how sinners, like Jeroboam, work all uncleanness with greediness? Like soldiers in Satan’s army; they enlist under his banner; they wear his uniform; they volunteer in his service; they clothe themselves with his armour, and wield the weapons of sin, enmity and malice. And unless recovered out of the snare of the devil, if living and dying in his service, their end must be destruction, and their wages everlasting death.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Precious, precious Jesus! what everlasting thanks hath my soul to offer to thee, thou great and glorious captain of my salvation, in that thou hast, at no less expense than thine own blood and life, brought me out of his slavish ranks, and made me free indeed in thy service. Oh! Lord! give me grace to reverence thy temple, thine ordinances, thine house of prayer, thy sabbaths; and never more, like Jeroboam, set up in my poor heart any idol of abomination. Let every imagination be cast down, and every high thing that would exalt itself against the knowledge of God, be taken away, and let every thought be brought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. Be thou, dearest Lord, everything to me that is precious; and do thou reign and rule in my heart, the hope of glory!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n 1Ki 12:33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, [even] in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.<\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Ver. 33. So he offered upon the altar.<\/strong> ] As he usurped the kingdom, so now he invadeth the high priesthood: a<\/em> as did likewise Uzziah. 2Ch 26:16 Julius Caesar wrote to his mother, Hodie videbis me aut Pontificem aut exulem.<\/em> Today you will see me as Pontiff or exileed. b<\/em> Charles V also sought once to make himself Pope, that he might get both the swords into his own hand. Ambition rideth without reins. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Which he had devised of his own heart.<\/strong> ] Hence this new day is called the day of the king, by the prophet Hosea, who doth often thunder against this idolatry. Sed surdo fabulam.<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Josephus. <\/p>\n b<\/em> Sueton.<\/p>\n of his own heart. Hebrew text reads “by himself”. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read as Authorized Version Man-made feasts go with man-made priests (1Ki 12:31). <\/p>\n offered upon the altar: or, went up to the altar, etc. 1Ki 12:32 <\/p>\n in the month: Num 15:39, Psa 106:39, Isa 29:13, Mat 15:6, Mar 7:13 <\/p>\n he offered: 1Ki 13:1, 1Sa 13:12, 2Ch 26:6 <\/p>\n and burnt incense: Heb. to burn incense <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Exo 32:5 – a feast 2Ki 2:2 – Bethel 2Ch 17:4 – not after 2Ch 26:16 – to burn Eze 4:5 – three Hos 11:2 – burned<\/p>\n 1Ki 12:33. Which he had devised of his own heart Out of his own will and pleasure, against the express ordinance of God. And ordained a feast To be observed, it is likely, every year in Beth-el, as well as in Dan, as the feast of tabernacles was at Jerusalem, like which it also lasted many days. And he offered upon the altar, and burned incense Thus performing the highest part of the priests office. <\/p>\n So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, [even] in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense. 33. which he had devised of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 12:33”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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