1Ki 14:29-31<\/span><\/p>\n Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The power and weakness of external circumstances in the life of man<\/strong><\/p>\n Though this man lived fifty-eight years in this world, and for seventeen years occupied the throne, how little is said of him! Inspired historians pay no more attention to the life of kings than to the life of ordinary men.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>They did not give him wisdom and piety.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>They did not give him social respect. We are so constituted that we can have no true moral respect for a man, however elevated his position, if he is destitute of moral worth. To true souls corrupt men on a throne are far more contemptible than if they lived in hovels of obscurity.<\/p>\n Conclusion:–<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>That a mans external circumstances are no just criteria by which to judge his character. To regard them as such, has been the tendency of men in all ages.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>That mans external circumstances do not necessarily shape his character. The circumstances into which the life of Rehoboam was thrown, did not by necessity make him the vile man and ruthless despot which he became. The fact is, there is a sovereign power in the soul, to subordinate external circumstances to its own interest. It can turn apparently the most adverse circumstances into blessings. (Homilist.<\/em>)<\/p>\n .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Such a book of chronicles as that mentioned above, 1Ki 14:19<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n 29. Now the rest of the acts ofRehoboam . . ., are they not written in the book of thechronicles?<\/B>not the book so called and comprehended in thesacred canon, but the national archives of Judah.<\/P><\/p>\n Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam and all that he did<\/strong>,…. In the course of his reign, that was memorable:<\/p>\n are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah<\/strong>? who had annalists or historiographers to write for them, as the kings of Israel had, 1Ki 14:19<\/span>, in the writing of which, especially with respect to genealogies, Shemaiah the prophet, and Iddo the seer, were concerned, 2Ch 12:15<\/span>.<\/p>\n (29) The chronicles of the kings of Judah.<\/strong>In 2Ch. 12:15<\/span> the acts of Rehoboam are said to be written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies.<\/p>\n 29<\/strong>. <\/strong> Book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah <\/strong> This was in the kingdom of Judah what the book mentioned in 1Ki 14:19<\/span> was in the kingdom of Israel, namely, the roll of state papers prepared and kept by the king’s recorder, and containing the annals of the kings. 2Ch 12:15<\/span>, informs us that the acts of Rehoboam were also written by Shemaiah and Iddo. See Introduction.<\/p>\n 1Ki 14:29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?<\/p>\n Ver. 29. Now the rest.<\/strong> ] See on 1Ki 14:19<\/span> .<\/p>\n am 3029-3046, bc 975-958 <\/p>\n are they not written: 1Ki 14:19, 1Ki 11:41, 1Ki 15:23, 1Ki 22:45, 2Ch 12:15 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 1Ki 15:7 – the rest 2Ki 8:23 – General 2Ki 10:34 – General 2Ki 12:19 – the rest 2Ki 13:8 – General 2Ki 14:18 – General 2Ki 15:15 – General 2Ki 16:19 – General 1Ch 29:29 – the acts 2Ch 12:16 – slept<\/p>\n 1Ki 14:29-30. Are they not written, &c. A register was kept of the acts of the kings of Judah, as well as of those of the kings of Israel. And there was war, &c. But how does this agree with 1Ki 12:23, &c., where God forbids Rehoboam and his people to go up and fight against their brethren? We must observe, that though the Jews were forbidden to make war upon the Israelites, they were not forbidden to defend themselves, in case the Israelites should make war on them. And considering that they were now become two rival nations, they might, upon the borders, be continually endeavouring to gain ground upon each other, and so run into frequent acts of hostility, without ever once engaging in a pitched battle. Dodd. <\/p>\n 14:29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, [are] they not written in {r} the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?<\/p>\n (r) Which were called the books of Shemaiah and Iddo the prophets, 2Ch 12:15.<\/p>\n Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 1Ki 14:29-31 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam. 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I. <\/strong>The power of external circumstances. Whilst we are far enough from admitting that man is by necessity the creature of circumstances, we cannot gainsay the fact that they tend greatly to shape his character and determine his fortunes. Here we find them investing the most worthless man with worldly opulence and regal power. Some men amass wealth and <\/strong>climb to power by skillful and persevering industry. But here is a man born to it. His ancestors made his position for him. He was not the architect of his own fortune. This is the case with thousands to-day. Experience teaches that to get wealth and power in this way is as undesirable as it is unmeritorious. Many sons have had reason to curse the day when their fathers bequeathed them a fortune. Here is a man whom circumstances made a king, who had nothing kingly in his soul.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>The weakness of external circumstances.<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\nFuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"