1 Reyes 12:16

16 Cuando todos los israelitas se dieron cuenta de que el rey no iba a hacerles caso, respondieron:
«¡Abajo la dinastía de David!
No nos interesa para nada el hijo de Isaí.
¡Regresa a tu casa, Israel!
Y tú, David, ¡cuida de tu propia casa!».
Entonces el pueblo de Israel regresó a casa;

1 Reyes 12:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 12:16

So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them,
&c.] To grant their requests:

the people answered the king, saying, what portion have we in David?
or in his posterity, which are not of our tribes, nor are we obliged to have a king of that family; nor can we expect any benefit or advantage from thence, as may be easily concluded from the rough answer of Rehoboam:

neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse;
so they called David by way of contempt; which was great ingratitude, when he had done such great things for them, and he and his son Solomon had raised them to the pitch of wealth and glory they now enjoyed; these were seditious expressions, and seem to be borrowed from a seditious person in the times of David, ( 2 Samuel 20:1 )

to your tents, O Israel;
signifying it was high time to depart from Rehoboam, and to have nothing to say to him, or do with him, but retire to their habitations, to consider whom to set as king over them:

now see to thine own house, David;
thou son or grandson of David; not his own house and family, and mind his domestic affairs, nor the house of the sanctuary in his tribe, as many of the Jewish writers interpret it; but rather the tribe of Judah, of which he was, and would have him consider to what a narrow compass his kingdom would be brought, who was just now blustering and boasting of his grandeur as a king:

so Israel departed unto their tents;
to their cities, as the Targum, and their habitations there, without recognizing Rehoboam as their king, or swearing allegiance, or giving homage to him as such.

1 Reyes 12:16 In-Context

14 y siguió el consejo de los más jóvenes. Así que le dijo al pueblo: «Mi padre les impuso cargas pesadas, ¡pero yo las haré aún más pesadas! Mi padre los golpeaba con látigos, ¡pero yo los azotaré con escorpiones!».

15 Por lo tanto, el rey no prestó atención al pueblo. Este giro en la historia ocurrió por voluntad del Señor
, porque cumplía el mensaje que el Señor
le había dado a Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat, por medio del profeta Ahías de Silo.

16 Cuando todos los israelitas se dieron cuenta de que el rey no iba a hacerles caso, respondieron:
«¡Abajo la dinastía de David!
No nos interesa para nada el hijo de Isaí.
¡Regresa a tu casa, Israel!
Y tú, David, ¡cuida de tu propia casa!».
Entonces el pueblo de Israel regresó a casa;

17 pero Roboam siguió gobernando a los israelitas que vivían en las ciudades de Judá.

18 Luego el rey Roboam envió a Adoniram,
quien estaba a cargo de los trabajadores, a restaurar el orden, pero el pueblo de Israel lo apedreó a muerte. Cuando el rey Roboam se enteró, enseguida subió a su carro de guerra y huyó a Jerusalén.