1 Reyes 12:16

16 Cuando se dieron cuenta de que el rey no iba a hacerles caso, todos los israelitas exclamaron a una:«¡Pueblo de Israel, todos a sus casas!¡Y tú, David, ocúpate de los tuyos!¿Qué parte tenemos con David?¿Qué herencia tenemos con el hijo de Isaí?»Así que se fueron, cada uno a su 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 más bien el de los jóvenes. Les dijo: «Si mi padre les impuso un yugo pesado, ¡yo les aumentaré la carga! Si él los castigaba a ustedes con una vara, ¡yo lo haré con un látigo!»

15 De modo que el rey no le hizo caso al pueblo. Las cosas tomaron este rumbo por voluntad del SEÑOR, para que se cumpliera lo que ya él le había dicho a Jeroboán hijo de Nabat por medio de Ahías el silonita.

16 Cuando se dieron cuenta de que el rey no iba a hacerles caso, todos los israelitas exclamaron a una:«¡Pueblo de Israel, todos a sus casas!¡Y tú, David, ocúpate de los tuyos!¿Qué parte tenemos con David?¿Qué herencia tenemos con el hijo de Isaí?»Así que se fueron, cada uno a su casa.

17 Sin embargo, Roboán siguió reinando sobre los israelitas que vivían en las ciudades de Judá.

18 Más tarde, el rey Roboán envió a Adonirán para que supervisara el trabajo forzado, pero todos los israelitas lo mataron a pedradas. ¡A duras penas logró el rey subir a su carro y escapar a Jerusalén!