1 Reis 12:21

21 Quando Roboão, filho de Salomão, chegou a Jerusalém, convocou cento e oitenta mil homens de combate, das tribos de Judá e de Benjamim, para guerrearem contra Israel e recuperarem o reino.

1 Reis 12:21 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 12:21

And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem,
&e.] From Shechem, which was forty miles ^F14 from Jerusalem:

he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an
hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to
fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to
Rehoboam the son of Solomon;
which not only shows courage reassumed by Rehoboam, now safely home, but the hearty attachment of Judah and Benjamin to him, who raised presently so numerous an army in his favour; and had it not been that the Lord was against their going to battle with Israel, in all probability they might have gained their point, Jeroboam being scarcely settled in his kingdom, and having no forces raised.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Reland. Palestin. Illustrat. tom. 2. p. 1007.

1 Reis 12:21 In-Context

19 Dessa forma Israel se rebelou contra a dinastia de Davi, e assim permanece até hoje.

20 Quando todos os israelitas souberam que Jeroboão tinha voltado, mandaram chamá-lo para a reunião da comunidade e o fizeram rei sobre todo o Israel. Somente a tribo de Judá permaneceu leal à dinastia de Davi.

21 Quando Roboão, filho de Salomão, chegou a Jerusalém, convocou cento e oitenta mil homens de combate, das tribos de Judá e de Benjamim, para guerrearem contra Israel e recuperarem o reino.

22 Entretanto, veio esta palavra de Deus a Semaías, homem de Deus:

23 “Diga a Roboão, filho de Salomão, rei de Judá, às tribos de Judá e Benjamim, e ao restante do povo: