1 Kings 12:11
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| Overview - 1 Kings 12 | |
| 1 | The Israelites, assembled at Shechem to crown Rehoboam, by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation unto him. |
| 6 | Rehoboam, refusing the old men's counsel, answers them roughly. |
| 16 | Ten tribes revolting, kill Adoram, and make Rehoboam flee. |
| 21 | Rehoboam, raising an army, is forbidden by Shemaiah. |
| 25 | Jeroboam strengthens himself by cities; |
| 26 | and by the idolatry of the two calves. |
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1 Kings 12:11 (King James Version)
And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
- I will add
- Exodus 1:13 Exodus 1:14 ; Exodus 5:5-9 Exodus 5:18 1 Samuel 8:18 ; 2 Chronicles 16:10 ; Isaiah 58:6 ; Jeremiah 27:11
- Jeremiah 28:13 Jeremiah 28:14
- but I will chastise
- Should you rebel or become disaffected, my father's whip shall be a scorpion in my hand. His was chastisement, mine shall be punishment. Celsius and Hiller conjecture that {krabbim} denotes a thorny kind of shrub, whose prickles are of a venomous nature, called by the Arabs scorpion thorns, from the exquisite pain which they inflict. But the Chaldee renders it {margenin,} and the Syriac {moragyai,} i
- e., [maragnai,]
- scourges; and in the parallel place of Chronicles the Arabic has {saut,} a scourge. Isidore, and after him Calmet and others, assert that the scorpion was a sort of severe whip, the lashes of which were armed with knots or points that sunk into and tore the flesh.* scorpions. 14 Eze 2:6 Re 9:3-10