1 Reyes 12:1

División del reino

1 Roboán fue a Siquén porque todos los israelitas se habían reunido allí para proclamarlo rey.

1 Reyes 12:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 12:1

And Rehoboam went to Shechem
After the death and internment of his father:

for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king:
as was pretended, though in reality it was to seek occasion against him, and make Jeroboam king; it is very probable they knew of the prophecy of Ahijah, and therefore would not go to Jerusalem, but to Shechem, a city in the tribe of Ephraim, of which Jeroboam was, and where he had sowed the seeds of sedition when ruler there; and this place they chose, partly because they could more freely speak what they had in their minds, and partly for the safety of Jeroboam they had sent for on this occasion; so that Rehoboam went thither not of choice, but of necessity. The Jews

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 observe that this place was very ominous; here Dinah was ravished, Joseph was sold, Abimelech exercised tyranny, and here now the kingdom was divided.

F3 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 102. 1.

1 Reyes 12:1 In-Context

1 Roboán fue a Siquén porque todos los israelitas se habían reunido allí para proclamarlo rey.

2 De esto se enteró Jeroboán hijo de Nabat, quien al huir del rey Salomón se había establecido en Egipto y aún vivía allí.

3 Cuando lo mandaron a buscar, él y toda la asamblea de Israel fueron a ver a Roboán y le dijeron:

4 —Su padre nos impuso un yugo pesado. Alívienos usted ahora el duro trabajo y el pesado yugo que él nos echó encima; así serviremos a Su Majestad.

5 —Váyanse por ahora —respondió Roboán—, pero vuelvan a verme dentro de tres días.Cuando el pueblo se fue,