1 Reyes 12:22-24

22 Pero la palabra de Dios vino a Semaías, hombre de Dios, y le dio este mensaje:

23 «Diles a Roboán hijo de Salomón y rey de Judá, a todas las familias de Judá y de Benjamín, y al resto del pueblo

24 que así dice el SEÑOR: “No vayan a luchar contra sus hermanos, los israelitas. Regrese cada uno a su casa, porque es mi voluntad que esto haya sucedido”». Y ellos obedecieron la palabra del SEÑOR y regresaron, tal como el SEÑOR lo había ordenado.

1 Reyes 12:22-24 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 12

This chapter relates Rehoboam's going to Shechem to be made king, and Jeroboam's return from Egypt, 1Ki 12:1,2, the people's request to Rehoboam to be eased of their taxes, as the condition of making him king, 1Ki 12:3,4, his answer to them, after three days, having had the advice both of the old and young men, which latter he followed, and gave in a rough answer, 1Ki 12:5-15, upon which ten tribes revolted from him, and two abode by him, 1Ki 12:16-20, wherefore he meditated a war against the ten tribes, but was forbid by the Lord to engage in it, 1Ki 12:21-24 and Jeroboam, in order to establish his kingdom, and preserve the people from a revolt to the house of David, because of the temple worship at Jerusalem, devised a scheme of idolatrous worship in his own territories, 1Ki 12:25-33.