1 Rois 12:16

16 Et, quand tout Israël vit que le roi ne les écoutait pas, le peuple fit cette réponse au roi: Quelle part avons-nous avec David? Nous n'avons point d'héritage avec le fils d'Isaï. A tes tentes, Israël! Maintenant, David, pourvois à ta maison! Ainsi Israël s'en alla dans ses tentes.

1 Rois 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 Rois 12:16 In-Context

14 Et il leur parla suivant le conseil des jeunes gens, et leur dit: Mon père a mis sur vous un joug pesant; mais moi, je rendrai votre joug plus pesant encore. Mon père vous a châtiés avec des fouets; mais moi, je vous châtierai avec des fouets garnis de pointes.

15 Le roi n'écouta donc point le peuple; car cela était ainsi dispensé par l'Éternel, pour ratifier la parole qu'il avait adressée par le ministère d'Achija, le Silonite, à Jéroboam fils de Nébat.

16 Et, quand tout Israël vit que le roi ne les écoutait pas, le peuple fit cette réponse au roi: Quelle part avons-nous avec David? Nous n'avons point d'héritage avec le fils d'Isaï. A tes tentes, Israël! Maintenant, David, pourvois à ta maison! Ainsi Israël s'en alla dans ses tentes.

17 Mais quant aux enfants d'Israël qui habitaient les villes de Juda, Roboam régna sur eux.

18 Cependant le roi Roboam envoya Adoram qui était préposé aux impôts; mais tout Israël le lapida, et il mourut. Et le roi Roboam se hâta de monter sur son char pour s'enfuir à Jérusalem.