; rity ſhould have one Tribe reſerved out of the Kingdom of 1-ael,
or Hadadezer ; i.e. he bore a grudge againſt the 1ſra-lites trom, and |
q Over ali that part ot Syria cnlarging-
they heard not the words. yet might ſee the aftion,and rhe :ending |
' the book of the acts of Solomon » ?
. [ will rend the kingdom our of the j.2ud of Solomon, |
Chap. XF
beſides that of Judah, which becauſe of its Greatneſs and Erainen- cy, is commonly diſtinguiſhed from Jac! and that nor only after the diviſion of the two Kingdoms,burteven before it, as 1 Sams:11:8: and 2 Som: 5: 5. |
32 ( But he ſhall have one tribe a, for my ſervant "Y 3 Is: | . - Davids ſake, and for Jeruſalems ſake, the city which I have choſen out of all the crib. s of Ifracl )
a See the Notes above on Yere 13.
23 Becauſe that they 6 have forſaken me, and have corſhipped Aſhtoreth the goddeſs of the Zidonians, _henioih the god of the Moabites, and Miicomthe god of the children of Ammon, and havenot waiked in my vays to do that which is right in mineeyes, and to keep my 'rarutes, and my judgments, as did David his father.
_ 61,e: The King, and his Concubines, and Pcople, who eaſily tollowed his example, but were not at all excuſed by it.
34 Howbeir, I will not take the whole kingdom c out of his hand d: but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my ſervants ſake, whom I choſe,
becauſe he kept mycommandments and my ttatutes e. c To wit, of Iſrael. that which I have deſigned for thee. Or ra- ther, 1 will not take any thingy or part of the K:ugdom, For the Hebrew Phraſe, /» col, which properly ſignifies not all, or not the whole, doth uſually ſignifie nor any thing, as Deut. 8: 9: thou ſhalt not want every thing : i. e. not any thing- SoalſoGen: 4: 15: and 23: 6:and 35: 23: Pſal: 49: :8: and 143, 2, &c. 4 He ſhall poſſes it whilft he lives, as it follows ; and therefore thou ſhalr not yer attempr to invade it. e Whereby he ſheweth, that he doth nor judge of Men by ſome particular aCts, but by their general purpoſe and courſe of lifes 35 But * I will cake the kingdom out of his ſons * Chap; hand, and will give it unto thee, eves ten tribes. 12. Is. - 26 And unto his fon will I give one tribe, that * Da- A, Kings vid my ſervant may have a Þ light f alway before me g + Heb in Jeruſatem, the city which I have choſen me, to put amp, or my name riiere. candle. f i.e. A Son and Succeſſor, to preſerve his Name and Memory, and to give L:ght to the people in hisſtead Kings are ofr called Lights, partly, trom their grear 5plendor ; and partly, for the Coun= ſel and Con:fort which their People hare or ſhould have from them, Compare 2 Sam: 21: 17: 1 Kings 15: 4: Pſal: 132: 7"ff( 2g In my pretence, which is in Jeruſalem, and under my favour and prote= tion. ;7 AndI will take thee .*., and thou ſhalt reign ac- cording to all thatihy ſoul deſireth þ, and ſhalt be king over Itrae]. | '. And place thee in the Throne, as it follows. h He ſecretly taxeth him for his ambitious and aſpiring Mind, 33 And it jhall be, if thou wi. hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt waik in my ways, and do that is right in my ſight, to keep my ftacutes, and my com- mandments, as Dayid wy ſervant dic. ; that I will be with thee, and buiid thee a fure houſe z, as I built for David, and wili give Iſrael unto thee. ; 1,e, Eirmly ſettle thee and thy Poſterity in the Throne, as this or the like Phrelc is uſed, 2 Sam: 7: 16, 27. but he doth not lay he would do this jor ever, as 1s there ſaid of Dav/a's Houſe, v: 16. _. 29 And 1 will for this & aftii&t the ſeed of David, bur not for ever /. k For this cauſe, which I mentioned wer. 33. 1 There ſhall a time come when the Seed of David ſhall not be thus moleſted by.rhe Kingdom cf {ſrael, but thar Kingdom ſhall be deſtroyed, and the Kings of the Houſe of David ſhall be uppermoſt, as it was in the days '-t 4a, Hezekiah and Joſiah. And art laft the Mefiah ſhall come, who {hail unite together the broken ſticks of Judah and Joſeph, and rule over all the Jews and Gentiles too.
4c Solomon »: ſought therefore to kill Jeroboam : aud Jeroboar 2: evd fied into Egypt, urito Shiſhak King of Egyp. -, aud was in Egypt until the death of $0,0mon.
7 To whoſe Ears this might come, either, 1 By Jer,4:am him- c'7, who might jpcak of thus, either out of vain-gior y ar.d of enta» c1V;+30r, With aeiga to prepare the People tor his purpoie, Or,
By the Servants. See; above on ver. -g. » Who was either, firſt, y:lemon's Brother-in-Jaw, who yet migar be jealovs of him, or alie- nated from him, becauſe henad taken ſo wanv other Wrves to his Siſter, as i$ here r.ored ver. 5 or, mignr caft a greedy Fyeupon the great riches and g!rious thizgs which $1929 had amailed toge- ther, and vpor. which, prelently atrer So/omn's death, he laid vio=- lent hands, » Chron, 12. 9g All this was known to Jerobram. who rherefore duri: put himicst into $4 ſho#'s prote&ion ; efpecially, ron- ſidering how little fuch Relations coinmonly fignifie in the Atfairs of Princes; and withal, being made contident by w0d's Promiſe of the Kingdom Or, 2+ UGiic © aaviher Line or tlorſe, to whom that Crown might deſcend tcr want of Iflue,
41 © Ard the reſt of the || a&s of Sdlomon, and all that he did, and his wiſdom, are they not written *:. ' Or, - w0ras, Or
0 In the publick Records, where rhe Livegand AQtions of Kings rhings. were Regiſtred from time to time. So this was oniy a Politica), bur
not a Sacred Book. | | ; Hb. 42 And the T7 time that Solomen reigned in Jeruſa- _ 2 ron,
lem over all lirae}, as * forty years. the 43 And Solomon ilepe. with his itathers p, and was 7 Math. buried 1n the city of David his fathes,: and * Reheboam x. 7. his ſon reigned in his ſtead. ealod >» This expreflion is promiſcuoully uſed concerning good and bad pu Coam:
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HH a”; and ſignifies only, That they died as their Fathers did But hence