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1 Kings 12 — Sermon Preparation
Rehoboam's refusal to lighten the people's burden splits the kingdom, and Jeroboam establishes the northern kingdom with golden calves at Bethel and Dan. Below is a research summary for 1 Kings 12, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 33
- verses
- 584 / 161
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 9
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
1 Kings 12 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רְחַבְעָם | Rᵉchabʻâm | H7346 | 12 | Rechabam |
| יָרׇבְעָם | Yârobʻâm | H3379 | 9 | Jarobam |
| עֹל | ʻôl | H5923 | 8 | yoke |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 14 | people, tribe |
| שׁוּב | shûwb | H7725 | 12 | turn, return |
| יָעַץ | yâʻats | H3289 | 7 | advise, deliberate |
| דָבַר | dâbar | H1696 | 10 | arrange, speak |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on 1 Kings 12, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The tribes complained not to Rehoboam of his father's idolatry, and revolt from God. That which was the greatest grievance, was none to them; so careless were they in matters of religion, if they might live at ease, and pay no taxes. Factious spirits will never want something to complain of. And when we see the Scripture account of Solomon's reign; the peace, wealth, and prosperity Israel then enjoyed; we cannot doubt but that their charges were false, or far beyond the truth. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Kings 12:1–15 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Shechem— 1 Kgs 12:1
- Shiloh— 1 Kgs 12:15
- Jerusalem— 1 Kgs 12:18
- Egypt— 1 Kgs 12:2
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