MAY 4, 1947
tson By Dr. Paul
Caudill
Topic: The Revolt of The North-'
era Tribe
Scripture: 1 Kings 12: 1-5, 12
15, 19-90.
The wrath of God fell .swift
and sure upon Solomon in his
shameful apostasy. Jehovah had
expressly commanded the chil
dren of Israel to refrain from
taking wivee from among the
foreign women: "Ye shall not go
among them, neither shall they
come among you; for surely they
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will turn away your heart after
their gods." But Solomon, never
theless, "clave unto these in
love."
Solomon's Adversaries
Because of his apostesy Je
hovah said unto Solomon, "For
asmuch' as this is done of thee,
and thou hast not kept my cov
enant and my statutes, which I
hfcve commanded thee, I will
surely rend the kingdom from
thee, and will give it to thy
servant. Notwithstanding in thy
days I will not do it, for David
thy father's sake: hut I will rend
it out of the hand of thy son.
Howbeit I will not rend away all
the kingdom; but I will give one
tribe to thy son, for David my
servant's sake, and for Jerusal
em's sake which I have chosen"
(1 Kings 11:11).""
Jehovah raised up therefore
unto Solomon many adversaries.
There was Hadad, the Edomite,
who was of the king's seed in
Edom; Rezon, the son of Eliada,
and likewise Jeroboam, the, son
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Df Nebat.
Solomon sought to kill Jero- j
boam, but Jeroboam arose and
(led into Egypt and took refuge
under the wing of Shishak* king
of Egypt, and remained there un
til the death of Solomon.
It was a tragic end that Sol
omon met as he went to sleep
"with his fathers." He was bur
ied in the city of David and Re- j
bo boam his son reigned in his]
stead. ?
Rehoboam the King
When Jeroboam, the son of
Nebat, who was in Egypt,' heard
that Rehoboam reigned as king
instead of Solomon his father, he
and all the congregation of Is
rael came and spake unto Reho
boam saying "Thy father made
our yoke greivous; now therefore
mafce thou the greivous service
of thy father, and his heavy
yoke which he put upon us,
tighter, and we* will serve thee."
Rehoboam instructed Jero
boam to depart for three days
with the assurance that after
that time he would give him an
answer to his petition.
Following this Rehoboam con
sulted with the old men who had
stood before Solomon his father
and they in turn advised him to
be "a servant". unto his people
with the assurance that they
would in turn be his servants
forever. ,
If thou wilt be a servant unto
this people this day, and wilt
serve them, and answer them,
then will they be thy servants
forever" (1 Kings 12:7).
Truly, Rehoboam had the op
portunity of a lifetime, "fhe eld
ers by their cordial words of
counsel already stood pledged to
him, and were bold enough to
pledge to. him the lasting devo
tion of the people themselves?
provided he would meet certain
reasonable requirements.
But the spirited young Reho
boam forsook the counsel of the
old men and followed instead the
advice of the young men who had
grown up with him. _ He said
therefore to the people when they
gathered on the third day for
the answer, "My father made
your yoke heavy, and I will add
to your yoke: my father also
chastised you with whips, but I
will chastise you with scorpions."
Israel's Rebellion
It was a tense moment in the
life of Israel when Rehoboam
gave his answer to Jeroboam and
those who had gathered in wait
ing. In fact, relations were so
strained that when all Israel saw
that the king harkened not un
to them, the people answered the
king saying, "What portion
bave we ffi David iTTtfelther have
we inheritance in the son of Jes
se: to your tents, O Israel: now
see to thine own house, David.
3o Israel departed unto their I
:ents" (1 Kings 12:16). Reho-|
joam continued to reign, never
:heless, over the children of Is
*ael who dwelt in the cities of
Fudah.
When king Rehoboam sent
Adoram, who waflover the tri
bute, forward on his mission he
was stoned by all Israel with
stones, and died. Upon learning
of this Rehoboam "made speed
to get him i?p to his chariot, to
flee to Jerusalem."
The division had come. Israel
had rebelled against the house
of David. "And it came to pass
when all Israel heard that Jero
boam was returned, that they
sent and called him unto the
congregation, and made him kingl
over all Israel: there was none
that followed the house of-Oavid,
but the tribe only" (i Kings
12:20).
It will be recalled that the
(Lord had spoken by Ahljah the
Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son
of Nebat saying, "Thus salth Je
hovah, the God of Israel, Behold,
I will rend the kingdom out of
the hand of Solomon, and will
give ten tribes to thee: (But he
shall have one tribe for my ser
vant David's sake, and for Jeru
salem's sake, the city which I
have chosen out of all the tribes
of Israel); because that they
have forsaker me and have wor
shiped Ashtoretb the goddess of
the Sidonians, Chemosh the god
of Moab, and Milcom the god of
the children of Ammon: and they I
have not walked in my ways, to'
do that which is right in mine
eyes, and to keep my statues and
mine ordinances, as did David his
father" (1 Kings 11:31-33). |
Slowly, and surely, therefore,
the way was paved for the divis
ion of the kingdom, and for the
tragic eras of jealousy, rivalry
and strife that? followed. With
'kings that stubbornly refused to
follow the guidance of Jehovah
their God there could be no oth
er end. Even kings, as well as
all other individuals irrespective
of rank and station, must face
the verdict of Usui's immortal
words: "Be not deceived; God
is not mocked: for whatsoever a
man soweth, that shall he also j
reap. For he that soweth to the
flesh shall of the flesh reap cor- i
ruption; but he that soweth un
to the Spitit shall of the Spirit
reap eternal life" (Gal. 6:7).
From Bad To Worse
It was bad enough to have the
division that came with the re
volt of the ten tribes under Jere- I
boam, but the conditions that
prevailed following the revolt
were still worse.
Upon his return to Jerusalem,
Rehoboam assembled "all the
house of Judah" for. the purpose
of going to war with his brethern
of Israel in the hope of subduing
the rebellious tribes and bringing
them all together again under
his own kingship. The word 6f
God came to Rehoboam, howev
er, through &hemiah, "the man
of God," and the tragedy of the
impending civil strife was nar
rowly averted.
Likewise, the conduct of Jere
boam, following the rebellion,
brought shame and reproach up
on the people of Israel. In order
to satisfy the desires of the peo
ple who were unable to go up
to Jerusalem to worship, two
calves of gold were made and
set up, the one in Dan and the
other in Bethel.
"And this thing became a sin:
Par the people went to worship
before the one, even unto Dan."
(1 Kings 12:30).
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