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Verse 7. Please. 3 Kennicott. 12. “serve.” By a little condescension, thou mayst establish thy throne. Calmet.—The people did not complain, till they saw the riches of the nation wasted on wicked women ( Tirinus.) and idols. D.
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2 Chronicles
Verse 11. Scorpions; thorns, or scourges armed with hooks. Colum. iii. 10.—Roboam had not sense to despise the foolish advice of the young men. Tirinus.
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Verse 15. Will of God: not that the king should act foolishly, or the people rebel, but to effect what he had promised. Bible.—Syriac has well expressed the sense: “because this rebellion happened by the divine permission, that they might behold the truth of the prediction of Ahias;” ( Calmet.) and that the fault of Solomon might be punished. D.
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Verse 16. People. Hebrew “and when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying: What portion have we in David?” Prot.—Dwellings. Many ancient Latin MSS. here insert 3 Kennicott. 12:20. Lyran. and so forth Calmet.