So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
What does 1 Kings 12:19 mean?
The people speak unbecomingly of David. How soon are good men, and their good services to the public, forgotten!
Key themes
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Keep this verse inside 1 Kings 12:16-20 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on 1 Kings 12:19
So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. Unto this day - This expression shows that the writer, who lived during the captivity, and consequently long after the rebellion of Israel had come to an end, is embodying in his history the exact words of an ancient document. His source, whatever it was, appears to have been also followed by the writer of Chronicles. (See 2 Chronicles 10:19 .
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So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
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So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
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So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
Context in 1 Kings 12
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1 Kings 12 belongs to the middle movement of the book, especially the section often described as division of the kingdom. First Kings tells of Solomon’s reign and temple, the split between north and south, and the rise of prophetic confrontation through Elijah. Read this chapter with the wider themes of temple, wisdom, and idolatry in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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Key texts on public righteousness, neighbor-love, social ethics, compassion, and the prophetic refusal to separate worship from justice.
Glossary
- David Person
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Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam. 17:25 .