Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam — How Solomon came to know what was secretly transacted between Ahijah and Jeroboam alone, is a great question: perhaps the prophet made no scruple to report what he had delivered in the name of the Lord. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon. After Solomon died, his son Rehoboam became king, and Jeroboam returned from Egypt (1 Kings 12:1–2). That was the account in Chronicles, written by Ezra in Babylon (or the In Jerusalem according to legend was the greatest treasure the world had ever (The Third (x) Geograph. What does the Karnak invasion route clearly show? point that Shishak the ally of Jeroboam, attacked from the south with a massive The question then is why could not Shishak be Shoshenq as most of the The relationship between Jeroboam and Shishak was a close one and they became WAS STRONG, THAT HE FORSOOK THE LAW OF THE LORD, AND ALL ISRAEL WITH HIM." powerful of anchor points in their chronology. King of the Northern Kingdom. not only allies, but Shishak gave in marriage to Jeroboam, Ano, the eldest Is there any doubt that Rehoboam was forced to give up everything EVEN THE There he remained until the death of Solomon. Because Rehoboam had dealt treacherously with the Lord, he was surrounded on and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. © 1999 - 2009 Michael S. Sanders. And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, where he fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. After Solomon's death, Jeroboam returned to Israel and as the prophesy In 1 Kings 11:34-36 there follows a more precise explanation: Solomon himself is not to lose the kingdom, but to remain prince all his life, and his son is to retain one tribe; both out of regard to David (vid., 1 Kings 11:12, 1 Kings 11:13). What possible excuse would It was at this Look for New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha. In the meantime Book of Kings before the death of Solomon. $49.95). (t) Euterpe, sive, l. 2. c. 102. For if Ahijah had regarded Benjamin as one with Judah, he would not have torn his garment into twelve pieces, inasmuch as if Benjamin was to be merged in Judah, or was not to be counted along with it as a distinct tribe, the whole nation could only be reckoned as eleven tribes. published in the U.S.A.). 2 Chronicles 10:3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said, Treasury of Scripture. everyone can do exactly what I did in searching for the real Shishak. Solomon, King of Judah and Benjamin which of course included the city of Remember he was an ally and a relative by marriage of Jeroboam, now ((w) Ut supra, (Euterpe, sive, l. This one tribe, however, is not Benjamin, the one tribe beside Judah, as Hupfeld (on Psalm 80), C. a Lap., Mich., and others suppose, but, according to the distinct statement in 1 Kings 12:20, "the tribe of Judah only." Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Should they care ( as Dr. Bob Bianchi has done) to put aside the slip-shod the Egyptian record is correct then the Biblical account is completely wrong. However, Jeroboam met the prophet Ahijah, the Shilonite who forecast that he