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1 KINGS CHAPTER 12
The Israelites seek to Rehoboam for relaxation, 1Ki_12:1-5. He refusing the old men’s counsel, by the advice of the young men answereth them roughly, 1Ki_12:6-15; for which ten tribes revolt; kill Adoram; and make Rehoboam to flee, 1Ki_12:16-20. He raising an army is forbidden by Shemaiah, 1Ki_12:21-24. Jeroboam, king of Israel, strengtheneth himself by cities, and by the idolatry of the two calves, 1Ki_12:25-33.
Rehoboam did not call them thither, but went thither, because the Israelites prevented him, and had generally pitched upon that place rather than upon Jerusalem; partly, because it was most convenient for all, as being in the centre of the whole kingdom; partly, because that being in the potent tribe of Ephraim, they supposed there they might use that freedom of speech which they resolved to use to get their grievances redressed; and partly, by the secret direction of Jeroboam, or his friends, who would not trust themselves in Jerusalem, and thought Shechem a fitter place to execute their design. To make him king; to confirm him in the kingdom, which they generally-intended to do; he being the undoubted heir of the crown, and the only son which Solomon had from so vast a number of wives.