SEV Biblia, Chapter 12:20
Y aconteció, que oyendo todo Israel que Jeroboam había vuelto, enviaron y le llamaron a la congregación, y le hicieron rey sobre todo Israel, sin quedar tribu alguna que siguiese la casa de David, sino sólo la tribu de Judá.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 12:20
Verse 20. Made him king over all Israel] What is called Israel here, was ten-twelfths of the whole nation; and had they a right to call another person to the throne? They had not,-they had neither legal nor constitutional right. Jeroboam was not of the blood royal; he had no affinity to the kingdom. Nothing could justify this act, but the just judgment of God. God thus punished a disobedient and gainsaying people; and especially Solomon's family, whose sins against the Lord were of no ordinary magnitude.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 20. And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again , etc.] Out of Egypt; the chief men knew of it before, for he had headed them in their approach and address to Rehoboam; but the people in common had not, and especially those of the various tribes besides that of Ephraim: that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel ; they sent for him from his tent or house, which probably was in Shechem, and gave him an invitation to come to their assembly, met together to deliberate about a king; when they unanimously chose him to be king over Israel, that is, over the ten tribes, and inaugurated him into his office: there was none that followed the house of David but the tribe of Judah only ; in which Benjamin was included, as appears from the following verse; that being joined to it, and mixed with it, and both having a part in Jerusalem, and so ever after the kingdom was denominated the kingdom of Judah.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 16-24 - The people speak unbecomingly of David. How soon are good men, an their good services to the public, forgotten ! These consideration should reconcile us to our losses and troubles, that God is the Autho of them, and our brethren the instruments: let us not meditate revenge Rehoboam and his people hearkened to the word of the Lord. When we know God's mind, we must submit, how much soever it crosses our own mind. I we secure the favour of God, not all the universe can hurt us.
Original Hebrew
ויהי 1961 כשׁמע 8085 כל 3605 ישׂראל 3478 כי 3588 שׁב 7725 ירבעם 3379 וישׁלחו 7971 ויקראו 7121 אתו 853 אל 413 העדה 5712 וימליכו 4427 אתו 853 על 5921 כל 3605 ישׂראל 3478 לא 3808 היה 1961 אחרי 310 בית 1004 דוד 1732 זולתי 2108 שׁבט 7626 יהודה 3063 לבדו׃ 905
