King James Version
1 Kings 12:19 in the King James Version says “So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. rebelled: or, fell away” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. rebelled: or, fell away”
1 Kings 12:19 · King James Version
But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. made: Heb. strengthened himself
So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. rebelled: or, fell away
And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors , to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
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“rebelled”
H6586to break away (from just authority), i.e., trespass, apostatize, quarrel
“So Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“against the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“unto this day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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