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Text -- 1 Kings 12:11 (NET)

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12:11 My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.’”
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Dictionary Themes and Topics: YOKE | Whip | Scourging | Scorpions | Scorpion | Rulers | Revolt | Rehoboam | Rashness | Petition | PUNISHMENTS | KINGS, BOOKS OF | Jeroboam | Israel, Kingdom of | Israel | Government | Ephraim, The tribe of | Counsel | CHASTENING; CHASTISEMENT | ADONIRAM | more
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JFB: 1Ki 12:11 - -- The latter [instruments], as contrasted with the former, are supposed to mean thongs thickly set with sharp iron points, used in the castigation of sl...

The latter [instruments], as contrasted with the former, are supposed to mean thongs thickly set with sharp iron points, used in the castigation of slaves.

Clarke: 1Ki 12:11 - -- Chastise you with scorpions - Should you rebel, or become disaffected, my father’ s whip shall be a scorpion in my hand. His was chastisement, ...

Chastise you with scorpions - Should you rebel, or become disaffected, my father’ s whip shall be a scorpion in my hand. His was chastisement, mine shall be punishment. St. Isidore, and after him Calmet and others, assert that the scorpion was a sort of severe whip, the lashes of which were armed with iron points, that sunk into and tore the flesh. We know that the scorpion was a military engine among the Romans for shooting arrows, which, being poisoned, were likened to the scorpion’ s sting, and the wound it inflicted.

Defender: 1Ki 12:11 - -- Despite his wisdom, Solomon yielded to political expediency, with his many pagan wives and their idolatrous nature-religions, and to his pride in opul...

Despite his wisdom, Solomon yielded to political expediency, with his many pagan wives and their idolatrous nature-religions, and to his pride in opulence and grandeur, which required levying forced labor and heavy taxes on his people (1Ki 11:1-8; 1Ki 5:13-16).

Defender: 1Ki 12:11 - -- The "scorpions" probably referred to particularly painful multi-tailed lashes with barbed hooks, although it may be possible that the threatened punis...

The "scorpions" probably referred to particularly painful multi-tailed lashes with barbed hooks, although it may be possible that the threatened punishment involved actual scorpion stings."

TSK: 1Ki 12:11 - -- I will add : Exo 1:13, Exo 1:14, Exo 5:5-9, Exo 5:18; 1Sa 8:18; 2Ch 16:10; Isa 58:6; Jer 27:11; Jer 28:13, Jer 28:14 but I will chastise : Should you ...

I will add : Exo 1:13, Exo 1:14, Exo 5:5-9, Exo 5:18; 1Sa 8:18; 2Ch 16:10; Isa 58:6; Jer 27:11; Jer 28:13, Jer 28:14

but I will chastise : Should you rebel or become disaffected, my father’ s whip shall be a scorpion in my hand. His was chastisement, mine shall be punishment. Celsius and Hiller conjecture that âkrabbim denotes a thorny kind of shrub, whose prickles are of a venomous nature, called by the Arabs scorpion thorns, from the exquisite pain which they inflict. But the Chaldee renders it margenin , and the Syriac moragyai , i.e., μαραγναι , scourges; and in the parallel place of Chronicles the Arabic has saut , a scourge. Isidore, and after him Calmet and others, assert that the scorpion was a sort of severe whip, the lashes of which were armed with knots or points that sunk into and tore the flesh.

scorpions : 1Ki 12:14; Eze 2:6; Rev 9:3-10

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Barnes: 1Ki 12:11 - -- Scorpions - By this word some understand whips having leaden balls at the ends of their lashes with hooks projecting from them; others the thor...

Scorpions - By this word some understand whips having leaden balls at the ends of their lashes with hooks projecting from them; others the thorny stem of the eggplant, or "the scorpion plant."But it seems best to regard the expression as a figure of speech.

Poole: 1Ki 12:11 - -- I will add to your yoke i.e. make it heavier and stronger, both to punish your petulancy, and to curb and restrain you from seditious attempts. With...

I will add to your yoke i.e. make it heavier and stronger, both to punish your petulancy, and to curb and restrain you from seditious attempts.

With scorpions i.e. with such whips as will sting you like scorpions: if you proceed in these courses, I will most severely punish you for it.

Haydock: 1Ki 12:11 - -- Scorpions. Chaldean, "thorns." Hebrew has both significations. Like a tyrant, Roboam threatens to beat the people with sharp thorns. (Menochius)

Scorpions. Chaldean, "thorns." Hebrew has both significations. Like a tyrant, Roboam threatens to beat the people with sharp thorns. (Menochius)

Gill: 1Ki 12:11 - -- And now, whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke,.... Which was putting words into his mouth, owning the charge and accusation brought agains...

And now, whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke,.... Which was putting words into his mouth, owning the charge and accusation brought against his father, as he did, 1Ki 12:14, which was very unbecoming, if true; unless this is said according to the sense of the people:

I will add to your yoke; make it heavier, lay more taxes on them:

my father hath chastised you with whips; which was putting a lie into his mouth, and which he uttered, 1Ki 12:14 for no instance of severity exercised on the people in general can be given during the whole reign of Solomon:

but I will chastise you with scorpions; treat them more roughly, and with greater rigour: whips may mean smaller ones, these horse whips, as in the Targum; which gave an acute pain, like the sting of scorpions, or made a wound like one. Ben Gersom says, these were rods with thorns on them, which pierced and gave much pain. Weemse h thinks these are alluded to by thorns in the sides, Num 33:55, for whipping with them was about the sides, and not along the back. Abarbinel calls them iron thorns, rods that had iron prongs or rowels to them, which tore the flesh extremely. Isidore i says, a rod that is smooth is called a rod, but, if knotty and prickled, it is rightly called a scorpion, because it makes a wound in the body arched or crooked. Pliny k ascribes the invention of this sort of scorpions to the Cretians.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Ki 12:11 Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with scorpions.” “Scorpions” might allude to some type of tortur...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: 1Ki 12:1-33 - --1 The Israelites, assembled at Shechem to crown Rehoboam, by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation unto him.6 Rehoboam, refusing the old men's counsel, a...

MHCC: 1Ki 12:1-15 - --The tribes complained not to Rehoboam of his father's idolatry, and revolt from God. That which was the greatest grievance, was none to them; so carel...

Matthew Henry: 1Ki 12:1-15 - -- Solomon had 1000 wives and concubines, yet we read but of one son he had to bear up his name, and he a fool. It is said (Hos 4:10), They shall comm...

Keil-Delitzsch: 1Ki 12:1-24 - -- The jealousy which had prevailed from time immemorial between Ephraim and Judah, the two most powerful tribes of the covenant nation, and had broken...

Constable: 1Ki 12:6-15 - --Rehoboam's decision 12:6-15 Rehoboam's choice was whether he would regard himself as the...

Guzik: 1Ki 12:1-33 - --1 Kings 12 - Rehoboam and Jeroboam A. Rehoboam and the division of Israel. 1. (1-5) The elders of Israel offer Rehoboam the throne of Israel. And ...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: 1 Kings (Book Introduction) THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS, in the ancient copies of the Hebrew Bible, constitute one book. Various titles have been given them; in the Septu...

JFB: 1 Kings (Outline) ABISHAG CHERISHES DAVID IN HIS EXTREME AGE. (1Ki 1:1-4) ADONIJAH USURPS THE KINGDOM. (1Ki. 1:5-31) SOLOMON, BY DAVID'S APPOINTMENT, IS ANOINTED KING....

TSK: 1 Kings 12 (Chapter Introduction) Overview 1Ki 12:1, The Israelites, assembled at Shechem to crown Rehoboam, by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation unto him; 1Ki 12:6, Rehoboam, ref...

Poole: 1 Kings (Book Introduction) FIRST BOOK OF KINGS COMMONLY CALLED THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS THE ARGUMENT THESE two Books called Of the Kings, because they treat of the kings of...

Poole: 1 Kings 12 (Chapter Introduction) 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 m...

MHCC: 1 Kings (Book Introduction) The history now before us accounts for the affairs of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel, yet with special regard to the kingdom of God among them; for ...

MHCC: 1 Kings 12 (Chapter Introduction) (1Ki 12:1-15) Rehoboam's accession, The people's petition, His rough answer. (1Ki 12:16-24) Ten tribes revolt. (1Ki 12:25-33) Jeroboam's idolatry.

Matthew Henry: 1 Kings (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The First Book of Kings Many histories are books of kings and their reigns, to which the affairs of the...

Matthew Henry: 1 Kings 12 (Chapter Introduction) The glory of the kingdom of Israel was in its height and perfection in Solomon; it was long in coming to it, but it soon declined, and began to sin...

Constable: 1 Kings (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The Books of 1 and 2 Kings received their names because they docume...

Constable: 1 Kings (Outline) Outline I. The reign of Solomon chs. 1-11 A. Solomon's succession to David's throne 1:1-2:12...

Constable: 1 Kings 1 Kings Bibliography Aharoni, Yohanan. "The Building Activities of David and Solomon." Israel Exploration Journ...

Haydock: 1 Kings (Book Introduction) THE THIRD BOOK OF KINGS. INTRODUCTION. This and the following Book are called by the holy Fathers, The Third and Fourth Book of Kings; but b...

Gill: 1 Kings (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS This, and the following book, properly are but one book, divided into two parts, and went with the Jews under the common na...

Gill: 1 Kings 12 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 12 This chapter relates Rehoboam's going to Shechem to be made king, and Jeroboam's return from Egypt, 1Ki 12:1, the people...

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