1Ki 12:12-19 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 1Kgs 12:12-17: 12:12-17 Rehoboam’s decision to heed the counsel of his younger advisers was disastrous; it led the northern tribes to secede, followed by years of intermittent warfare (14:30 ; 15:7 , 32 ). • the will of the Lord : God directed these human decisions to fulfill the prophesied judgment against Solomon (11:11-13 , 29-39 ).

a12:12-17►

b14:30►

c15:7►

d32►

e11:11-13►

f29-39►

g12:18►

h2 Sam 20:24►

i1 Kgs 4:6►

j5:13-14►

‏ 1 Kings 12:12-19

Summary for 1Kgs 12:12-17: 12:12-17 ^a Rehoboam’s decision to heed the counsel of his younger advisers was disastrous; it led the northern tribes to secede, followed by years of intermittent warfare (14:30 ^b; 15:7 ^c, 32 ^d).

• the will of the Lord: God directed these human decisions to fulfill the prophesied judgment against Solomon (11:11-13 ^e, 29-39 ^f).
12:18 ^g Adoniram served under both David (2 Sam 20:24 ^h) and Solomon (1 Kgs 4:6 ⁱ; 5:13-14 ^j). His death by stoning showed the folly of Rehoboam’s decision to send the unpopular supervisor of the labor force to restore order in the north.