1 Kings 12:23

WEB

"Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying,

KJV

Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

Commentary

Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon king of Judah,.... He is called king before, but of what tribe or tr ibes is not expressly said, only it is implied in Kg1 12:17 and he is only acknowledged king of Judah by the Lord himself: and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin; which made but one house, as before but one tribe, Kg1 11:36 . and to the remnant of the people; of the other tribes that might dwell among them at Jerusalem, and especially Simeon, whose inheritance was within the tribe of Judah, Jos 19:1 . saying: as follows.