1 a That is, the halfe tribe of Beniamin: for the other halfe was gone after Jeroboam.
1 b Meaning the ten tribes which rebelled.
4 ! Rehoboam is forbidden to fight against Jeroboam.
5 ! Cities which he buylt.
5 c Or, repaired them & made them strong to be more able to resist Jeroboam.
15 d Meaning, idoles, read {Isa. 34,15}
16 e Which were zealous of true religion & feared God.
17 f So long as they feared God, and set forth his worde, they prospered.
21 ! He hath eightene wiues, & threscore concubines, and by them eight and twentie sonnes, and threscore daughters.
22 g Called also Abiiam, who reigned, thre yere, {1 Kin 15,2}
23 h He gaue him selfe to haue many wiues.