The interpretation timeline

1Kgs 14:25

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

1Kgs 14:25 · Douay-Rheims
“And in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Sesac king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
373
A.D.
Ephrem the Syrian Patristic
c. A.D. 306–373
“Rehoboam spread and increased the idolatry introduced by Solomon after being instigated in this sin by his Gentile mother Naamah. And this seems to be hinted at in the Scripture which reports Rehoboam's apostasy just after mentioning his impious mother. Many examples that occur in this book, such as those of Maacah, Jezebel and Athaliah, amply demonstrate how the marriages made with foreign women had the power to corrupt the customs of the Israelites in this regard. Therefore, since God wanted to punish the offense caused by the violation of piety, he allowed Shishak, the king of Egypt, to enter Judea with a huge army, to conquer Jerusalem, to plunder the temple and the royal house and to destroy everything.”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

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