V.1-5 Rehoboam, Solomon’s son, had a good beginning with “all Israel.”
V.6-11 But he soon begins to slip, by not listening to those older and wiser than he. “Scorpions” (v. 11) — a kind of whip with knotted points.
V.12-15 Rehoboam used rough, harsh talk, and we shall see the results. But the Lord was using all this to bring about what He had planned and written in 1 Kings 11:26-32 and because of verse 33.
V.20 The promise of 1 Kings 11:37, was said privately to Jeroboam. The ten tribes did not hear that, but here they fulfill it and rebel against God’s king.