A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . itsproper goal. An Ephraimite named Jeroboam, son of Nebat, whomSolomon had appointed supervisor of the tribute service of his o^\^ltribe, lifted up his hand against the king. This is all we aredirectly told; but it doubtless means, that, finding the Ephraimitesdiscontented ])ecause of their forced labor, he raised the standard ofrevolt. He was overcome, and fled to Egypt, where a new dynasty m THE SUCCESSOES OF DAVID. had arisen in the person of Shishak (Sheshonk) I. Solomon finishedhis reign in peace, an
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . itsproper goal. An Ephraimite named Jeroboam, son of Nebat, whomSolomon had appointed supervisor of the tribute service of his o^\^ltribe, lifted up his hand against the king. This is all we aredirectly told; but it doubtless means, that, finding the Ephraimitesdiscontented ])ecause of their forced labor, he raised the standard ofrevolt. He was overcome, and fled to Egypt, where a new dynasty m THE SUCCESSOES OF DAVID. had arisen in the person of Shishak (Sheshonk) I. Solomon finishedhis reign in peace, and was succeeded hy his son Rehoboam. Thatwas the longed-for opportunity of the discontented. Jeroboam, assoon as he heard of the accession of Rehoboam, returned home ; buthe seems to have borne himself with modest retirement (1 Kingsxii. 20). How the opposition first manifested itself we are not in-formed. Communications may be supposed to have passed betweenthe king and the reform party, as a result of wliich a meeting atShechem was appointed (Fig. 7), to which both parties repaired. ]• ici. 7. —Momil (ierizim, iicar SliLcliLin. in the expectation of a peaceful adjustment (cf. 1 Kings xii. 1).The single demand made by the assembly was not wanted the heavy burden of taxes and labor imposed by thelate king Hghtened. Solomon^ glory had cost the people too were other grievances felt by sections and classes of the citi-zens. Ephraim had never been wholly reconciled to a Judaeandynasty. But Ephraim was not all Israel, although many of theother tribes shared its feeling. There is no reason to doubt that theprophets, and multitudes under their influence, looked with gravedistrust upon the direction given to the national hfe under Solo- REHOBOAM AXD JEROBOAM. 57 mons supreinucy. They deplored its secular character, whieli eventhe temple might seem to subserve rather than counteract. i>utthat, too, was, so to speak, a minority complaint, and withal
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