Verse 26
26. Jeroboam the son of Nebat Here we are first introduced to that distinguished person who figures so prominently in the following history as the first king in the kingdom of Israel.
Zereda In Septuagint written Sarida, and Sarira; Vulgate, Sareda. It was somewhere in the tribe of Ephraim, but its exact locality has not been found. In the long addition to the Hebrew text which the Septuagint gives after 1 Kings 12:24, and which adds somewhat to the history of Jeroboam, Sarira is represented as the place in Mount Ephraim to which Jeroboam returned from Egypt; there he assembled the whole tribe ( σκηπτρον ) of Ephraim, and there he built a fortress. May it not be the same as Tirzah? See 1 Kings 14:17.
Lifted up his hand A form of expression indicating sedition within the kingdom, a rebellion; rather than hostility from without, like the troubles occasioned by Rezon and Hadad.
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