My little finger is thicker. My little finger.¹

footnotes: ¹ the beginning of his reign, Rechovom was 41 years old [See below 14:21], but Shlomo was only 12 years old when he became king [See above 3:7 and Rashi there].—Ralbag

Thorns. Aiguillon, in O.F., That sting like scorpions.

Look after your house. The Beis Hamikdosh that you built, will be for you alone.²

footnotes: ² Alternatively, “see who is left with you,” and rule over them, for you will not reign over Yisroel as a whole.—Radak

Adoram. He was Adoniram.³

footnotes: ³ Who is mentioned in 4:6 and 5:28 above. See II Shmuel 20:24. Rechovom sent Adoram to speak gently to the people and to calm their anger.

And the tribe of Binyomin. Who were situated on the border, because the boundaries of Yehudah and Binyomin were adjacent.

If this people will go up, etc. Sitting in the Temple court is not permitted only for kings of the house of Dovid, therefore, he will be sitting and I will be standing. Moreover, [during Succos] following the Sabbatical Year, at the time of the Assembly, he [is the one who] will read the section [in Devarim] relating to the king,⁴ for he is the king of his province, whereas I will be [standing] like the rest of the people, and I will, therefore, be degraded.⁵

footnotes: ⁴ See Mishnayos Sotah 7:8. ⁵ Maseches Sanhedrin 101b.

Even as far as Dan. At the end of the boundary of the land.⁶

footnotes: ⁶ They were so attached to idol worship that they made the long pilgrimage from one end of the land all the way to the altar in Dan in the northernmost part of Yisroel.

Of the eighth month. He expounded to them that this was the month of the harvest, and was, therefore, the proper time for the festival to be.

He thought up out of his own heart. An expression of falsehood, controver, in O.F.