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Text -- 2 Chronicles 10:1-12 (NET)
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The Northern Tribes Rebel
10:1 Rehoboam traveled to Shechem , for all Israel had gathered in Shechem to make Rehoboam king .
10:2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt , where he had fled from King Solomon . Jeroboam returned from Egypt .
10:3 They sent for him and Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam , saying ,
10:4 “Your father made us work too hard ! Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard , we will serve you.”
10:5 He said to them, “Go away for three days , then return to me.” So the people went away .
10:6 King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive . He asked them, “How do you advise me to answer these people ?”
10:7 They said to him, “If you are fair to these people , grant their request , and are cordial to them, they will be your servants from this time forward .”
10:8 But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up .
10:9 He asked them, “How do you advise me to respond to these people who said to me, ‘Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?”
10:10 The young advisers with whom Rehoboam had grown up said to him, “Say this to these people who have said to you, ‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden ’– say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father !
10:11 My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier . My father punished you with ordinary whips ; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh .’”
10:12 Jeroboam and all the people reported to Rehoboam on the third day , just as the king had ordered when he said , “Return to me on the third day .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Rehoboam |
Israel |
Israel, Kingdom of |
Petition |
Rebellion |
ADONIRAM |
Rulers |
Candidate |
SCORPION |
ATTITUDES |
EASE |
Jeroboam |
Solomon |
Young Men |
Lachish |
FINGER (1) |
SHECHEM |
CITIES OF REFUGE |
GRIEVOUS; GRIEVOUSLY; GREIEVOUSNESS |
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NET Notes: 2Ch 10:1 Heb “him”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: 2Ch 10:4 Heb “but you, now, lighten the burdensome work of your father and the heavy yoke which he placed on us, and we will serve you.” In the Heb...
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NET Notes: 2Ch 10:7 Heb “If today you are for good to these people and you are favorable to them and speak to them good words, they will be your servants all the da...
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NET Notes: 2Ch 10:8 Heb “Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders which they advised and he consulted the young men with whom he had grown up, who stood before hi...
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NET Notes: 2Ch 10:10 Heb “My little one is thicker than my father’s hips.” The referent of “my little one” is not clear. The traditional view...
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