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10:1 Rehoboam <07346> traveled <01980> to Shechem <07927>, for <03588> all <03605> Israel <03478> had gathered <0935> in Shechem <07927> to make Rehoboam king <04427>. 10:2 When <01961> Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Nebat <05028> heard <08085> the news, he <01931> was still in Egypt <04714>, where <0834> he had fled <01272> from <06440> King <04428> Solomon <08010>. Jeroboam <03379> returned <07725> from Egypt <04714>. 10:3 They sent <07971> for him and Jeroboam <03379> and all <03605> Israel <03478> came <0935> and spoke <01696> to <0413> Rehoboam <07346>, saying <0559>, 10:4 “Your father <01> made us work <05656> too hard <07186> <07185>! Now <06258> if you lighten <07043> the demands he made and don’t make <05414> us work as <0834> hard <03515>, we will serve <05647> you.” 10:5 He said <0559> to <0413> them, “Go away for three <07969> days <03117>, then return <07725> to <0413> me.” So the people <05971> went away <01980>. 10:6 King <04428> Rehoboam <07346> consulted <03289> with <0854> the older <02205> advisers who <0834> had served <05975> his father <01> Solomon <08010> when <01961> he had been alive <02416>. He asked <0559> them, “How <0349> do you <0859> advise <03289> me to answer <01697> <07725> these <02088> people <05971>?” 10:7 They said <01696> to <0413> him, “If <0518> you are <01961> fair <02896> to these <02088> people <05971>, grant <07521> their request <01697>, and are cordial <02896> to <0413> them, they will be <01961> your servants <05650> from this time <03117> forward <03605>.” 10:8 But Rehoboam rejected <05800> their advice <06098> and consulted <03289> the young <03206> advisers <03289> who served <06440> <05975> him, with <0854> whom he had grown up <01431>. 10:9 He asked <0559> them, “How <04100> do you <0859> advise <03289> me to respond <07725> to these <02088> people <05971> who <0834> said <01696> to <0413> me, ‘Lessen <07043> the demands <05923> your father <01> placed <05414> on <05921> us’?” 10:10 The young advisers <03206> with <0854> whom <0834> Rehoboam had grown up <01431> said <0559> to him, “Say <0559> this <03541> to these people <05971> who <0834> have said <01696> to <0413> you, ‘Your father <01> made us work hard, but now lighten <07043> our burden <05923>’– say <0559> this <03541> to <0413> them: ‘I am a lot harsher <05666> than my father <01>! 10:11 My father <01> imposed <06006> heavy <03515> demands <05923> on <05921> you; I <0589> will make <03254> them even heavier <03254>. My father <01> punished <03256> you with ordinary whips <07752>; I <0589> will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh <06137>.’” 10:12 Jeroboam <03379> and all <03605> the people <05971> reported <0935> to <0413> Rehoboam <07346> on the third <07992> day <03117>, just as <0834> the king <04428> had ordered <01696> when he said <0559>, “Return <07725> to <0413> me on the third <07992> day <03117>.” 10:13 The king <04428> responded <06030> to the people harshly <07186>. He <04428> rejected <05800> the advice <06098> of the older men <02205> 10:14 and followed <01696> the advice <06098> of the younger ones <03206>. He said <0559>, “My father imposed <03513> heavy demands <05923> on you; I <0589> will make them even heavier <03254>. My father <01> punished <03256> you with ordinary whips <07752>; I <0589> will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh <06137>.” 10:15 The king <04428> refused <03808> to listen <08085> to <0413> the people <05971>, because <03588> God <0430> was <01961> instigating this turn of events <05252> so that <04616> he <03068> might bring to pass <06965> the prophetic announcement <01697> he had made <01696> through <03027> Ahijah <0281> the Shilonite <07888> to <0413> Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Nebat <05028>. 10:16 When all <03605> Israel <03478> saw that <03588> the king <04428> refused <03808> to listen <08085> to them <01992>, the people <05971> answered <07725> the king <04428>, “We have no portion <02506> in David <01732>– no <03808> share <05159> in the son <01121> of Jesse <03448>! Return to your homes <0168>, O Israel <03478>! Now <06258>, look <07200> after your own dynasty <01004>, O David <01732>!” So all <03605> Israel <03478> returned <01980> to their homes <0168>. 10:17 (Rehoboam <07346> continued to rule <04427> over <05921> the Israelites <03478> <01121> who lived <03427> in the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>.) 10:18 King <04428> Rehoboam <07346> sent <07971> Hadoram <01913>, the supervisor <05921> of the work crews <04522>, out after them, but the Israelites <03478> <01121> stoned <07275> him to death <04191>. King <04428> Rehoboam <07346> managed <0553> to jump into <05927> his chariot <04818> and escape <05127> to Jerusalem <03389>. 10:19 So Israel <03478> has been in rebellion <06586> against the Davidic <01732> dynasty <01004> to <05704> this <02088> very day <03117>. 11:1 When Rehoboam <07346> arrived <0935> in Jerusalem <03389>, he summoned <06950> 180,000 <0505> <08084> <03967> skilled <0970> warriors <04421> <06213> from Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144> to attack <05973> <03898> Israel <03478> and restore <07725> the kingdom <04467> to Rehoboam <07346>. 11:2 But the Lord <03069> told <01697> Shemaiah <08098> the prophet <0430> <0376>, 11:3 “Say <0559> this to <0413> King <04428> Rehoboam <07346> son <01121> of Solomon <08010> of Judah <03063> and to <0413> all <03605> the Israelites <03478> in Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144>, 11:4 ‘The Lord <03068> says <0559> this <03541>: “Do not <03808> attack <05927> and make war <03898> with <05973> your brothers <0251>. Each <0376> of you go <07725> home <01004>, for <03588> I have caused this <02088> to happen <01961>.”’” They obeyed <08085> the Lord <03068> and called off <07725> the attack <01980> against <0413> Jeroboam <03379>.

• 2Ch 10:1--11:4 -- The Northern Tribes Rebel

• TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

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• SHECHEM

  [isbe] SHECHEM - she'-kem (shekhem, "shoulder"; Suchem, he Sikima, ta Sikima, etc.; the King James Version gives "Sichem" in Gen 12:6; and "Sychem" in Acts 7:16): 1. Historical: This place is first mentioned in connection with Abra...
  

• SCORPION

  [isbe] SCORPION - skor'-pi-un (aqrabh; compare Arabic aqrab, "scorpion"; ma`aleh `aqrabbim, "the ascent of Akrabbim"; skorpios. Note that the Greek and Hebrew may be akin; compare, omitting the vowels, `krb and skrp): In Dt 8:15, w...
  [smith] (Heb. ?akrab), a well known venomous insect of hot climates, shaped much like a lobster. It is usually not more than two or three inches long, but in tropical climates is sometimes six inches in length. The wilderness of Sina...
  

• Rulers

  [nave] RULERS Appointed and removed by God. See: Government, God in. Chastised, Dan. 4. See: Nation. Monarchical, See: Kings. Patriarchal, Gen. 27:29, 37. Instances of Nimrod, Gen. 10:8-10. Abraham, Gen. 14:13-24; 17:6; 21:2...
  

• Rehoboam

  [ebd] he enlarges the people, the successor of Solomon on the throne, and apparently his only son. He was the son of Naamah "the Ammonitess," some well-known Ammonitish princess (1 Kings 14:21; 2 Chr. 12:13). He was forty-one year...
  [isbe] REHOBOAM - re-ho-bo'-am (rechabh`am, "the people is enlarged," or perhaps "Am is wide" Rhoboam; "Roboam," Mt 1:7 the King James Version): 1. The Disruption of the Kingdom 2. Underlying Causes of Disruption 3. Shemaiah Forbid...
  [nave] REHOBOAM Successor to Solomon as king, 1 Kin. 11:43; 2 Chr. 9:31. Refuses to reform abuses, 1 Kin. 12:1-15; 2 Chr. 10:1-15. Ten tribes, under leadership of Jeroboam, successfully revolt from, 1 Kin. 12:16-24; 2 Chr. 10:16-...
  

• Rebellion

  [nave] REBELLION, treasonable, Prov. 17:11. Instances of Absalom, 2 Sam. 15-18. Sheba, 2 Sam. 20. Revolt of the ten tribes, 1 Kin. 12:16-20; 2 Chr. 10; 13:5-12. See: Insurrection; Mutiny; Revolt; Sin; Usurpation.
  

• Petition

  [nave] PETITION Right of, recognized by Pharaoh, Ex. 5:15-18; Israel, Num. 27:1-5; 32:1-5; 36:1-5; Josh. 17:4, 14, 16; 21:1, 2; David, 1 Kin. 1:15-21; Rehoboam, 1 Kin. 12:1-17; 2 Chr. 10; Jehoram, 2 Kin. 8:3, 6.
  

• PUNISHMENTS

  [isbe] PUNISHMENTS - pun'-ish-ments ('awon, "fault," "iniquity," "punishment for iniquity," "sin" (Gen 4:13; Lev 26:41; Job 19:29; Ps 149:7; Lam 4:22; Ezek 14:10 margin; Am 1:3,6,9,11,13; 2:1,4,6), `onesh, "tribute," "fine," "punis...
  

• PROPHECY; PROPHETS, 2

  [isbe] PROPHECY; PROPHETS, 2 - II. Historical Development of the Prophetic Office. 1. Abraham: It is a characteristic peculiarity of the religion of the Old Testament that its very elementary beginnings are of a prophetical nature....
  

• Lachish

  [ebd] impregnable, a royal Canaanitish city in the Shephelah, or maritime plain of Palestine (Josh. 10:3, 5; 12:11). It was taken and destroyed by the Israelites (Josh. 10:31-33). It afterwards became, under Rehoboam, one of the s...
  

• Israel, Kingdom of

  [ebd] (B.C. 975-B.C. 722). Soon after the death of Solomon, Ahijah's prophecy (1 Kings 11:31-35) was fulfilled, and the kingdom was rent in twain. Rehoboam, the son and successor of Solomon, was scarcely seated on his throne when ...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• GRIEVOUS; GRIEVOUSLY; GREIEVOUSNESS

  [isbe] GRIEVOUS; GRIEVOUSLY; GREIEVOUSNESS - grev'-us; grev'-us-li; grev'-us-nes: In addition to several of the words mentioned under GRIEF (which see), we have kabhedh ("heavy") 8 t, e.g. Gen 12:10, "The famine was grievous in the...
  

• FINGER (1)

  [isbe] FINGER (1) - fin'-ger (Hebrew and Aramaic 'etsba`; daktulos): The fingers are to the Oriental essential in conversation; their language is frequently very eloquent and expressive. They often show what the mouth does not dare...
  

• EASE

  [isbe] EASE - ez (sha'anan, shal'anan, chiefly, "at ease"): Used 19 times in the Old Testament and once in the New Testament, most frequently meaning tranquillity, security or comfort of mind; in an ethical sense, indicating carele...
  

• CAUSE

  [isbe] CAUSE - kos: In both the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) "for this cause" (the King James Version "cause") occurs in Ex 9:16 as the rendering of ba`abhur zo'th = "in order that"; "to the end...
  

• CALF, GOLDEN

  [isbe] CALF, GOLDEN - kaf, gol'-d'-n: I. THE NAME II. ANCIENT CALF WORSHIP 1. Narrative of Aaron's Golden Calf 2. Jeroboam's Golden Calves III. ATTITUDE OF ELIJAH TO THE BULL SYMBOLS IV. ATTITUDE OF AMOS AND HOSEA TO THE BULL SYMBO...
  

• ATTITUDES

  [isbe] ATTITUDES - at'-i-tuds: Customs change slowly in Bible lands. This becomes clear by a comparison of the many references found in the Bible and other literatures of the Orient with existing circumstances and conditions. The s...
  

• AHIJAH

  [isbe] AHIJAH - a-hi'-ja ('achiyah or 'achiyahu, "brother of Yahweh," "my brother is Yahweh," "Yah is brother." In the King James Version the name sometimes appears as Ahiah): (1) One of the sons of Jerahmeel the great-grandson of ...
  

• ADONIRAM

  [isbe] ADONIRAM - ad-o-ni'-ram ('adhoniram, "my lord is exalted"): An official of Solomon (1 Ki 4:6; 5:14). Near the close of the reign of David, and at the opening of the reign of Rehoboam, the same office was held by Adoram (2 Sa...
  [smith] (lord of heights), (1 Kings 4:6) by an unusual contraction ADORAM, (2 Samuel 20:24) and 1Kin 12:18 Also HADORAM, (2 Chronicles 10:18) chief receiver of the tribute during the reigns of David, (2 Samuel 20:24) Solo...
  

• The Kingdom Divided

  

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