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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>.

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

• Rehoboam

  [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-...
  

• 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...
  

• 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.
  

• 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...
  

• 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.
  

• 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...
  

• Candidate

  [nave] CANDIDATE Refuses to make promises, 2 Chr. 10:3-16. Electioneering by, instance of, Absalom, 2 Sam. 15:1-6. See: Electioneering.
  

• Jeroboam

  [isbe] JEROBOAM - jer-o-bo'-am (yarobh`am; Septuagint Hieroboam, usually assumed to have been derived from riyb and `am, and signifying "the people contend," or, "he pleads the people's cause"): The name was borne by two kings of I...
  [nave] JEROBOAM: 1. First king of Israel after the revolt. Promoted by Solomon, 1 Kin. 11:28. Ahijah's prophecy concerning, 1 Kin. 11:29-39; 14:5-16. Flees to Egypt to escape from Solomon, 1 Kin. 11:26-40. Recalled from Egypt by...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Shilonite

  [isbe] SHILONITE - shi'-lo-nit (shiloni (2 Ch 9:29), shiloni (2 Ch 10:15; Neh 11:5), Shilowniy; Selonei, Seloneites): This denotes an inhabitant of Shiloh, and applies (1) to Ahijah the prophet (1 Ki 11:29, etc.); and (2) to a fami...
  [nave] SHILONITE 1. A man of Shiloh, 1 Kin. 11:29; 12:15; 15:29; 2 Chr. 9:29; 10:15. 2. Used, apparently, to denote a descendant of Shelah, 1 Chr. 9:5. See: Shelanites.
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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...
  

• Young Men

  [nave] YOUNG MEN. Ex. 24:3-5; 1 Kin. 12:6-15 2 Chr. 10:8. Psa. 119:9; Psa. 148:12, 13; Prov. 1:1-33; Prov. 2:1-22; Prov. 3:1-35; Prov. 4:1-27; Prov. 5:1-23 Prov. 31:1-3. Prov. 6:1-35; Prov. 7:1-27; Prov. 10:1; Prov. 13:1; Prov. 15...
  

• Solomon

  [nave] SOLOMON Son of David by Bathsheba, 2 Sam. 12:24; 1 Kin. 1:13, 17, 21. Named Jedidiah, by Nathan the prophet, 2 Sam. 12:24, 25. Ancestor of Joseph, Matt. 1:6. Succeeds David to the throne of Israel, 1 Kin. 1:11-48; 2:12; 1...
  

• Government

  [nave] GOVERNMENT Paternal functions of, Gen. 41:25-57. Civil service school provided by, Dan. 1:3-20. Maintains a system of public instruction, 2 Chr. 17:7-9. Executive departments in. See: Cabinet; King; Ruler; Statecraft. Ju...
  

• 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...
  

• The Kingdom Divided

  

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