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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.”

• 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 ...
  

• 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.
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Candidate

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

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• CITIES OF REFUGE

  [smith] six Levitical cities specially chosen for refuge to the involuntary homicide until released from banishment by the death of the high priest. (Numbers 35:6,13,15; Joshua 20:2,7,9) There were three on each side of Jordan. KEDE...
  

• The Kingdom Divided

  

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