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Text -- 2 Chronicles 10:1-8 (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 .
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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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