2 Chronicles 10:6

10:6 King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served ¹  his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, ²  “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

2 Chronicles 10:10

10:10 The young advisers with whom Rehoboam ³  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’ ⁴  – say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father! ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 24:20

24:20 God’s Spirit energized ⁶  Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why are you violating the commands of the Lord? You will not be prosperous! Because you have rejected the Lord, he has rejected you!’”

2 Chronicles 35:8

35:8 His officials also willingly contributed to the people, priests, and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the leaders of God’s temple, supplied 2,600 Passover sacrifices and 300 cattle.

[10:6]  ¹ tn Heb “stood before.”

[10:6]  ² tn Heb “saying.”

[10:10]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter upon us.”

[10:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “My little one is thicker than my father’s hips.” The referent of “my little one” is not clear. The traditional view is that it refers to the little finger (so NEB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). As the following statement makes clear, Rehoboam’s point is that he is more harsh and demanding than his father.

[24:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “clothed.”