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2 Chronicles 10 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Rehoboam’s Reign of Foolishness

(1Ki 12:1–19 )
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:1 -

Then Rehoboam H7346 went H1980 to Shechem H7927, because H3588 all H3605 Israel H3478 had come H935 to Shechem H7927 to make H4427 him king H4427.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:2 - When Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028 heard H8085 about it (he was in Egypt H4714 where H834 he had fled H1272 from the presence H6440 of King H4428 Solomon H8010), Jeroboam H3379 returned H7725 from Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:3 - So they sent H7971 word and summoned H7121 him. When Jeroboam H3379 and all H3605 Israel H3478 came H935, they spoke H1696 to Rehoboam H7346, saying H559,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - “Your father H1 made H7185 our yoke H5923 hard H7185; but now H6258, lighten H7043 the hard H7186 labor H5656 imposed by your father H1 and his heavy H3515 yoke H5923 which H834 he put H5414 on us, and we will serve H5647 you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:5 - He said H559 to them, “Return H7725 to me again H5750 in three H7969 days H3117.” So the people H5971 departed H1980.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6 -

And then King H4428 Rehoboam H7346 consulted H3289 with the elders H2205 who H834 had H1961 [fn]served H5975 H6440 his father H1 Solomon H8010 while he was still alive H2416, saying H559, “How H349 do you advise H3289 me to answer H7725 H1697 this H2088 people H5971?”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:7 - They spoke H1696 to him, saying H559, “If H518 you are kind H2896 to this H2088 people H5971 and please H7521 them and speak H1696 pleasant H2896 words H1697 to them, then they will be your servants H5650 always H3605 H3117.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:8 - But he ignored H5800 the advice H6098 of the elders H2205 which H834 they had given H3289 him, and consulted H3289 with the young H3206 men H3206 who H834 had grown H1431 up H1431 with him [fn]and served H5975 H6440 him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:9 - He said H559 to them, “What H4100 advice H3289 do you give H3289, so that we may answer H7725 H1697 this H2088 people H5971, who H834 have spoken H1696 to me, saying H559, ‘Lighten H7043 the yoke H5923 which H834 your father H1 put H5414 on us’?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10 - The young H3206 men H3206 who H834 had grown H1431 up H1431 with him spoke H1696 to him, saying H559, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 you should say H559 to the people H5971 who H834 spoke H1696 to you, saying H559: ‘Your father H1 made H3513 our yoke H5923 heavy H3513, but you make H7043 it lighter H7043 for us!’ You should speak H559 this H3541 way H3541 to them: ‘My little H6995 finger H6995 is thicker H5666 than H4480 my father’s H1 waist H4975!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:11 - ‘Now H6258 then, my father H1 loaded H6006 you with a heavy H3515 yoke H5923; yet I will add H3254 to your yoke H5923. My father H1 disciplined H3256 you with whips H7752, but I will discipline you with [fn]scorpions H6137!’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:12 -

So Jeroboam H3379 and all H3605 the people H5971 came H935 to Rehoboam H7346 on the third H7992 day H3117, just H834 as H834 the king H4428 had [fn]directed H1696, saying H559, “Return H7725 to me on the third H7992 day H3117.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:13 - The king H4428 answered H6030 them harshly H7186, and King H4428 Rehoboam H7346 ignored H5800 the advice H6098 of the elders H2205.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:14 - He spoke H1696 to them according to the advice H6098 of the young H3206 men H3206, saying H559, “[fn]My father H1 made H3513 your yoke H5923 heavy H3513, but I will add H3254 to it; my father H1 disciplined H3256 you with whips H7752, but I will discipline you with [fn]scorpions H6137.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:15 - So the king H4428 did not listen H8085 to the people H5971, because H3588 it was a turn H5252 of H5252 events H5252 from God H430 so H4616 that H4616 the LORD H3068 might establish H6965 His word H1697, which H834 He spoke H1696 through H3027 Ahijah H281 the Shilonite H7888 to Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:16 -

When all H3605 Israel H3478 saw that the king H4428 had not listened H8085 to them, the people H5971 replied H7725 to the king H4428, saying H559,

“What H4100 share H2506 do we have in David H1732?

We have no H3808 inheritance H5159 in the son H1121 of Jesse H3448.

Everyone H376 to your tents H168, Israel H3478!

Now H6258 look H7200 after your own house H1004, David H1732!”

So all H3605 Israel H3478 went H1980 away to their tents H168.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:17 - But as for the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 who lived H3427 in the cities H5892 of Judah H3063, Rehoboam H7346 reigned H4427 over H5921 them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18 - Then King H4428 Rehoboam H7346 sent H7971 Hadoram H1913, who H834 was in H5921 charge H5921 of H5921 the forced H4522 labor H4522, and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 stoned H7275 H68 him [fn]to death H4191. And King H4428 Rehoboam H7346 hurried H553 to mount H5927 his chariot H4818 to flee H5127 to Jerusalem H3389.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:19 - So Israel H3478 has been H6586 in H6586 rebellion H6586 against the house H1004 of David H1732 to this H2088 day H3117.
NASB20 Footnotes
Lit stood before
Lit who stood before
Prob. a brutal type of whip
Lit spoken
Many mss I have made
Prob. a brutal type of whip
Lit with stones that he died
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