Scofield Reference Bible Notes
2 Chronicles 10

2Ch 10:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.

Rehoboam went to Shechem

1Ki 12:1-15.

2Ch 10:2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.

Jeroboam

1Ki 11:26-40; 12:3-20; 14:7-20.

fled from the presence of Solomon

1Ki 11:40.

2Ch 10:4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

Thy father made our yoke grievous

1Ki 12:4.

2Ch 10:5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.

Come again unto me after three days

1Ki 12:5.

2Ch 10:6 And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?

Rehoboam took counsel

1Ki 12:6.

2Ch 10:7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.

speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever

1Ki 12:7.

2Ch 10:8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.

he forsook the counsel

1Ki 12:8, 9.

2Ch 10:10 And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.

My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins

1Ki 12:10, 11.

2Ch 10:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.

Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam

1Ki 12:12-14.

2Ch 10:15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

the cause was of God

2Ch 10:14; Jdg 14:4; 2Ch 10:15; 11:4; 22:7; 25:20.

2Ch 10:16 And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.

Israel

"Israel," the ten tribes other than Judah and Benjamin, often called "Israel" in distinction from Judah. The division of the kingdom marks an epoch of great importance in the history of the nation. Henceforth it is "a kingdom divided against itself." Matthew 12:25. The two kingdoms are to be reunited in the future kingdom.; Isaiah 11:10-13; Jeremiah 23:5,6; Ezekiel 37:15-28. See "Kingdom" (O.T.), Scofield Genesis 1:26; Zechariah 12:8; (N.T.), Luke 1:31; 1 Corinthians 15:28. "Israel," Genesis 12:2, 3; Romans 11:26.

2Ch 10:19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.

Israel rebelled

1Ki 12:19.