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2 Chronicles 10 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Rehoboam's Reign of Folly

(1Ki 12:1–19 )

2Ch 10:1

2Ch 10:1Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

2Ch 10:2

2Ch 10:2When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon), Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

2Ch 10:3

2Ch 10:3So they sent and summoned him. When Jeroboam and all Israel came, they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

2Ch 10:4

2Ch 10:4“Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”

2Ch 10:5

2Ch 10:5He said to them, “Return to me again in three days.” So the people departed.

2Ch 10:6

2Ch 10:6Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had [fn]served his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, “How do you counsel me to answer this people?”

2Ch 10:7

2Ch 10:7They spoke to him, saying, “If you will be kind to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

2Ch 10:8

2Ch 10:8But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him [fn]and served him.

2Ch 10:9

2Ch 10:9So he said to them, “What counsel do you give that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”

2Ch 10:10

2Ch 10:10The young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall say to the people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter for us.’ Thus you shall say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins!

2Ch 10:11

2Ch 10:11‘Whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”

2Ch 10:12

2Ch 10:12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had [fn]directed, saying, “Return to me on the third day.”

2Ch 10:13

2Ch 10:13The king answered them harshly, and King Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the elders.

2Ch 10:14

2Ch 10:14He spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “[fn]My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

2Ch 10:15

2Ch 10:15So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of events from God that the LORD might establish His word, which He spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

2Ch 10:16

2Ch 10:16When all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them the people answered the king, saying,
“What portion do we have in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.
Every man to your tents, O Israel;
Now look after your own house, David.”
So all Israel departed to their tents.

2Ch 10:17

2Ch 10:17But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

2Ch 10:18

2Ch 10:18Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the forced labor, and the sons of Israel stoned him [fn]to death. And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

2Ch 10:19

2Ch 10:19So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.
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NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: stood before
Literally: who stood before
Literally: spoken
Many mss read I have made
Literally: with stones that he died
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