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And Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Your father made our yoke harsh; but now, lighten the harsh service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then he said to them, “Return to me again in three days.” So the people went away. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the elders who had <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>stood before his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, “How do you counsel <i>me</i> to respond to this people?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And they spoke to him, saying, “If you will be good to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had counseled him, and took counsel with the young men who grew up with him and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>stood before him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So he said to them, “What counsel do you give that we may respond to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then the young men who grew up with him spoke with 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! <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So now my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I <i>will discipline you</i> with scorpions.’” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had spoken, saying, “Return to me on the third day.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And the king answered them harshly, and King Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the elders, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I <i>will discipline you</i> with scorpions.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn <i>of events</i> from God, that Yahweh might establish His word, which He spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Now all Israel <i>saw</i> that the king did not listen to them. So the people responded to the king, saying, <p class="indent2">“What portion do we have in David? <p class="indent2"><i>We have</i> no inheritance in the son of Jesse. <p class="indent2">Every man to your tents, O Israel; <p class="indent2">Now see to your own house, David.” <PR>So all Israel went to their tents. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the forced labor, and the sons of Israel <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>stoned him and he died. And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i>served</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i>served</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Many mss <i>I have made</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> Lit <i>stoned with stones</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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