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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Chronicles 10 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_chronicles/10.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_chronicles/10-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > 2 Chronicles 10</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_chronicles/9.htm" title="2 Chronicles 9">◄</a> 2 Chronicles 10 <a href="../2_chronicles/11.htm" title="2 Chronicles 11">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Some of the People Rebel against Rehoboam</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="1KI 12:1-20">1 Kings 12.1-20</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v14_10_1"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.10.1" class="v14_10_1">1</span>Rehoboam went to Shechem where everyone was waiting to crown him king.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v14_10_2"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.10.2" class="v14_10_2">2</span>Jeroboam son of Nebat heard what was happening, and he returned from Egypt, where he had gone to hide from Solomon. </span><span class="v14_10_3"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.10.3" class="v14_10_3">3</span>The people from the northern tribes of Israel sent for him. Then together they went to Rehoboam and said, </span><span class="v14_10_4"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.10.4" class="v14_10_4">4</span>“Your father Solomon forced us to work very hard. But if you make our work easier, we will serve you and do whatever you ask.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v14_10_5"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.10.5" class="v14_10_5">5</span>Rehoboam replied, “Come back in three days for my answer.” So the people left.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v14_10_6"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.10.6" class="v14_10_6">6</span>Rehoboam went to some leaders who had been his father's senior officials, and he asked them, “What should I tell these people?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v14_10_7"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.10.7" class="v14_10_7">7</span>They answered, “If you want them to serve and obey you, then you should be kind and promise to make their work easier.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v14_10_8"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.10.8" class="v14_10_8">8</span>But Rehoboam refused their advice and went to the younger men who had grown up with him and were now his officials. </span><span class="v14_10_9"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.10.9" class="v14_10_9">9</span>He asked, “What do you think I should say to these people who asked me to make their work easier?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v14_10_10"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.10.10" class="v14_10_10">10</span>His younger advisors said:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v14_10_10">Here's what we think you should say to them: “Compared to me, my father was weak.<a href="#fn" id="link_2Chr.10.10!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v14_10_11"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.10.11" class="v14_10_11">11</span>He made you work hard, but I'll make you work even harder. He punished you with whips, but I'll use whips with pieces of sharp metal!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v14_10_12"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.10.12" class="v14_10_12">12</span>Three days later, Jeroboam and the others came back. </span><span class="v14_10_13"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.10.13" class="v14_10_13">13</span>Rehoboam ignored the advice of the older advisors. He spoke bluntly </span><span class="v14_10_14"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.10.14" class="v14_10_14">14</span>and told them exactly what his own advisors had suggested. He said: “My father made you work hard, but I'll make you work even harder. He punished you with whips, but I'll use whips with pieces of sharp metal!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v14_10_15"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.10.15-2Chr.10.19" class="v14_10_15">15-19</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Chr.10.15-2Chr.10.19!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> When the people realized that Rehoboam would not listen to them, they shouted: “We don't have to be loyal to David's family. We can do what we want. Come on, people of Israel, let's go home! Rehoboam can rule his own people.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v14_10_15">Adoniram<a href="#fn" id="link_2Chr.10.15-2Chr.10.19!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> was in charge of the work force, and Rehoboam sent him to talk to the people. But they stoned him to death. Then Rehoboam ran to his chariot and hurried back to Jerusalem.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v14_10_15">Everyone from Israel's northern tribes went home, leaving Rehoboam to rule only the people from Judah. And since that day, the people of Israel have been opposed to David's descendants in Judah.<a href="#fn" id="link_2Chr.10.15-2Chr.10.19!f.3" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> All of this happened just as Ahijah the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s prophet from Shiloh had told Jeroboam.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.10 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Compared … weak: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew “My little finger is bigger than my father's waist.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.15-19 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Adoniram: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text has “Hadoram,” another spelling of the name.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.15-19 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the people of Israel have been opposed … Judah: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">From this time on, “Israel” usually refers only to the northern kingdom. 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