2 Chronicles 10
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The Northern Tribes Revolt
1Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had gathered to make him king. 2When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of this, he returned from Egypt, for he had fled to Egypt to escape from King Solomon. 3The leaders of Israel summoned him, and Jeroboam and all Israel went to speak with Rehoboam. 4“Your father was a hard master,” they said. “Lighten the harsh labor demands and heavy taxes that your father imposed on us. Then we will be your loyal subjects.”
5Rehoboam replied, “Come back in three days for my answer.” So the people went away.
6Then King Rehoboam discussed the matter with the older men who had counseled his father, Solomon. “What is your advice?” he asked. “How should I answer these people?”
7The older counselors replied, “If you are good to these people and do your best to please them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your loyal subjects.”
8But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the older men and instead asked the opinion of the young men who had grown up with him and were now his advisers. 9“What is your advice?” he asked them. “How should I answer these people who want me to lighten the burdens imposed by my father?”
10The young men replied, “This is what you should tell those complainers who want a lighter burden: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist! 11Yes, my father laid heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!’”
12Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to hear Rehoboam’s decision, just as the king had ordered. 13But Rehoboam spoke harshly to them, for he rejected the advice of the older counselors 14and followed the counsel of his younger advisers. He told the people, “My father laid#10:14 As in Greek version and many Hebrew manuscripts (see also 1 Kgs 12:14); Masoretic Text reads I will lay. heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!”
15So the king paid no attention to the people. This turn of events was the will of God, for it fulfilled the Lord’s message to Jeroboam son of Nebat through the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh.
16When all Israel realized#10:16 As in Syriac version, Latin Vulgate, and many Hebrew manuscripts (see also 1 Kgs 12:16); Masoretic Text lacks realized. that the king had refused to listen to them, they responded,
“Down with the dynasty of David!
We have no interest in the son of Jesse.
Back to your homes, O Israel!
Look out for your own house, O David!”
So all the people of Israel returned home. 17But Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the towns of Judah.
18King Rehoboam sent Adoniram,#10:18 Hebrew Hadoram, a variant spelling of Adoniram; compare 1 Kgs 4:6; 5:14; 12:18. who was in charge of forced labor, to restore order, but the people of Israel stoned him to death. When this news reached King Rehoboam, he quickly jumped into his chariot and fled to Jerusalem. 19And to this day the northern tribes of Israel have refused to be ruled by a descendant of David.
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2 Paralipomenon 10
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1And Roboam went to Sichem: for thither all Israel were assembled, to make him king.
2And when Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who was in Egypt (for he was fled thither from Solomon), heard it, forthwith he returned.
3And they sent for him; and he came with all Israel. And they spoke to Roboam, saying:
4Thy father oppressed us with a most grievous yoke; do thou govern us with a lighter hand than thy father, who laid upon us a heavy servitude, and ease some thing of the burden, that we may serve thee.
5And he said to them: Come to me again after three days. And when the people were gone,
6He took counsel with the ancients, who had stood before his father Solomon, while he yet lived, saying: What counsel give you to me, that I may answer the people?
7And they said to him: If thou please this people, and soothe them with kind words, they will be thy servants for ever.
8But he forsook the counsel of the ancients, and began to treat with the young men, that had been brought up with him, and were in his train.
9And he said to them: What seemeth good to you? Or what shall I answer this people, who have said to me: Ease the yoke which thy father laid upon us?
10But they answered as young men and brought up with him in pleasures, and said: Thus shalt thou speak to the people, that said to thee: Thy father made our yoke heavy, do thou ease it. Thus shalt thou answer them: My little finger is thicker than the loins of my father.
11My father laid upon you a heavy yoke: and I will add more weight to it. My father beat you with scourges: but I will beat you with scorpions.
12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Roboam the third day, as he commanded them.
13And the king answered roughly, leaving the counsel of the ancients.
14And he spoke according to the advice of the young men: My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, which I will make heavier. My father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions.
15And he condescended not to the people's requests: for it was the will of God, that his word might be fulfilled, which he had spoken by the hand of Ahias the Silonite to Jeroboam the son of Nabat.
16And all the people upon the king's speaking roughly said thus unto him: We have no part in David, nor inheritance in the son of Isai. Return to thy dwellings, O Israel: and do thou, O David, feed thy own house. And Israel went away to their dwellings.
17But Roboam reigned over the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Juda.
18And king Roboam sent Aduram, who was over the tributes. And the children of Israel stoned him. And he died. And king Roboam made haste to get up into his chariot, and fled into Jerusalem.
19And Israel revolted from the house of David unto this day.
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