2.
Suffering the division of the kingdom and losing ten tribes
10:1—11:4
2 Chron. 10
:1
10:1
aThen Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
2 Chron. 10
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10:2
And when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of
it (for he was in Egypt, where he had
afled from Solomon the king; and Jeroboam returned from Egypt;
2 Chron. 10
:3
10:3
And they sent
word to him and called him), Jeroboam and all of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
2 Chron. 10
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10:4
Your father made our yoke hard. Now therefore make the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke that he put upon us lighter, and we will serve you.
2 Chron. 10
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10:5
And he said to them,
Go away for another three days, then return to me. And the people went away.
2 Chron. 10
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10:6
Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the elders who attended Solomon his father while he was alive, saying, What counsel do you give
me to return as an answer to this people?
2 Chron. 10
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10:7
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 always.
2 Chron. 10
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10:8
But he forsook the counsel of the elders with which they counseled him and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who attended him.
2 Chron. 10
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10:9
And he said to them, What counsel do you give
me that we may return an answer to this people who have spoken to me, saying, Lighten the yoke that your father put upon us?
2 Chron. 10
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10:10
And the young men who grew up with him spoke with him, saying, Thus shall you say to the people who have spoken to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make
it lighter on us; thus shall you say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.
2 Chron. 10
:11
10:11
And now, whereas my father laid a heavy yoke upon you, I will increase your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I
will chastise you with scorpions.
2 Chron. 10
:12
10:12
And 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.
2 Chron. 10
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10:13
And the king answered them harshly; and King Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the elders
2 Chron. 10
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10:14
And spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, I will make your yoke heavy, and I will add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but I
will chastise you with scorpions.
2 Chron. 10
:15
10:15
So the king did not listen to the people, for this turn of events was of God that Jehovah might establish His word which He had spoken through
aAhijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
2 Chron. 10
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10:16
And when all Israel
saw that the king would not listen to them, the people returned
an answer to the king, saying, What portion do we have in David? Neither
do we have an inheritance in the son of Jesse. Each one to your tents, O Israel. Now see to your own house, O David. And all Israel went to their tents.
2 Chron. 10
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10:17
But as for the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
2 Chron. 10
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10:18
Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the forced labor, and the children of Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam made haste to get up into his chariot and flee to Jerusalem.
2 Chron. 10
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10:19
So Israel has rebelled against the house of David until this day.
