Verse 11
2 Chronicles 10:11
Bible in Basic English
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If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עַתָּ֗ה אָבִ/י֙ הֶעְמִ֤יס עֲלֵי/כֶם֙ עֹ֣ל כָּבֵ֔ד וַ/אֲנִ֖י אֹסִ֣יף עַֽל עֻלְּ/כֶ֑ם אָבִ֗/י יִסַּ֤ר אֶתְ/כֶם֙ בַּ/שּׁוֹטִ֔ים וַ/אֲנִ֖י בָּֽ/עֲקְרַבִּֽים
English Translation
And now, my father has laid a heavy burden upon you, and I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.
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Chapter 10 Context
1
And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king.
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And when Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, had news of it, (for he was in Egypt where he had gone in fligh...
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And they sent for him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
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Your father put a hard yoke on us: if you will make the conditions under which your father kept us d...
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And he said to them, Come to me again after three days. So the people went away.
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Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was...
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And they said to him, If you are kind to this people, pleasing them and saying good words to them, t...
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But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, but went to the young men of his generation...
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And he said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said t...
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10
And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came t...
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11
If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips...
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So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, sayi...
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13
And the king gave them a rough answer. So King Rehoboam gave no attention to the suggestion of the o...
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14
But gave them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I...
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15
So the king did not give ear to the people; for this came about by the purpose of God (Elohim), so t...
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16
And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to...
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17
But Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Jud...
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18
Then Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the overseer of the forced work; and he was stoned to death by all Isra...
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19
So Israel was turned away from the family of David to this day.
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