Verse 11
2 Chronicles 10:11
Free Bible Version
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My father placed a heavy burden on you, and I will make it even heavier. My father punished you with whips; I will punish you with scorpions.’”
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
Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all the Israelites had gone to Shechem to make him king.
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2
Jeroboam, son of Nebat, was still in Egypt when he heard about this. (He had run away to Egypt to es...
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3
The Israelite leaders sent for him. Jereboam and all the Israelites went to talk with Rehoboam.
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4
“Your father placed a heavy burden on us,” they told him. “But now if you lighten the load your fath...
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5
Rehoboam answered, “Come back in three days time.” So the people left.
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6
King Rehoboam asked for advice from the elders who had served his father Solomon when he was alive....
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7
They replied, “If you treat these people well, and please them by speaking kindly to them, they will...
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8
But Rehoboam dismissed the advice of the elders. He instead asked advice from the young men he had g...
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9
He asked them, “What response do you advise that we send back to these people who have told me, ‘Lig...
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10
The young men who he had grown up with told him, “This is what you have to tell these people who sai...
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11
My father placed a heavy burden on you, and I will make it even heavier. My father punished you with...
12
Three days later, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, because the king had told them,...
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13
The king answered them sharply. Dismissing the advice of the elders,
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14
he replied using the advice of the young men. He said, “My father placed a heavy burden on you, and...
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15
The king did not listen to what the people said, for this change in circumstances was from God (Eloh...
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16
When all the Israelites saw that the king wasn't listening to them, they told the king: “What share...
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17
However, Rehoboam still ruled over the Israelites who lived in Judah.
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18
Then King Rehoboam sent out Hadoram, who was in charge of forced labor, but the Israelites stoned hi...
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19
As a result, Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.
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