Verse 15
2 Chronicles 10:15
Free Bible Version
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The king did not listen to what the people said, for this change in circumstances was from God (Elohim), to fulfill what the Lord had told Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/לֹֽא שָׁמַ֥ע הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶל הָ/עָ֑ם כִּֽי הָיְתָ֤ה נְסִבָּה֙ מֵ/עִ֣ם הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים לְמַעַן֩ הָקִ֨ים יְהוָ֜ה אֶת דְּבָר֗/וֹ אֲשֶׁ֤ר דִּבֶּר֙ בְּ/יַד֙ אֲחִיָּ֣הוּ הַ/שִּֽׁלוֹנִ֔י אֶל יָרָבְעָ֖ם בֶּן נְבָֽט
English Translation
And the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of events from God to establish what the Lord had spoken by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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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...
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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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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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