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2
Chronicles Chapter Ten
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 10
This
chapter is not only in sense the same, but is expressed almost in the selfsame
words as First Kings chapter twelve, verses one through nineteen, so there
needs not anything to be added to the notes there, which the reader is referred
to. See Gill on 1 Kings 12:1.
2 Chronicles
10:1 And Rehoboam
went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.
YLT
1And Rehoboam goeth to
Shechem, for [to] Shechem have all Israel come to cause him to reign.
Verses 1-10
See
Chapter Introduction
2 Chronicles
10:2 2 So
it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (he was in Egypt,
where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon), that Jeroboam returned
from Egypt.
YLT
2And it cometh to pass, at
Jeroboam son of Nebat's -- who [is] in Egypt because he hath fled from the face
of Solomon the king -- hearing, that Jeroboam turneth back out of Egypt;
2 Chronicles
10:3 3 Then
they sent for him and called him. And Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to
Rehoboam, saying,
YLT
3and they send and call for
him, and Jeroboam cometh in, and all Israel, and speak unto Rehoboam, saying,
2 Chronicles
10:4 4 “Your
father made our yoke heavy; now therefore, lighten the burdensome service of
your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”
YLT
4`Thy father made our yoke
sharp, and now, make light [somewhat] of the sharp service of thy father, and
of his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we serve thee.'
2 Chronicles 10:5 5 So he said to them, “Come
back to me after three days.” And the people departed.
YLT
5And he saith unto them,
`Yet three days -- then return ye unto me;' and the people go.
2 Chronicles 10:6 6 Then King Rehoboam
consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived,
saying, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”
YLT
6And king Rehoboam
consulteth with the aged men who have been standing before Solomon his father
in his being alive, saying, `How are ye counselling to answer this people?'
2 Chronicles 10:7 7 And they spoke to him,
saying, “If you are kind to these people, and please them, and speak good words
to them, they will be your servants forever.”
YLT
7And they speak unto him,
saying, `If thou dost become good to this people, and hast been pleased with
them, and spoken unto them good words, then they have been to thee servants all
the days.'
2 Chronicles 10:8 8 But he rejected the advice
which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up
with him, who stood before him.
YLT
8And he forsaketh the
counsel of the aged men that they counselled him, and consulteth with the lads
who have grown up with him, those standing before him,
2 Chronicles 10:9 9 And he said to them, “What
advice do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me,
saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”
YLT
9and he saith unto them,
`What are ye counselling, and we answer this people that have spoken unto me,
saying, Make light [somewhat] of the yoke that thy father put upon us?'
2 Chronicles 10:10 10 Then the young men who had
grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you should speak to the people
who have spoken to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it
lighter on us’—thus you shall say to them: ‘My little finger shall be
thicker than my father’s waist!
YLT
10And the lads who have grown
up with him, speak with him, saying, `Thus dost thou say to the people who have
spoken unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and thou, make light
[somewhat] of our yoke; thus dost thou say unto them, My little finger is
thicker than the loins of my father;
2 Chronicles 10:11 11 And now, whereas my father
put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with
whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!’”[a]
YLT
11and now, my father laid on
you a heavy yoke, and I -- I add unto your yoke; my father chastised you with
whips, and I -- with scorpions.'
Verses 11-19
See
Introduction to Chapter 9
2 Chronicles 10:12 12 So Jeroboam and all the
people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had directed, saying,
“Come back to me the third day.”
YLT
12And Jeroboam cometh in, and
all the people, unto Rehoboam on the third day, as the king spake, saying,
`Return unto me on the third day.'
2 Chronicles 10:13 13 Then the king answered
them roughly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders,
YLT
13And the king answereth them
sharply, and king Rehoboam forsaketh the counsel of the aged men,
2 Chronicles 10:14 14 and he spoke to them
according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father[b] made your
yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but I will
chastise you with scourges!”[c]
YLT
14and speaketh unto them
according to the counsel of the lads, saying, `My father made your yoke heavy,
and I -- I add unto it; my father chastised you with whips, and I -- with
scorpions.'
2 Chronicles 10:15 15 So the king did not listen
to the people; for the turn of events was from God, that the Lord might fulfill
His word, which He had spoken by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam
the son of Nebat.
YLT
15And the king hath not
hearkened unto the people, for the revolution hath been from God, for the sake
of Jehovah's establishing His word that He spake by the hand of Abijah the
Shilonite unto Jeroboam son of Nebat.
2 Chronicles 10:16 16 Now when all Israel saw
that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying: “What
share have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every
man to your tents, O Israel! Now see to your own house, O David!” So all Israel
departed to their tents.
YLT
16And all Israel have seen
that the king hath not hearkened to them, and the people send back [to] the
king, saying, `What portion have we in David? yea, there is no inheritance in a
son of Jesse; each to thy tents, O Israel; now, see thy house -- David,' and
all Israel go to their tents.
2 Chronicles 10:17 17 But Rehoboam reigned over
the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.
YLT
17As to the sons of Israel
who are dwelling in the cities of Judah -- Rehoboam reigneth over them.
2 Chronicles 10:18 18 Then King Rehoboam sent
Hadoram, who was in charge of revenue; but the children of Israel stoned
him with stones, and he died. Therefore King Rehoboam mounted his
chariot in haste to flee to Jerusalem.
YLT
18And king Rehoboam sendeth
Hadoram, who [is] over the tribute, and the sons of Israel cast at him stones,
and he dieth; and king Rehoboam hath strengthened himself to go up into a
chariot to flee to Jerusalem;
2 Chronicles 10:19 19 So Israel has been in
rebellion against the house of David to this day.
YLT
19and Israel transgress
against the house of David unto this day.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》
New King James
Version (NKJV)