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Rehoboam's
Reign of Folly |
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| 2 Chronicles 10:1 |
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Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel
had come to Shechem to make him king. |
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| 2 Chronicles 10:2 |
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When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for
he was in Egypt where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon), Jeroboam
returned from Egypt. |
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| 2 Chronicles 10:3 |
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So they sent and summoned him. When Jeroboam
and all Israel came, they spoke to Rehoboam, saying, |
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| 2 Chronicles 10:4 |
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"Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore
lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us,
and we will serve you." |
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| 2 Chronicles 10:5 |
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He said to them, "Return to me again in three
days." So the people departed. |
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| 2 Chronicles 10:6 |
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Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders
who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, "How do you
counsel me to answer this people?" |
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| 2 Chronicles 10:7 |
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They spoke to him, saying, "If you will be kind
to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be
your servants forever." |
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| 2 Chronicles 10:8 |
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But he forsook the counsel of the elders which
they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and
served him. |
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| 2 Chronicles 10:9 |
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So he said to them, "What counsel do you give
that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, 'Lighten the yoke
which your father put on us'?" |
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| 2 Chronicles 10:10 |
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The young men who grew up with him spoke to
him, saying, "Thus you shall say to the people who spoke to you, saying, 'Your
father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter for us.' Thus you shall say
to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins! |
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| 2 Chronicles 10:11 |
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Whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke,
I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline
you with scorpions.'" |
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| 2 Chronicles 10:12 |
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So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam
on the third day as the king had directed, saying, "Return to me on the third
day." |
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| 2 Chronicles 10:13 |
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The king answered them harshly, and King Rehoboam
forsook the counsel of the elders. |
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| 2 Chronicles 10:14 |
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He spoke to them according to the advice of
the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it;
my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions." |
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| 2 Chronicles 10:15 |
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So the king did not listen to the people, for
it was a turn of events from God that the LORD might establish His word, which
He spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. |
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| 2 Chronicles 10:16 |
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When all Israel saw that the king did not listen
to them the people answered the king, saying, "What portion do we have in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to your tents, O Israel;
Now look after your own house, David." So all Israel departed to their tents. |
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| 2 Chronicles 10:17 |
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But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the
cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. |
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| 2 Chronicles 10:18 |
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Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over
the forced labor, and the sons of Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam
made haste to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem. |
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| 2 Chronicles 10:19 |
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So Israel has been in rebellion against the
house of David to this day. |
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