2 Chronicles 10

2 Chronicles 10:1

Rehoboam went. Compare 1 Kings 12:1-19.

all. “All” put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Whole) for the greater part or representatives.

2 Chronicles 10:2

Jeroboam the son of Nebat. Our acquaintance with him is assumed (1 Kings 11:26-40).

2 Chronicles 10:5

after three days: i.e. the third day (Compare 2 Chronicles 10:12).

2 Chronicles 10:9

advice = counsel.

2 Chronicles 10:12

as = according as.

2 Chronicles 10:14

made. So some codices, with six early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate (as 1 Kings 12:14); but the current Hebrew text reads “I will make”.

2 Chronicles 10:15

word, which He spake. Our acquaintance with 1 Kings 11:29-39 is taken for granted.

2 Chronicles 10:16

saw. Some codices, with seven early printed editions, read this word “saw”, in the text.

your tents. Primitive text reads “your gods”. One of the emendations of the Sopherim. See App-33, and compare 2 Samuel 20:1.

tents = homes. Compare 2 Samuel 18:17; 2 Samuel 19:8; 2 Samuel 20:1.

2 Chronicles 10:17

children = sons.

dwelt in the cities of Judah. See note on 1 Kings 12:17.

2 Chronicles 10:18

stoned him with stones. Figure of speech Polyptoton. See note on Leviticus 24:14.