“And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.”
2 Chronicles 10
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1Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
“Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.”
“Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.”
2When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.
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3So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
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4"Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father's service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you."
“Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore, lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke on us, and we will serve you.”
“your father made our yoke heavy. Now, therefore, lighten the burdensome service of your father and this heavy yoke, which he has put on us, and we will serve you.”
“your father Solomon made our yoke hard. Therefore, lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us and we'll serve you.”
5Rehoboam answered, "Come back to me in three days." So the people departed.
“And he said unto them, come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.”
6Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. "How do you advise me to respond to these people?" he asked.
“Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, How do you advise me to answer this people?”
“And King Rehoboam took counsel with the old man that had stood before Solomon, his father, while he had lived, saying, What counsel give you me to return answer to this people?”
7They replied, "If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever."
“And they speak unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people and please them and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants”
8But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
“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.”
“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.”
“But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him, and he took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.”
9He asked them, "What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, 'Lighten the yoke your father put on us'?"
“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?”
“And he said to them, What do you advise? That we answer this people who have said to me, Lighten the yoke that your father put on us.”
“So he said to them, what counsel do you give that we may answer this people who've spoken to me saying, lighten the yoke which your father put on us?”
10The young men who had grown up with him replied, "This is how you should answer these people who said to you, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.' This is what you should tell them: 'My little finger is thicker than my father's waist!
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11Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.'"
“And now, whereas my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”
“And now, whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, I will chastise you with scourges.”
“whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”
“Whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I'll discipline you with scorpions.”
12After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, "Come back to me on the third day."
“So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had said, Come to me again the third day.”
“So Jeroboam and all the people came back to Rehoboam the third day as the king had directed, saying, come back to me the third day.”
13And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders
“the king answered them roughly, thirteenth verse. And King Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men”
14and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, "Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions."
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15So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
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16When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: "What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!" So all the Israelites went home,
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17but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
“but Rehoboam reigned over the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.”
“But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah.”
18Then King Rehoboam sent out Hadoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.
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19So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.
“So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.”
“so Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.”
“So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.”
“So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.”
“Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.”
“so Israel has been in rebellion against the house of Israel to this day.”