2 Chronicles 10:13 KJV

And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

Matthew Henry

  • The ten tribes revolt from RehoboamModerate counsels are wisest and best. Gentleness will do what violence will not do. Most people like to be accosted mildly. Good words cost only a little...

Thompson Chains

Cross References

  • Genesis 42:7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
  • Genesis 42:30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
  • Exodus 10:28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
  • 1 Samuel 25:10–11 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master. …
  • 1 Kings 20:6–11 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away. …

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Bible Dictionary

  • RehoboamHe enlarges the people, the successor of Solomon on the throne, and apparently his only son. He was the son of Naamah “the Ammonitess,”...

Strong’s Numbers

  • And the king מֶלֶךְ melek
  • answered עָנָה ʻânâh
  • them roughly קָשֶׁה qâsheh
  • and king מֶלֶךְ melek
  • Rehoboam רְחַבְעָם Rᵉchabʻâm
  • forsook עָזַב ʻâzab
  • the counsel עֵצָה ʻêtsâh
  • of the old men זָקֵן zâqên

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