2 Chronicles 10:14 KJV
And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Thou and Ye
- your, you more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
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
- ArroganceSee the chain from 1 Samuel 2:3 · 3 links
Cross References
- 2 Chronicles 10:10–11 And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. …
- 2 Chronicles 22:4–5 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction. …
- Proverbs 12:5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
- Proverbs 17:14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
- Ecclesiastes 2:19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 7:8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
- Ecclesiastes 10:16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
- Daniel 6:7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
- James 3:14–4:2 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. …
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Topics
- Candidate Refuses to make promises
- Israel, prophecies concerning Other circumstances of his reign
- Jeroboam Recalled from Egypt by the ten tribes on account of disaffection toward Rehoboam, and made king
- Petition Rehoboam
- Rebellion Revolt of the ten tribes
- Rehoboam Refuses to reform abuses
- Rulers Rehoboam, making the yoke heavy
Kings of Israel & Judah
- RehoboamKing of Judah · 975–958 BC
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible975–958 BC · Rehoboam reigns in Judah
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And answered וַיְדַבֵּר waydabbēr דָבַר Verb · piel sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- them after the advice אֲלֵהֶם ʾălēhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural כַּעֲצַת kaʿăṣat עֵצָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with preposition
- of the young men הַיְלָדִים haylādîm יֶלֶד Noun · masculine plural · with the
- saying לֵאמֹר lēʾmōr אָמַר Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
- My father עָלָיו ʿālāyw Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular אָבִי ʾābî אָב Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- made your yoke אֶת ʾet Object marker עֻלְּכֶם ʿullĕkem עֹל Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
- heavy אַכְבִּיד ʾakbîd כָּבַד Verb · hiphil imperfect, first person common singular
- but I will add וַאֲנִי waʾănî Pronoun · first person common singular · with and אֹסִיף ʾōsîp יָסַף Verb · hiphil imperfect, first person common singular
- thereto: my father אָב ʼâb
- chastised יִסַּר yissar יָסַר Verb · piel perfect, third person masculine singular
- you with whips אֶתְכֶם ʾetkem Object marker · with suffix: second person masculine plural בַּשּׁוֹטִים baššôṭîm שׁוֹט Noun · masculine plural · with preposition with the
- but I will chastise you with scorpions וַאֲנִי waʾănî Pronoun · first person common singular · with and בָּעֲקְרַבִּים bāʿăqrabbîm עַקְרָב Noun · masculine plural · with preposition with the
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
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