2Chronicles 10

The Revolt Against Rehoboam

10Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.H7346H3212H7927H7927H3478H935H44272And as soon as Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), then Jeroboam returned from Egypt.H3379H1121H5028H4714H1272H6440H8010H4428H8085H3379H7725H47143And they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all Israel came and said to Rehoboam,H7971H7121H3379H3478H935H1696H7346H5594"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."H1H5923H7185H7043H7186H5656H1H3515H5923H5414H56475He said to them, "Come to me again in three days." So the people went away.H559H7725H7969H3117H5971H32126Then 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?"H4428H7346H3289H2205H5975H6440H8010H1H2416H559H349H3289H7725H1697H59717And they said to him, "If you will be good to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."H1696H559H2896H5971H7521H1696H2896H1697H5650H31178But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.H5800H6098H2205H3289H3289H3206H1431H5975H64409And 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'?"H559H3289H7725H1697H5971H1696H559H7043H5923H1H541410And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, "Thus shall you speak to the people who said to you, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us'; thus shall you say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's thighs.H3206H1431H1696H559H559H5971H1696H559H1H3513H5923H3513H7043H559H6995H5666H1H497511And 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.'"H6258H1H6006H3515H5923H3254H5923H1H3256H7752H613712So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king said, "Come to me again the third day."H3379H5971H935H7346H7992H3117H4428H1696H559H7725H7992H311713And the king answered them harshly; and forsaking the counsel of the old men,H4428H6030H7186H4428H7346H5800H6098H220514King Rehoboam spoke to them according to the counsel 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."H1696H6098H3206H559H1H5923H3513H3254H1H3256H7752H613715So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of affairs brought about by God that the LORD might fulfill his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.H4428H8085H5971H5252H430H3068H6965H1697H1696H3027H281H7888H3379H1121H502816And when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, "What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Each of you to your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David." So all Israel went to their tents.H3478H7200H4428H8085H5971H7725H4428H559H2506H1732H5159H1121H3448H376H168H3478H1732H7200H1004H3478H3212H16817But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah.H1121H3478H3427H5892H3063H7346H442718Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was taskmaster over the forced labor, and the people of Israel stoned him to death with stones. And King Rehoboam quickly mounted his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.H4428H7346H7971H1913H4522H1121H3478H7275H68H4191H4428H7346H553H5927H4818H5127H338919So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.H3478H6586H1004H1732H3117