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2 Chronicles 10
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2 Chronicles 10
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Israel Rebels Against Rehoboam(A)
10 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king. 2 When Jeroboam(B) son of Nebat heard this (he was in Egypt, where he had fled(C) from King Solomon), he returned from Egypt. 3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel(D) went to Rehoboam and said to him: 4 “Your father put a heavy yoke on us,(E) but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
5 Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people went away.
6 Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders(F) who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How would you advise me to answer these people?” he asked.
7 They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them and give them a favorable answer,(G) they will always be your servants.”
8 But Rehoboam rejected(H) the advice the elders(I) gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him. 9 He asked them, “What is your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”
10 The young men who had grown up with him replied, “The people have said to you, ‘Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but make our yoke lighter.’ Now tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist. 11 My father laid on you a heavy yoke; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.’”
12 Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the king had said, “Come back to me in three days.” 13 The king answered them harshly. Rejecting the advice of the elders, 14 he followed the advice of the young men and said, “My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.” 15 So the king did not listen to the people, for this turn of events was from God,(J) to fulfill the word the Lord had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.(K)
16 When all Israel(L) saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered the king:
“What share do we have in David,(M)
what part in Jesse’s son?
To your tents, Israel!
Look after your own house, David!”
So all the Israelites went home. 17 But as for the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah, Rehoboam still ruled over them.
18 King Rehoboam sent out Adoniram,[a](N) who was in charge of forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. King Rehoboam, however, managed to get into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. 19 So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 10:18 Hebrew Hadoram, a variant of Adoniram
2 Crónicas 10
La Biblia de las Américas
2 Crónicas 10
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Roboam y la rebelión de Israel
10 (A)Entonces Roboam fue a Siquem, porque todo Israel había ido a Siquem para hacerlo rey. 2 Y[a] cuando lo oyó Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat, (porque él estaba en Egipto adonde había huido de la presencia del rey Salomón(B)), volvió Jeroboam de Egipto. 3 Y enviaron a llamarlo. Entonces vino con todo Israel, y hablaron a Roboam, diciendo: 4 Tu padre hizo pesado nuestro yugo(C); ahora pues, aligera la dura servidumbre de tu padre y el pesado yugo que puso sobre nosotros y te serviremos. 5 Entonces él les dijo: Volved otra vez a mí dentro de tres días. Y el pueblo se fue.
6 El rey Roboam pidió consejo a los ancianos que habían servido a[b](D) su padre Salomón cuando aún vivía, diciendo: ¿Qué me aconsejáis que responda a este pueblo? 7 Y ellos le respondieron, diciendo: Si eres bueno con este pueblo y les complaces y les dices buenas palabras(E), entonces ellos serán tus siervos para siempre. 8 Pero él abandonó el consejo que le habían dado los ancianos, y pidió consejo a los jóvenes que se habían criado con él y le servían[c](F). 9 Y les dijo: ¿Qué aconsejáis que respondamos a este pueblo que me ha hablado, diciendo: «Aligera el yugo que tu padre puso sobre nosotros»? 10 Y los jóvenes que se habían criado con él le respondieron, diciendo: Así dirás al pueblo que te ha hablado, diciendo: «Tu padre hizo pesado nuestro yugo, pero tú hazlo más ligero para[d] nosotros». Así les dirás: «Mi dedo meñique es más grueso que los lomos de mi padre. 11 Por cuanto mi padre os cargó con un pesado yugo, yo añadiré a vuestro yugo; mi padre os castigó con látigos, pero yo os castigaré con escorpiones».
12 Entonces vino Jeroboam con todo el pueblo a Roboam al tercer día como el rey lo había dicho, diciendo: Volved a mí al tercer día. 13 El rey les respondió con dureza, pues el rey Roboam había menospreciado[e] el consejo de los ancianos, 14 y les habló conforme al consejo de los jóvenes, diciendo: Mi padre hizo[f] pesado vuestro yugo, pero yo lo haré más pesado; mi padre os castigó con látigos, pero yo os castigaré con escorpiones. 15 El rey no escuchó al pueblo, porque esto venía de parte de Dios(G), para que el Señor confirmara la palabra que Él había hablado por medio[g] de Ahías silonita a Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat(H).
16 Cuando todo Israel vio que el rey no los escuchaba, el pueblo respondió al rey, diciendo:
¿Qué parte tenemos nosotros con David?
No tenemos herencia con el hijo de Isaí.
¡Cada uno a su tienda, Israel(I)!
¡Mira ahora por tu casa, David!
Y todo Israel se fue a sus tiendas(J). 17 Pero en cuanto a los hijos de Israel que habitaban en las ciudades de Judá, Roboam reinó sobre ellos. 18 Entonces el rey Roboam envió a Adoram, que estaba a cargo de los trabajos forzados(K), pero los hijos de Israel lo mataron a pedradas[h]; y el rey Roboam se apresuró a subir a su carro para huir a Jerusalén. 19 Así Israel ha estado en rebeldía contra la casa de David hasta hoy(L).
Footnotes
- 2 Crónicas 10:2 Lit., Y sucedió que
- 2 Crónicas 10:6 Lit., habían estado delante de
- 2 Crónicas 10:8 Lit., y que estaban delante de él
- 2 Crónicas 10:10 Lit., de sobre
- 2 Crónicas 10:13 Lit., abandonado
- 2 Crónicas 10:14 Así en muchos mss. y versiones antiguas; en el T.M., Yo he hecho
- 2 Crónicas 10:15 Lit., mano
- 2 Crónicas 10:18 Lit., lo apedrearon con piedras y murió
2 Chronicles 10
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2 Chronicles 10
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10 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. 2 When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon), Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. 3 They sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spoke to Rehoboam, saying, 4 “Your father made our yoke grievous. Now therefore make the grievous service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.”
5 He said to them, “Come again to me after three days.”
So the people departed.
6 King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, “What counsel do you give me about how to answer these people?”
7 They spoke to him, saying, “If you are kind to these people, please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”
8 But he abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him. 9 He said to them, “What counsel do you give, that we may give an answer to these people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter’?”
10 The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall tell the people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter on us;’ thus you shall say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist. 11 Now whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.’”
12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king asked, saying, “Come to me again the third day.” 13 The king answered them roughly; and King Rehoboam abandoned the counsel of the old men, 14 and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”
15 So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was brought about by God, that Yahweh might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
16 When all Israel saw that the king didn’t listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion do we have in David? We don’t have an inheritance in the son of Jesse! Every man to your tents, Israel! Now see to your own house, David.” So all Israel departed to their tents.
17 But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 18 Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the men subject to forced labor; and the children of Israel stoned him to death with stones. King Rehoboam hurried to get himself up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 19 So Israel rebelled against David’s house to this day.
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