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2 Kronieken 10
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2 Kronieken 10
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Israël wordt verdeeld
10 Rehabeam ging naar Sichem, want heel Israël was naar Sichem gekomen om hem tot koning te kronen. 2 Jerobeam, de zoon van Nebat, was nog in Egypte. Hij was daarheen gevlucht voor koning Salomo.[a] Toen hij het nieuws hoorde, kwam hij uit Egypte terug. 3 Het volk had hem laten halen. Daarna gingen Jerobeam en het volk Israël naar Rehabeam. Ze zeiden tegen hem: 4 "Uw vader is hard voor ons geweest. Hij heeft ons hard voor hem laten werken. Wees minder hard voor ons dan hij. Laat ons alstublieft voor u minder hard hoeven te werken. Dan zullen we u dienen." 5 Hij antwoordde: "Ga, en kom overmorgen terug." En het volk ging weg.
6 Koning Rehabeam ging naar de oude raadgevers van zijn vader Salomo. Hij vroeg hun: "Wat raden jullie mij aan? Wat zal ik hen antwoorden?" 7 Ze zeiden tegen hem: "Als u ervoor kiest om te doen wat ze vragen, en hun dus een vriendelijk antwoord geeft, zullen ze u voor altijd dienen." 8 Maar hij wilde niet doen wat de oude raadgevers zeiden. Hij ging ook raad vragen aan de jonge mannen die met hem opgegroeid waren en bij hem in dienst waren. 9 Hij zei tegen hen: "Het volk heeft tegen mij gezegd: 'Laat ons voor u minder hard hoeven te werken dan voor uw vader.' Wat raden jullie mij aan? Wat zal ik antwoorden?" 10 Ze zeiden: "U moet hen antwoorden: Mijn vader was niets vergeleken bij mij! 11 Luister: mijn vader heeft jullie hard laten werken, maar ik zal jullie nog veel harder laten werken. Mijn vader heeft jullie met zwepen geslagen, maar ik zal jullie met schorpioenen slaan!"
12 Twee dagen later kwam Jerobeam met het hele volk bij Rehabeam terug, zoals hij hun had gezegd. 13 En de koning gaf het volk een onvriendelijk antwoord. Hij luisterde niet naar de raad die de oude leiders hem hadden gegeven. 14 Hij zei tegen hen wat de jonge mannen hem hadden aangeraden. Hij zei: "Mijn vader heeft jullie hard laten werken, maar ik zal jullie nog veel harder laten werken. Mijn vader heeft jullie met zwepen geslagen, maar ik zal jullie met schorpioenen slaan!" 15 De koning luisterde dus niet naar het volk. Want de Heer wilde werkelijkheid maken wat Hij door de profeet Ahia uit Silo had gezegd tegen Jerobeam.[b]
16 De Israëlieten merkten dat de koning niet naar hen wilde luisteren. Daarom zeiden ze tegen hem: "Dan willen we niets meer met Davids koningshuis te maken hebben! U, de kleinzoon van David, hoeft over ons geen koning meer te zijn. Naar huis, Israëlieten! Het koningshuis van David moet maar zien wat het doet!" En ze gingen naar huis. 17 Maar over de Israëlieten die in de steden van Juda woonden, werd Rehabeam wel koning. 18 Koning Rehabeam stuurde Adoram[c] erop af om de mensen weer aan het werk te zetten, maar ze gooiden hem met stenen dood. Koning Rehabeam kon zelf maar nét ontsnappen door op zijn wagen te klimmen en naar Jeruzalem te vluchten. 19 Zo werden de Israëlieten ontrouw aan de familie van David. En dat is zo gebleven. (lees verder)
Footnotes
- 2 Kronieken 10:2 Lees 1 Koningen 11:26-40.
- 2 Kronieken 10:15 Lees 1 Koningen 11:31-39.
- 2 Kronieken 10:18 Dat is de Adoniram die in 1 Koningen 4:6 en 1 Koningen 5:14 wordt genoemd.
2 Chronicles 10
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2 Chronicles 10
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The Israelites ask Rehoboam to make their work easier
10 Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all the Israelites had gone there to make him king.[a] 2 At this time, Nebat's son Jeroboam was in Egypt. He had been living there since he ran away from King Solomon. When he heard the news about Rehoboam, he returned from Egypt. 3 The Israelites sent a message to Jeroboam to meet with them. Then Jeroboam and all the Israelites went to speak to Rehoboam. They said to him, 4 ‘Your father caused us to work too hard. Please make the work easier for us. If you do that, we will serve you as our king.’ 5 Rehoboam answered them, ‘Go away for three days. Then come back to me.’ So the people went away.
6 Then King Rehoboam went to talk to the older advisors who had served his father Solomon. He asked them, ‘What answer should I give to these people?’
7 They replied, ‘If you agree to be kind to these people and help them, they will always serve you as their king. So do what they are asking you to do.’
8 But Rehoboam did not agree with their advice. Instead he talked to some younger men. They had been his friends since they were young and now they were his advisors. 9 He asked them, ‘What do you think that I should say to these people? They want me to make their work easier.’
10 Rehoboam's young advisors said, ‘The people said to you, “Your father made us work too hard. Please make our work easier.” You should tell them, “Even my little finger is thicker than my father's whole body! 11 My father made you work hard. I will make you work even harder! My father punished you with little whips. I will punish you with whips that bite your skin!” ’
Rehoboam refuses to do what the people want
12 Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam after three days. That was because the king had said, ‘Return to me in three days.’
13 King Rehoboam spoke cruel words to the people. He did not agree to say what the older men had told him to say. 14 Instead, he did what the young men had suggested. He said to the people, ‘My father gave you work that was too hard for you. I will make it even worse! My father punished you with little whips. I will punish you with whips that bite!’
15 So the king did not agree to do what the people wanted him to do. It was God who caused this to happen. He had already given his message about this to Nebat's son Jeroboam. The prophet Ahijah who came from Shiloh had spoken the Lord's message to Jeroboam.[b]
Israel and Judah become separate kingdoms
16 All the Israelites realized that the king refused to listen to them. So they said to the king,
‘We can no longer serve the family of Jesse's son, David!
Israelites, go back to your homes!
You descendant of David, take care of your own family!’
So the Israelites went to their homes. 17 But Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the towns of Judah.[c]
18 King Rehoboam sent a man called Adoniram to talk to the Israelite people. Adoniram had authority over the men who had to work for Rehoboam. But the Israelites threw stones at Adoniram and they killed him.[d] So King Rehoboam quickly got into his chariot and he escaped to Jerusalem.
19 Since that time, the tribes in the north of Israel have not accepted the authority of King David's descendants.
Footnotes
- 10:1 Rehoboam became king when his father Solomon died. See 2 Chronicles 9:31. He went to Shechem for all the Israelites to accept him as king. Shechem was about 50 kilometres north of Jerusalem.
- 10:15 See 1 Kings 11:29-33.
- 10:17 Rehoboam was now king over only two Israelite tribes, Judah and Benjamin. This was the kingdom in the south. Jeroboam became king over the other 10 tribes in the north.
- 10:18 Adoniram was also called Hadoram.
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 Chronicles 10
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2 Chronicles 10
King James Version
10 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,
4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
6 And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?
7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.
9 And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?
10 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.
11 For 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.
12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.
13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
14 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.
15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the Lord might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
16 And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.
17 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
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