Anden Krønikebog 10
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10 Rehabeam begav sig til Sikem, thi derhen var hele Israel stævnet for at hylde ham som Konge. 2 Men da Jeroboam, Nebats Søn, der opholdt sig i Ægypten, hvorhen han var flygtet for Kong Salomo, fik Nys derom, vendte han hjem fra Ægypten. 3 Man sendte da Bud og lod ham kalde. Og Jeroboam kom. Da sagde hele Israel til Rehabeam: 4 "Din Fader lagde et hårdt Åg på os, men let du nu det hårde Arbejde for os, som din Fader krævede, og det tunge Åg, han lagde på os, så vil vi tjene dig!" 5 Han svarede dem: "Gå bort, bi tre Dage og kom så til mig igen!" Så gik Folket.
6 Derpå rådførte Kong Rehabeam sig med de gamle, der havde stået i hans Fader Salomos Tjeneste, dengang han levede, og spurgte dem: "Hvad råder I mig til at svare dette Folk?" 7 De svarede: "Hvis du i Dag vil være venlig mod dette Folk og føje dem og give dem gode Ord, så vil de blive dine Tjenere for bestandig!" 8 Men han fulgte ikke det Råd, de gamle gav ham; derimod rådførte han sig med de unge, der var vokset op sammen med ham og stod i hans Tjeneste, 9 og spurgte dem: "Hvad råder I os til at svare dette Folk, som kræver af mig, at jeg skal lette dem det Åg, min Fader lagde på dem?" 10 De unge, der var vokset op sammen med ham, sagde da til ham: "Således skal du svare dette Folk, som sagde til dig: Din Fader lagde et tungt Åg på os, let du det for os! Således skal du svare dem: Min Lillefinger er tykkere end min Faders Hofter! 11 Har derfor min Fader lagt et tungt Åg på eder, vil jeg gøre Åget tungere; har min Fader tugtet eder med Svøber, vil jeg tugte eder med Skorpioner!"
12 Da Jeroboam og alt Folket Tredjedagen kom til Rehabeam, som Kongen havde sagt, 13 gav han dem et hårdt Svar, og uden at tage Hensyn til de gamles Råd 14 sagde han efter de unges Råd til dem: "Har min Fader lagt et tungt Åg på eder, vil jeg gøre det tungere; har min Fader tugtet eder med Svøber, vil jeg tugte eder med Skorpioner!" 15 Kongen hørte ikke på Folket, thi Gud føjede det således for at opfylde det Ord, Herren havde talet ved Ahija fra Silo til Jerøboam, Nebats Søn. 16 Men da hele Israel mærkede, at Kongen ikke hørte på dem, gav Folket Kongen det Svar: "Hvad Del har vi i David? Vi har ingen Lod i Isajs Søn! Til dine Telte, Israel! Sørg nu, David, for dit eget Hus!" Derpå vendte Israel tilbage til sine Telte. 17 Men over de Israeliter, der boede i Judas Byer, blev Rehabeam Konge.
18 Nu sendte Kong Rehabeam Adoniram, der havde Opsyn med Hoveriarbejdet, ud til dem, men Israeliterne stenede ham til Døde. Da steg Kong Rehabeam i største Hast op på sin Stridsvogn og flygtede til Jerusalem. 19 Så brød Israel med Davids Hus, og således er det den Dag i Dag.
2 Chronicles 10
New King James Version
The Revolt Against Rehoboam(A)
10 And (B)Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king. 2 So it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (he was in Egypt, (C)where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon), that Jeroboam returned from Egypt. 3 Then they sent for him and called him. And Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, 4 “Your father made our yoke heavy; now therefore, lighten the burdensome service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”
5 So he said to them, “Come back to me after three days.” And the people departed.
6 Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, saying, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”
7 And they spoke to him, saying, “If you are kind to these people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
8 (D)But he rejected the advice which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him. 9 And he said to them, “What advice do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”
10 Then the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you should speak to the people who have spoken to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter on us’—thus you shall say to them: ‘My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s waist! 11 And now, whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with [a]scourges!’ ”
12 So (E)Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had directed, saying, “Come back to me the third day.” 13 Then the king answered them roughly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders, 14 and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, [b]“My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with [c]scourges!” 15 So the king did not listen to the people; (F)for the turn of events was from God, that the Lord might fulfill His (G)word, which He had spoken by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
16 Now when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying:
“What share have we in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.
Every man to your tents, O Israel!
Now see to your own house, O David!”
So all Israel departed to their tents. 17 But Rehoboam reigned over the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.
18 Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was in charge of revenue; but the children of Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. Therefore King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste to flee to Jerusalem. 19 (H)So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 10:11 Scourges with points or barbs, lit. scorpions
- 2 Chronicles 10:14 So with many Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg. (cf. v. 10; 1 Kin. 12:14); MT I
- 2 Chronicles 10:14 Lit. scorpions
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
