Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
2 Chronicles 10:4
Thy father made, etc.] The passages in 1 Kings 5:13; 1 Kings 11:28, which throw light upon the oppressiveness of Solomon, are omitted by the Chronicler.
Thy father made, etc.] The passages in 1 Kings 5:13; 1 Kings 11:28, which throw light upon the oppressiveness of Solomon, are omitted by the Chronicler.
The narrative of Kings (marginal reference) is repeated with only slight verbal differences....
II. THE REBELLION OF THE TEN TRIBES CHAPTER 10 _ 1. Rehoboam made king (2 Chronicles 10:1)_ 2. Jeroboam's return from Egypt and his request (2 Chronicles 10:2) 3. Rehoboam's answer ...
PART IV (2 Chronicles 10-36). THE HISTORY OF JUDAH FROM REHOBOAM TO THE EDICT OF CYRUS. 2 Chronicles 10:1. Rehoboam is Rejected by the Israelites (see notes on 1 Kings 12:1). The variations between t...
_ease thou somewhat … put upon us_ R.V. MAKE THOU THE GRIEVOUS SERVICE OF THY FATHER, AND HIS HEAVY YOKE WHICH HE PUT UPON US, LIGHTER (as in 1 Kin.). The "service" complained of is described (in part...
_ALL ISRAEL INTREAT REBOBOAM TO LIGHTEN THE YOKE LAID UPON THEM BY SOLOMON. REHOBOAM, DESPISING THE COURT OF THE OLD MEN, FOLLOWS THAT OF THE YOUNG ONES. TEN TRIBES SEPARATE THEMSELVES FROM HIM._ _B...
II. THE DIVISION OF THE KINGDOM (2 Chronicles 10:1 to 2 Chronicles 36:21) 1. JEROBOAM'S REVOLUTION (Chapter 10) TEXT 2 Chronicles 10:1. And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel
_THY FATHER MADE OUR YOKE GRIEVOUS: NOW THEREFORE EASE THOU SOMEWHAT THE GRIEVOUS SERVITUDE OF THY_ _ THY FATHER MADE OUR YOKE GRIEVOUS: NOW THEREFORE EASE THOU SOMEWHAT THE GRIEVOUS SERVITUDE OF THY...
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ THE TWO *KINGDOMS – 2 CHRONICLES 10:1-11 CHAPTER 10 *Israel separates from Jud...
MADE... GRIEVOUS... EASE THOU. — Made _hard_... _lighten._ NOW THEREFORE. — _And now._ Kings and the Syriac here, “and thou now” — _w’attah ‘attah:_ an assonance which the chronicler has avoided, at t...
אָבִ֖יךָ הִקְשָׁ֣ה אֶת ־עֻלֵּ֑נוּ וְ עַתָּ֡ה...
REHOBOAM AND ABIJAH: THE IMPORTANCE OF RITUAL 2 Chronicles 10:1; 2 Chronicles 11:1; 2 Chronicles 12:1;...
Despotism is seldom transmissible. That Solomon had been an autocrat and had ruled with a hand of iron under the velvet is evidenced by the words of the men of Israel, "Thy father hath made our yoke g...
Thy father (b) 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. (b) That is, handled us r...
I have purposely gone through all these verses in one reading before that I offered any Commentary upon them in order to come to this last verse, which explains the whole; the cause was of God. It is...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10, 11, AND 12. Solomon's faults are not related here for reasons which we have already pointed out; but the history of Rehoboam shows us the immediate fall...
1 Kings 12:4....
_A.M. 3029. B.C. 975._ The people request Rehoboam to ease their grievances, 2 Chronicles 10:1. _Rehoboam, rejecting the old men's counsel, by the advice of the young men, answers them roughly, 2 Chr...
1 The Israelites assembled at Shechem to crowne Rehoboam, by Ieroboam make a suite of relaxation vnto him. 6 Rehoboam, refusing the old mens counsell, by the aduice of yong men, answereth them roughl...
The Demand of the Northern Tribes....
Thy father made our yoke grievous, by heavy taxes and by other burdens which he had deemed necessary for his ambitious plans, although they had redounded to the welfare of the nation as such; NOW, THE...
JEROBOAM LEADS A REVOLT (vv.1-18) Rehoboam was inaugurated as king at Shechem. Jereboam who had gone to Egypt for fear of King Solomon, hearing of Solomon's death, returned to Israel. The tribes of...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 10:4 father H1 yoke H5923 heavy H7185 (H8689) lighten H7043 (H8685) burdensome H7186 service H5656
CONTENTS: Accession and folly of Rehoboam. Division of the kingdom. Accession of Jeroboam over Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Rehoboam, Jeroboam, Ahijah, Hadoram. CONCLUSION: Taking counsel of men who kno...
This chapter is so nearly a repetition of 1 Kings 12., that the reader is referred to the Notes and Reflections on that part of sacred history....
_And Rehoboam went to Shechem._ REHOBOAM A cause so stated must succeed. There will be difficulty, but the end is assured. The reasonable always triumphs, due time being given for the elucidation of...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 10:1 The Kingdom of Judah down to the Exile. After the death of Solomon, and following the division of the nation into north and south, Chronicles deals almost exclus...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 10:4 YOUR FATHER MADE OUR YOKE HEAVY. See note on 1 Kings 12:4. ⇐
CRITICAL NOTES.] Here begins the fourth part of the book of Chronicles, extending from the division of the kingdom to the decree of Cyrus, authorising the return of the exiles and confining itself to...
EXPOSITION This chapter begins the fourth and last great division of the work once called in its unity, "The Chronicles." This fourth and last division, therefore, will see us to the end of our 2 Chro...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to II Chronicles, chapter 10. The children of Israel have been brought out of Egypt by Moses. Through the leadership of Joshua they were brought into the land that God had...
1 John 5:3; 1 Kings 12:4; 1 Kings 4:20; 1 Kings 4:25; 1 Kings 9:22;...
Grievous — It is probable, when Solomon had declined from God, that God left him to himself to act thus impolitically....