CHAPTER X _The people apply to Rehoboam to ease them of their burdens_, 1-4. _Rejecting the advice of the aged counsellors, and following that_ _of the young men, he gives them an ungracious answer_, 5-14. _The people are discouraged, and ten tribes revolt_, 15-17. _They stone Hadoram, who went... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 10:10. _BY LITTLE_ FINGER _SHALL BE THICKER_] "My weakness shall be stronger than the might of my father." - _Targum_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 10:15. _FOR THE CAUSE WAS OF GOD_] "For there was an occasion Divinely given." - _Targum_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 10:16. _TO YOUR TENTS, O ISRAEL_] "To your cities, O Israel." - _Targum_. _NOW, DAVID, SEE TO THINE OWN HOUSE._] "Now, David, rule over the men of thy own house." - _Targum_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 10:18. _STONED HIM_] When he endeavoured to collect the tribute which Solomon had imposed on them. - _Jarchi_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 10:19. _ISRAEL REBELLED_] A few soft words, and the removal of a part of the oppressive taxes, (for they said, _Ease thou SOMEWHAT_ _the grievous servitude_,) would have secured this people to the state, and prevented the shedding of a sea of human blood, which was the consequence... [ Continue Reading ]