2 Chronicles 10:9

2 Chronicles 10:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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?
• New International Version (NIV)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’?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to them, "What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, 'Lighten the yoke that your father put on us'?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)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’?”

Context of 2 Chronicles 10:9

7They answered him, saying, “If you are kind to these people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.” 8But the king rejected the advice which the elders gave him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him [as advisers]. He asked them, “What advice do you give to us regarding the answer to these people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’? ” 10The young men who grew up with him told him, “Tell the people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter for us’: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins! 11Now my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, but I will add [more weight] to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions (extremely painful scourges).’ ”

2 Chronicles 10:9 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם מָ֚ה אַתֶּ֣ם נֽוֹעָצִ֔ים וְנָשִׁ֥יב דָּבָ֖ר אֶת־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבְּר֤וּ אֵלַי֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הָקֵל֙ מִן־הָעֹ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥ן אָבִ֖יךָ עָלֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto them, What adviceיָעַץyâ‛ats · to adviseH3289
• give ye that we may returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: replyH7725
• answerדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• to this peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• which have spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• Easeקָלַלqâlal · to lightenH7043
• somewhat the yokeעֹל‛ôl ‛ôl · yokeH5923
• that thy fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• did putנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 10:9

• 2 Chronicles 10:6Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon [as advisers] while he was alive, asking, “What advice do you give me in answer to these people?”
• 2 Samuel 17:5Nevertheless, Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say.”
• 1 Kings 22:6Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or should I not?” And they said, “Go up, for the Lord has handed it over to the king.”
• 2 Chronicles 10:4“Your father [King Solomon] made our yoke hard (heavy, difficult); so now lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 10:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-11Verses 1-11 The narrative of Kings (marginal reference) is repeated with only slight verbal differences.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-152Ch 10:1-15. Rehoboam Refusing the Old Men's Good Counsel. 1. Rehoboam went to Shechem--(See on 1Ki 12:1). This chapter is, with a few verbal alterations, the same as in 1Ki 12:1-19.Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Advice
• Ease
• Israel, Kingdom of
• Lachish
• Adoniram
• Jeroboam
• Rehoboam

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings