2 Chronicles 10

1And RehoboamH7346 wentH935 to ShechemH7927; for all IsraelH3478 had comeH935 to ShechemH7927 to make him kingH4427. 2And it came to pass when JeroboamH3379 the sonH1121 of NebatH5028 heardH8085 it (now he wasH1961 in EgyptH4714, whither he had fledH1272 from the presenceH6440 of kingH4428 SolomonH8010) that JeroboamH3379 returnedH7725 out of EgyptH4714. 3And they sentH7971 and calledH7121 him; and JeroboamH3379 and all IsraelH3478 cameH935 and spokeH1696 to RehoboamH7346 sayingH559, 4Thy fatherH1 madeH5414 our yokeH5923 grievous; and nowH6258 lightenH7043 the grievous servitudeH5656 of thy fatherH1, and his heavyH3515 yokeH5923 that he putH5414 upon us, and we will serveH5647 thee. 5And he saidH559 to them, Come againH5750 to me after threeH7969 daysH3117. And the peopleH5971 departed. 6And kingH4428 RehoboamH7346 consultedH3289 with the oldH2205 men, who had stoodH5975 before SolomonH8010 his fatherH1 while he yet lived, sayingH559, HowH349 do ye adviseH3289 to returnH7725 answer to this peopleH5971? 7And they spokeH1696 to him sayingH559, If thou beH1961 kind to this peopleH5971, and please them, and speakH1696 goodH2896 wordsH1697 to them, they will beH1961 thy servantsH5650 for ever. 8But he forsook the adviceH6098 of the oldH2205 menH2205 which they had given him, and consultedH3289 with the youngH3206 menH2205, who had grownH1431 up with him, that stoodH5975 before him. 9And he saidH559 to them, What advice giveH5414 ye that we may returnH7725 answer to this peopleH5971, who have spokenH1696 to me sayingH559, LightenH7043 the yokeH5923 which thy fatherH1 putH5414 upon us? 10And the youngH3206 men that had grownH1431 up with him spokeH1696 to him sayingH559, ThusH3541 shalt thou sayH559 to the peopleH5971 who have spokenH1696 to thee sayingH559, Thy fatherH1 madeH3513 our yokeH5923 heavyH3513, and lightenH7043 thou it for us, — thusH3541 shalt thou sayH559 to them: My littleH6995 [fingerH6995] is thicker than my father's loinsH4975; 11and whereas my fatherH1 laid a heavyH3515 yokeH5923 upon you, I will addH3254 to your yokeH5923: my fatherH1 chastised you with whipsH7752, but I [will chastise you] with scorpionsH6137. 12And JeroboamH3379 and all the peopleH5971 cameH935 to RehoboamH7346 the thirdH7992 dayH3117, as the kingH4428 had appointed sayingH559, ComeH935 again to me on the thirdH7992 dayH3117. 13And the kingH4428 answeredH6030 them roughly; and kingH4428 RehoboamH7346 forsook the adviceH6098 of the oldH2205 menH2205, 14and spokeH1696 to them according to the adviceH6098 of the youngH3206 men, sayingH559, My fatherH1 madeH3513 your yokeH5923 heavyH3513, but I will addH3254 to it; my fatherH1 chastised you with whipsH7752, but I [will chastise you] with scorpionsH6137. 15So the kingH4428 hearkened not to the peopleH5971; for it wasH1961 brought about by 1GodH430, that Jehovah might give effect to his wordH1697, which he spokeH1696 through AhijahH281 the ShiloniteH7888 to JeroboamH3379 the sonH1121 of NebatH5028. 16And all IsraelH3478 sawH7200 that the kingH4428 hearkened not to them; and the peopleH5971 answered the kingH4428 sayingH559, What portionH2506 have we in DavidH1732? and [we have] no inheritanceH5159 in the sonH1121 of JesseH3448: every manH376 to your tentsH168, O IsraelH3478. NowH6258 seeH7200 to thine own houseH1004, DavidH1732! And all IsraelH3478 wentH7725 to their tentsH168. 17But as for the children of IsraelH3478 that dweltH3427 in the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063, RehoboamH7346 reignedH4427 over them. 18And kingH4428 RehoboamH7346 sentH7971 HadoramH1913, who was over the levy; but the children of IsraelH3478 stonedH7275 him with stonesH68, that he diedH4191. And kingH4428 RehoboamH7346 hastened to mount his chariotH4818, to fleeH5127 to JerusalemH3389. 19And IsraelH3478 rebelledH6586 against the houseH1004 of DavidH1732, unto this dayH3117.