2 Chronicles 10
1 and to go: went Rehoboam Shechem [to] for Shechem to come (in): come all Israel to/for to reign [obj] him
All the people of Israel went to Shechem [city] in order to appoint Rehoboam to be their king. So Rehoboam also went there.
2 and to be like/as to hear: hear Jeroboam son: child Nebat and he/she/it in/on/with Egypt which to flee from face Solomon [the] king and to return: return Jeroboam from Egypt
Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, had fled to Egypt [to escape] from King Solomon. But when he heard [about the people wanting to appoint Rehoboam to be their king], he returned [to Israel] from Egypt
3 and to send: depart and to call: call to to/for him and to come (in): come Jeroboam and all Israel and to speak: speak to(wards) Rehoboam to/for to say
So the [leaders of the northern tribes] summoned him, and he went with them [to talk] to Rehoboam. They said to Rehoboam,
4 father your to harden [obj] yoke our and now to lighten from service father your [the] severe and from yoke his [the] heavy which to give: put upon us and to serve you
“Your father [Solomon] forced us to work very hard for him. If you do not force us to work that hard, and if you charge us less taxes than we were paying to him, we will serve you [faithfully].”
5 and to say to(wards) them still three day and to return: again to(wards) me and to go: went [the] people
He replied, “Come back three days from now [and I will give you my answer].” So those leaders [and Jeroboam] left.
6 and to advise [the] king Rehoboam with [the] old which to be to stand: stand to/for face: before Solomon father his in/on/with to be he alive to/for to say how? you(m. p.) to advise to/for to return: reply to/for people [the] this word
Then King Rehoboam consulted his older men who had advised his father Solomon while he was still alive. He asked them, “What shall I say to answer these men?”
7 and to speak: speak to(wards) him to/for to say if to be to/for pleasant to/for [the] people [the] this and to accept them and to speak: speak to(wards) them word pleasant and to be to/for you servant/slave all [the] day: always
They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and do things that will please them, and if you say kind things to them when you answer them, they will always serve you.”
8 and to leave: forsake [obj] counsel [the] old which to advise him and to advise with [the] youth which to magnify with him [the] to stand: stand to/for face: before his
But he ignored what the older men advised him to do. Instead, he consulted the younger men who had grown up with him, who were now his advisors.
9 and to say to(wards) them what? you(m. p.) to advise and to return: reply word [obj] [the] people [the] this which to speak: speak to(wards) me to/for to say to lighten from [the] yoke which to give: put father your upon us
He said to them, “How should I answer the men who are asking me to reduce the [work and taxes] that my father required from them?”
10 and to speak: speak with him [the] youth which to magnify with him to/for to say thus to say to/for people which to speak: speak to(wards) you to/for to say father your to honor: heavy [obj] yoke our and you(m. s.) to lighten from upon us thus to say to(wards) them little finger my to thicken from loin father my
The young men who had grown up with him replied, “[Those men] have said that your father forced them to work very hard for him, so they want you to reduce the [work and taxes] that your father required from them. But this is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
11 and now father my to lift upon you yoke heavy and I to add upon yoke your father my to discipline [obj] you in/on/with whip and I in/on/with scorpion
What I mean is that my father required you to [work hard and pay high taxes]. But I will make those loads heavier. [It was as though] my father whipped you, but I will whip you with whips that have pieces of metal in them.’”
12 and to come (in): come Jeroboam and all [the] people to(wards) Rehoboam in/on/with day [the] third like/as as which to speak: speak [the] king to/for to say to return: again to(wards) me in/on/with day [the] third
Three days later, Jeroboam and all the leaders came to King Rehoboam again, which is what he had told them to do.
13 and to answer them [the] king severe and to leave: forsake [the] king Rehoboam [obj] counsel [the] old
The king ignored the advice of the older men and spoke harshly to the Israeli leaders.
14 and to speak: speak to(wards) them like/as counsel [the] youth to/for to say to honor: heavy [obj] yoke your and I to add upon him father my to discipline [obj] you in/on/with whip and I in/on/with scorpion
[He told them what the younger men had advised.] He said, “My father put heavy burdens [of work and taxes] on you, but I will put heavier burdens on you. [It was as though] he beat you with whips, but I will beat you with whips that have pieces of metal in them!”
15 and not to hear: hear [the] king to(wards) [the] people for to be turn from from with [the] God because to arise: rise LORD [obj] word his which to speak: speak in/on/with hand: by Ahijah [the] Shilonite to(wards) Jeroboam son: child Nebat
So the king did not pay any attention to the Israeli leaders. But this happened in order that what Yahweh had told the prophet Ahijah about Jeroboam would happen.
16 and all Israel for not to hear: hear [the] king to/for them and to return: reply [the] people [obj] [the] king to/for to say what? to/for us portion in/on/with David and not inheritance in/on/with son: child Jesse man: anyone to/for tent your Israel now to see: see house: household your David and to go: went all Israel to/for tent his
When the Israeli leaders realized that the king did not pay any attention to what they said, they shouted, “We do not want anything to do with this descendant of King David! We will not pay attention to what this grandson of Jesse says! You people of Israel, let’s go home! As for this descendant of David, he can rule his own kingdom!” So the Israeli leaders returned to their homes.
17 and son: descendant/people Israel [the] to dwell in/on/with city Judah and to reign upon them Rehoboam
And [after that, the only Israeli] people whom Rehoboam ruled over were those who lived in the territory of [the tribes of] Judah [and Benjamin].
18 and to send: depart [the] king Rehoboam [obj] Hadoram which upon [the] taskworker and to stone in/on/with him son: descendant/people Israel stone and to die and [the] king Rehoboam to strengthen to/for to ascend: copulate in/on/with chariot to/for to flee Jerusalem
Then King Rehoboam went with Adoniram [to talk to the Israeli people]. Adoniram was the man who supervised [all the men who were] forced to work [for Rehoboam]. But the Israeli people killed him by throwing stones at him. When that happened, King Rehoboam quickly got in his chariot and escaped to Jerusalem.
19 and to transgress Israel in/on/with house: household David till [the] day: today [the] this
Ever since that time, [the people of the northern tribes of] Israel have been rebelling against the descendants of [King] David.
