2 Chronicles 10:16

And when kol Yisroel saw that HaMelech would not pay heed unto them, HaAm answered HaMelech, saying, 1 What chelek have we in Dovid? 1 We have none nachalah in Ben Yishai. 1 Every ish to your ohalim, O Yisroel! 1 and now, Dovid, see to thine own Bais! So kol Yisroel went to their ohalim.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.

In Context

15So HaMelech paid heed not unto HaAm, for the nesibah (turn of events, circumstance) was of HaElohim, that Hashem might perform His Devar, which He spoke by the yad Achiyah HaShiloni to Yarov'am ben Nevat. + 10:15 1Kgs 11:29-39

17But as for the Bnei Yisroel that dwelt in the towns of Yehudah, Rechav'am reigned over them.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 20:27And it came to pass on the day after Rosh Chodesh, which was the second day of the month, that Dovidʼs makom was empty; and Sha'ul said unto Yonatan bno, Wherefore cometh not Ben Yishai to halechem neither yesterday, nor today?

1 Samuel 22:7Then Sha'ul said unto his avadim that stood about him, Hear now, ye of Binyamin; will Ben Yishai give every one of you sadot and kramim (vineyards), and make you all sarei alafim and sarei me'ot;

1 Samuel 22:13And Sha'ul said unto him, Why have ye made a kesher against me, thou and Ben Yishai, in that thou hast given him lechem, and a cherev, and hast inquired of Elohim for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as he does this day?

2 Samuel 15:13And there came a maggid to Dovid, saying, Lev Ish Yisroel are with Avshalom.

2 Samuel 20:1And there happened to be there an ish Beliyaal, + 20:1 rebel shmo Sheva Ben Bikhri an ish from Binyamin; and he blew a shofar, and said, We have no chelek in Dovid, neither have we nachalah in Ben Yishai; every ish to his ohel, O Yisroel.

1 Kings 11:34Howbeit I will not take the whole mamlachah out of his yad; but I will make him nasi all the days of his life l'ma'an Dovid Avdi, whom I chose, because he was shomer over My mitzvot and My chukkot;

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 10:13-19

Rehoboam's Folly. ( b. c. 975.) 12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day. 13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, 14 And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of… Read the whole commentary →

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