2 Chronicles 10:4
“Your father made our yoke difficult. Now therefore, make your father's hard work easier, and lighten the heavy yoke that he put on us, and we will serve you.”
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3So they sent and called him, and Jeroboam and all Israel came; they spoke to Rehoboam and said,
5Rehoboam said to them, “Come again to me after three days.” So the people left.
Cross References
Exodus 2:23A long time later, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out for help, and their pleas went up to God because of their bondage.
1 Kings 4:20Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea. They were eating and drinking and were happy.
1 Kings 5:15Solomon had seventy thousand who carried burdens and eighty thousand who were stonecutters in the mountains,
1 Kings 12:4“Your father made our yoke heavy. Now make lighter the hard work of your father and make lighter the heavy yoke that he put on us, and we will serve you.”
Matthew 11:29Take my yoke on you and learn from me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
1 John 5:3For this is love for God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 10:2-12
Rehoboam Succeeds Solomon. ( b. c. 975.) 1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king. 2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. 3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying, 4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his… Read the whole commentary →