2 Chronicles 10:4
Thy father made our yoke grieuous: nowe therefore make thou the grieuous seruitude of thy father, and his sore yoke, that he put vpon vs, lighter, and we will serue thee.
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In Context
3And they sent and called him: so came Ieroboam and all Israel, and communed with Rehoboam, saying,
5And he sayde to them, Depart yet three dayes, then come againe vnto me. And the people departed.
Cross References
Exodus 2:23Then in processe of time, the King of Egypt dyed, and the children of Israel sighed for the bondage and cryed: and their crie for the bondage came vp vnto God.
1 Kings 4:20Iudah and Israel were many, as the sand of the sea in number, eating, drinking, and making merry.
1 Kings 5:15And Salomon had seuentie thousand that bare burdens, and fourescore thousand masons in the mountaine,
1 Kings 12:4Thy father made our yoke grieuous: now therefore make thou the grieuous seruitude of thy father, and his sore yoke which he put vpon vs, lighter, and we will serue thee.
Matthew 11:29Take my yoke on you, and learne of me that I am meeke and lowly in heart: and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules.
1 John 5:3For this is the loue of God, that we keepe his commandements: and his commandements are not burdenous.
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 →