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2 Chronicles 10:13

Rehoboam
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11 Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”

12 After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”

And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders

14 and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”

15 So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

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BSB
And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders
KJV
And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
WEB
The king answered them roughly; and King Rehoboam abandoned the counsel of the old men,
ASV
And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
DARBY
And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the advice of the old men,
BLB
And the king answered them harshly, and King Rehoboam rejected the counsel of the elders,
ÅB
Da gav kongen dem et hårdt svar; kong Rehabearn aktet ikke på de gamles råd,
OTB
Og kongen svarte dem hardt, og kong Rehabeam forlot de eldres råd.
B1930
Da gav kongen dem et hårdt svar; kong Rehabearn aktet ikke på de gamles råd,

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 20:6–11

    But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will seize and carry away all that is precious to you.’”

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  • Proverbs 15:1

    A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

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  • 1 Samuel 25:10–11

    But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.

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  • Proverbs 19:27

    If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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  • Genesis 42:7

    And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”

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  • 2 Chronicles 10:8

    But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

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  • Genesis 42:30

    “The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

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  • Exodus 10:28

    “Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”

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