2 Chronicles 10:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“Your father made us work too hard! Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 1:13-14 : 13 and they made the Israelites serve rigorously. 14 They made their lives bitter by hard service with mortar and bricks and by all kinds of service in the fields. Every kind of service the Israelites were required to give was rigorous.
  • Exod 2:23 : 23 The Call of the Deliverer During that long period of time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry because of their slave labor went up to God.
  • 1 Sam 8:11-18 : 11 He said,“Here are the policies of the king who will rule over you: He will conscript your sons and put them in his chariot forces and in his cavalry; they will run in front of his chariot. 12 He will appoint for himself leaders of thousands and leaders of fifties, as well as those who plow his ground, reap his harvest, and make his weapons of war and his chariot equipment. 13 He will take your daughters to be ointment makers, cooks, and bakers. 14 He will take your best fields, vineyards, and olive groves, and give them to his own servants. 15 He will demand a tenth of your seed and of the produce of your vineyards and give it to his administrators and his servants. 16 He will take your male and female servants, as well as your best cattle and your donkeys, and assign them for his own use. 17 He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will be his servants. 18 In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD won’t answer you in that day.”
  • 1 Kgs 4:20 : 20 Solomon’s Wealth and Fame The people of Judah and Israel were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore; they had plenty to eat and drink and were happy.
  • 1 Kgs 4:25 : 25 All the people of Judah and Israel had security; everyone from Dan to Beer Sheba enjoyed the produce of their vines and fig trees throughout Solomon’s lifetime.
  • 1 Kgs 5:15 : 15 Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills,
  • 1 Kgs 9:22 : 22 Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews; the Israelites served as his soldiers, attendants, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces.
  • 1 Kgs 12:4 : 4 “Your father made us work too hard. Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.”
  • Isa 47:6 : 6 I was angry at my people; I defiled my special possession and handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you even placed a very heavy burden on old people.
  • Matt 11:29-30 : 29 Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and my load is not hard to carry.”
  • Matt 23:4 : 4 They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.
  • 1 John 5:3 : 3 For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments do not weigh us down,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 12:3-7
    5 verses
    97%

    3They sent for him, and Jeroboam and the whole Israelite assembly came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

    4“Your father made us work too hard. Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.”

    5He said to them,“Go away for three days, then return to me.” So the people went away.

    6King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them,“How do you advise me to answer these people?”

    7They said to him,“Today if you will be a servant to these people and grant their request, speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants from this time forward.”

  • 2 Chr 10:1-3
    3 verses
    84%

    1The Northern Tribes Rebel Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in Shechem to make Rehoboam king.

    2When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon. Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

    3They sent for him and Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

  • 2 Chr 10:9-15
    7 verses
    81%

    9He asked them,“How do you advise me to respond to these people who said to me,‘Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?”

    10The young advisers with whom Rehoboam had grown up said to him,“Say this to these people who have said to you,‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden’– say this to them:‘I am a lot harsher than my father!

    11My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.’”

    12Jeroboam and all the people reported to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said,“Return to me on the third day.”

    13The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

    14and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said,“My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.”

    15The king refused to listen to the people, because God was instigating this turn of events so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

  • 1 Kgs 12:9-14
    6 verses
    78%

    9He asked them,“How do you advise me to respond to these people who said to me,‘Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?”

    10The young advisers with whom Rehoboam had grown up said to him,“Say this to these people who have said to you,‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden.’ Say this to them:‘I am a lot harsher than my father!

    11My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.’”

    12Jeroboam and all the people reported to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said,“Return to me on the third day.”

    13The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

    14and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said,“My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.”

  • 2 Chr 10:5-7
    3 verses
    78%

    5He said to them,“Go away for three days, then return to me.” So the people went away.

    6King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them,“How do you advise me to answer these people?”

    7They said to him,“If you are fair to these people, grant their request, and are cordial to them, they will be your servants from this time forward.”

  • 2 Chr 11:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3“Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin,

    4‘The LORD says this:“Do not attack and make war with your brothers. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.”’” They obeyed the LORD and called off the attack against Jeroboam.

  • Neh 9:36-37
    2 verses
    71%

    36“So today we are slaves! In the very land you gave to our ancestors to eat its fruit and to enjoy its good things– we are slaves!

    37Its abundant produce goes to the kings you have placed over us due to our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they see fit, and we are in great distress!

  • 1 Sam 8:16-17
    2 verses
    70%

    16He will take your male and female servants, as well as your best cattle and your donkeys, and assign them for his own use.

    17He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will be his servants.

  • Exod 1:13
    69%

    13and they made the Israelites serve rigorously.

  • 1 Kgs 12:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

    27If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the LORD’s temple in Jerusalem, their loyalty could shift to their former master, King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah.”

    28After the king had consulted with his advisers, he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people,“It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

  • Lam 5:8
    69%

    8Slaves rule over us; there is no one to rescue us from their power.

  • 2 Chr 13:8
    69%

    8Now you are declaring that you will resist the LORD’s rule through the Davidic dynasty. You have a huge army, and bring with you the gold calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.

  • Nah 1:13
    68%

    13And now, I will break Assyria’s yoke bar from your neck; I will tear apart the shackles that are on you.”

  • 2 Chr 28:10
    68%

    10And now you are planning to enslave the people of Judah and Jerusalem. Yet are you not also guilty before the LORD your God?

  • Deut 1:12
    68%

    12But how can I alone bear up under the burden of your hardship and strife?

  • Jer 30:8
    68%

    8When the time for them to be rescued comes,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“I will rescue you from foreign subjugation. I will deliver you from captivity. Foreigners will then no longer subjugate them.

  • 2 Chr 10:17
    68%

    17(Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.)

  • Isa 14:3
    68%

    3When the LORD gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, and from the hard labor which you were made to perform,

  • Neh 5:5
    68%

    5And now, though we share the same flesh and blood as our fellow countrymen, and our children are just like their children, still we have found it necessary to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters have been subjected to slavery, while we are powerless to help, since our fields and vineyards now belong to other people.”

  • Jer 27:12
    68%

    12I told King Zedekiah of Judah the same thing. I said,“Submit to the yoke of servitude to the king of Babylon. Be subject to him and his people. Then you will continue to live.

  • Neh 9:16
    67%

    16“But they– our ancestors– behaved presumptuously; they rebelled and did not obey your commandments.

  • 2 Chr 30:8
    67%

    8Now, don’t be stubborn like your fathers! Submit to the LORD and come to his sanctuary which he has permanently consecrated. Serve the LORD your God so that he might relent from his raging anger.

  • 2 Kgs 10:5
    67%

    5So the palace supervisor, the city commissioner, the leaders, and the guardians sent this message to Jehu,“We are your subjects! Whatever you say, we will do. We will not make anyone king. Do what you consider proper.”

  • Exod 5:4
    67%

    4The king of Egypt said to them,“Moses and Aaron, why do you cause the people to refrain from their work? Return to your labor!”

  • 1 Kgs 12:23
    67%

    23“Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah, and to all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the rest of the people,

  • 2 Chr 13:6
    67%

    6Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master.