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2 Chronicleschapter 10

19 verses · Ezra, by tradition · 450 to 400 BC · History

Original Language

2 Chronicles 10— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about 2 Chronicles 10. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

2 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 2 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Old men counsel kindness, young men counsel scorpions1

2 Chronicles 10:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְvaiyelekhand he wentH1980רְחַבְעָ֖םrechavamRehoboamH7346שְׁכֶ֑מָהshekhemahShechem towardsH7927כִּ֥יkiforH3588שְׁכֶ֛םshekhemShechemH7927בָּ֥אוּbauthey had comeH935כָל־khol-allH3605יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyisraelIsraelH3478לְהַמְלִ֥יךְlehamlikhto make kingH4427אֹתֽוֹ׃ʾoto<obj.> himH853

Rashi on II Chronicles 10:1

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king In Shechem, which was Jeroboam’s place, which was in the territory of Ephraim.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

2 Chronicles 10:16· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְכָל־vekholand allH3605יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לyisraelIsraelH3478כִּ֠יkithatH3588לֹא־lo'-notH3808שָׁמַ֣עshama'he had listenedH8085הַמֶּלֶךְ֮hamelekhthe kingH4428לָהֶם֒lahemto themוַיָּשִׁ֣יבוּvaiyashivuand they brought backH7725הָעָ֣םhaamthe peopleH5971אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ׀hamelekhthe kingH4428לֵאמֹ֡רlemor<to> sayingH559מַה־mah-what?H4100לָּנוּ֩lanu[belongs] to usחֵ֨לֶקchelekportionH2506בְּדָוִ֜ידbedavidin DavidH1732וְלֹֽא־velo'-and notH3808נַחֲלָ֣הnachalahan inheritanceH5159בְּבֶן־beven-in [the] son ofH1121יִשַׁ֗יyishaiJesseH3448אִ֤ישׁʾisheveryoneH376לְאֹהָלֶ֙יךָ֙leohaleikhato tents yourH168יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyisraelO IsraelH3478עַתָּ֕הʾatahnowH6258רְאֵ֥הreehconsiderH7200בֵיתְךָ֖veitekhaown house yourH1004דָּוִ֑ידdavidO DavidH1732וַיֵּ֥לֶךְvaiyelekhand it wentH1980כָּל־kol-allH3605יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyisraelIsraelH3478לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃ סleohalavto tents itsH168

Rashi on II Chronicles 10:16

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
Each man to your homes, O Israel This refers back to, “What share do we have in David?” Why should we leave our homes and follow him? Not so, but all Israel, return each man to his home.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

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