2 Chronicles 10:17
in 2 Chronicles 10but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
KJV
But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 10
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites
on 2 Chronicles 10:17-19
Chronicles keeps the rebellion of the tribes, the stoning of Hadoram, “who was in charge of the forced labor,” and the king's flight to Jerusalem. The closing line, “to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David,” marks the rupture as still open.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Commentary on Chapter X 4. Grievous - It is probable, when Solomon had declined from God, that God left him to himself to act thus impolitically. If thou be kind, &c. - Moderate counsels are generally best.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the king hearkened not unto the people, for the cause was of God--Rehoboam, in following an evil counsel, and the Hebrew people, in making a revolutionary movement, each acted as free agents, obeying their own will and passions.
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
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.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנֵ֣י | uvenei | and [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| הַיֹּֽשְׁבִ֖ים | haiyoshevim | who were dwelling | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בְּעָרֵ֣י | bearei | in [the] cities of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| יְהוּדָ֑ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ | vaiyimlokh | and he reigned | H4427 → | 348 times |
| עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם | ʾaleihem | over them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| רְחַבְעָֽם׃ | rechavam | Rehoboam | H7346 → | 50 times |
וּבְנֵ֣יand [the] people of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
הַיֹּֽשְׁבִ֖יםwho were dwelling
haiyoshevimH3427 →1079 times
בְּעָרֵ֣יin [the] cities of
beareiH5892 →1090 times
יְהוּדָ֑הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְand he reigned
vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times
עֲלֵיהֶ֖םover them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
רְחַבְעָֽם׃Rehoboam
rechavamH7346 →50 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 11:36I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 11:13
Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 15:4
Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.
- 2 Kings 8:19
Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
- Psalms 132:17
There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
- 2 Samuel 21:17
But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the…
- 1 Kings 11:13
Through
1 Kings 12:17but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 11:36
I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
- 2 Chronicles 11:13–17
Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam.
- 1 Kings 11:36
Through
2 Chronicles 11:1When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 12:21–24
And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of…
- 1 Kings 12:21–24
About 2 Chronicles
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PersonDivided kingdomRehoboamSolomon's son whose refusal of the elders' counsel at Shechem — answering the people with scorpions — tore ten tribes from the hou…
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and W. H. Bennett, The Books of Chronicles (Expositor's Bible).