2 Chronicles 10:4 BSB

Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אָבִ֖יךָ	'a.Vi.kha	father your	H1 →
הִקְשָׁ֣ה	hik.Shah	he made hard	H7185 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עֻלֵּ֑נוּ	'u.Le.nu	yoke our	H5923 →
וְעַתָּ֡ה	ve.'a.Tah	and therefore	H6258 →
הָקֵל֩	ha.Kel	lighten	H7043 →
מֵעֲבֹדַ֨ת	me.'a.vo.Dat	some of [the] labor of	H5656 →
אָבִ֜יךָ	'a.Vi.kha	father your	H1 →
הַקָּשָׁ֗ה	ha.ka.Shah	<the> hard	H7186 →
וּמֵעֻלּ֧וֹ	u.me.'u.Lo	and some of yoke his	H5923 →
הַכָּבֵ֛ד	ha.ka.Ved	<the> heavy	H3515 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
נָתַ֥ן	na.Tan	he put	H5414 →
עָלֵ֖ינוּ	'a.Lei.nu	on us	H5921 →
וְנַֽעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃	ve.Na.'av.De.ka	and we will serve you	H5647 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 2:23
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
leads to
- Genesis 18:20–21
  Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
- James 5:4
  Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
- Exodus 3:7–9
  The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
- Exodus 22:22–27
  You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.
Through
Matthew 23:4
They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
leads to
- Luke 11:46
  “Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “You weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load.
- Acts 15:10
  Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?
Through
Isaiah 47:6
I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 28:9
  But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army that returned to Samaria. “Look,” he said to them, “because of His wrath against Judah, the…
- Zechariah 1:15
  but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

1 Kings 12:4“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”Exodus 2:23After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.Matthew 11:29–30Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.Matthew 23:4They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.Isaiah 47:6I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.1 John 5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,1 Kings 9:22But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slavery, because they were his men of war, his servants, his officers, his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.1 Kings 5:15Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,1 Samuel 8:11–18He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to his own chariots and horses, to run in front of his chariots.Exodus 1:13–14They worked the Israelites ruthlessly 1 Kings 4:20The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.1 Kings 4:25Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.

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