2 Chronicles 10:16
in 2 Chronicles 10When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So all the Israelites went home,
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ASV
And when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So all Israel departed unto their tents.
KJV
And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 10
Commentary
4 notes on this verseTo your tents, O Israel - “To your cities, O Israel.” - Targum. Now, David, see to thine own house - “Now, David, rule over the men of thy own house.” - Targum.
This site's exposition
What portion have we in David
Israel's cry, what portion have we in David, and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse, borrows the words Sheba raised against David a generation earlier at 2 Sam 20:1, a rebellion the united kingdom survived once already. This time the slogan lands and the tribes go home for good: every man to your tents, O Israel, closes a scene that opened with all Israel gathered to crown a son of David. Commentators note the bitterness of and now, David, see to thine own house, spoken over Solomon's own son as though David himself still sat in Jerusalem to be dismissed.
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
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
31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| כִּ֠י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| שָׁמַ֣ע | shama' | he had listened | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| הַמֶּלֶךְ֮ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| לָהֶם֒ | lahem | to them | ||
| וַיָּשִׁ֣יבוּ | vaiyashivu | and they brought back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| הָעָ֣ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ׀ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| לֵאמֹ֡ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| מַה־ | mah- | what? | H4100 → | 752 times |
| לָּנוּ֩ | lanu | [belongs] to us | ||
| חֵ֨לֶק | chelek | portion | H2506 → | |
| בְּדָוִ֜יד | bedavid | in David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| נַחֲלָ֣ה | nachalah | an inheritance | H5159 → | |
| בְּבֶן־ | beven- | in [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשַׁ֗י | yishai | Jesse | H3448 → | |
| אִ֤ישׁ | ʾish | everyone | H376 → | 1663 times |
| לְאֹהָלֶ֙יךָ֙ | leohaleikha | to tents your | H168 → | 345 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | O Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| עַתָּ֕ה | ʾatah | now | H6258 → | 433 times |
| רְאֵ֥ה | reeh | consider | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| בֵיתְךָ֖ | veitekha | own house your | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| דָּוִ֑יד | david | O David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ | vaiyelekh | and it went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃ ס | leohalav | to tents its | H168 → | 345 times |
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
כִּ֠יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
שָׁמַ֣עhe had listened
shama'H8085 →1159 times
הַמֶּלֶךְ֮the king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
לָהֶם֒to them
lahem
וַיָּשִׁ֣יבוּand they brought back
vaiyashivuH7725 →1056 times
הָעָ֣םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ׀the king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
לֵאמֹ֡ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
מַה־what?
mah-H4100 →752 times
לָּנוּ֩[belongs] to us
lanu
חֵ֨לֶקportion
chelekH2506 →
בְּדָוִ֜ידin David
bedavidH1732 →999 times
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
נַחֲלָ֣הan inheritance
nachalahH5159 →
בְּבֶן־in [the] son of
beven-H1121 →4930 times
יִשַׁ֗יJesse
yishaiH3448 →
אִ֤ישׁeveryone
ʾishH376 →1663 times
לְאֹהָלֶ֙יךָ֙to tents your
leohaleikhaH168 →345 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לO Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
עַתָּ֕הnow
ʾatahH6258 →433 times
רְאֵ֥הconsider
reehH7200 →1300 times
בֵיתְךָ֖own house your
veitekhaH1004 →2046 times
דָּוִ֑ידO David
davidH1732 →999 times
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְand it went
vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃ סto tents its
leohalavH168 →345 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
2 Samuel 20:1Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son.…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 12:16
When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your…
- Deuteronomy 13:13
that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),
- 1 Kings 12:16
Through
Psalms 76:10Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.
it leads to
- Romans 9:17
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
- Matthew 24:22
If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.
- Daniel 3:19–20
At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,
- Acts 4:26–28
The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’
- Romans 9:17
Through
2 Samuel 16:11Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him…
it leads to
- Genesis 15:4
Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”
- 2 Chronicles 32:21
and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in…
- Genesis 15:4
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil, The Books of the Chronicles.
