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2 Chronicles 10:16

in 2 Chronicles 10

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 tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So all the Israelites went home,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV

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.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 10

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

To 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

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

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 & Brown

1802–1910

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.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 10:16:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

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 words

Every 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.

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH36055413 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael

    yisraelH34782507 times

  • כִּ֠יthat

    kiH35884482 times

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H38085168 times

  • שָׁמַ֣עhe had listened

    shama'H80851159 times

  • הַמֶּלֶךְ֮the king

    hamelekhH44282525 times

  • לָהֶם֒to them

    lahem

  • וַיָּשִׁ֣יבוּand they brought back

    vaiyashivuH77251056 times

  • הָעָ֣םthe people

    haamH59711873 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ׀the king

    hamelekhH44282525 times

  • לֵאמֹ֡ר<to> saying

    lemorH5595305 times

  • מַה־what?

    mah-H4100752 times

  • לָּנוּ֩[belongs] to us

    lanu

  • חֵ֨לֶקportion

    chelekH2506

  • בְּדָוִ֜ידin David

    bedavidH1732999 times

  • וְלֹֽא־and not

    velo'-H38085168 times

  • נַחֲלָ֣הan inheritance

    nachalahH5159

  • בְּבֶן־in [the] son of

    beven-H11214930 times

  • יִשַׁ֗יJesse

    yishaiH3448

  • אִ֤ישׁeveryone

    ʾishH3761663 times

  • לְאֹהָלֶ֙יךָ֙to tents your

    leohaleikhaH168345 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לO Israel

    yisraelH34782507 times

  • עַתָּ֕הnow

    ʾatahH6258433 times

  • רְאֵ֥הconsider

    reehH72001300 times

  • בֵיתְךָ֖own house your

    veitekhaH10042046 times

  • דָּוִ֑ידO David

    davidH1732999 times

  • וַיֵּ֥לֶךְand it went

    vaiyelekhH19801546 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H36055413 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael

    yisraelH34782507 times

  • לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃ סto tents its

    leohalavH168345 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 20:1

    Now 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),

  • Through

    Psalms 76:10

    Even 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.’

  • Through

    2 Samuel 16:11

    Then 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…

About 2 Chronicles

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.