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2 Chronicles 10:13-15
New English Translation
2 Chronicles 10:13-15
New English Translation
13 The king responded to the people harshly. He[a] rejected the advice of the older men 14 and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you;[b] I will make them even heavier.[c] My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.”[d] 15 The king refused to listen to the people, because God was instigating this turn of events[e] so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made[f] through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
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- 2 Chronicles 10:13 tn Heb “King Rehoboam.” The pronoun “he” has been used in the translation in place of the proper name in keeping with contemporary English style.
- 2 Chronicles 10:14 tc The Hebrew text reads, “I will make heavy your yoke,” but many medieval Hebrew mss and other ancient textual witnesses have, “my father made heavy your yoke.”
- 2 Chronicles 10:14 tn Heb “but I will add to your yoke.”
- 2 Chronicles 10:14 tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I [will punish you] with scorpions.” “Scorpions” might allude to some type of torture, but more likely it refers to a type of whip that inflicts an especially biting, painful wound.
- 2 Chronicles 10:15 tn Heb “because this turn of events was from God.”
- 2 Chronicles 10:15 tn Heb “so that the Lord might bring to pass his word which he spoke.”
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