2 Chronicles 10:14-16

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. 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. 2 Chronicles 10:14 tn Heb “but I will add to your yoke.”
3. 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.
4. 2 Chronicles 10:15 tn Heb “because this turn of events was from God.”
5. 2 Chronicles 10:15 tn Heb “so that the Lord might bring to pass his word which he spoke.”
6. 2 Chronicles 10:16 tc The MT does not include the word “saw,” but many medieval Hebrew mss as well as several ancient versions have it. See the parallel text of 1 Kings 12:16, which has the verb וַיַּרְא (from רָאָה, raʾah, “to see”).
7. 2 Chronicles 10:16 sn The people’s point seems to be that they have no familial relationship with David that brings them any benefits or places upon them any obligations. They are being treated like outsiders.
8. 2 Chronicles 10:16 tn Heb “each one to your tents, Israel.” The word “return” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
9. 2 Chronicles 10:16 tn Heb “Now see your house, David.”
10. 2 Chronicles 10:16 tn Heb “went to their tents.”