2 Chronicles 10:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘Your father made our yoke harsh. Therefore, lighten your father’s harsh service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.’

Cross References

1 Kings 12:4

‘Your father made our yoke harsh.  You, therefore, lighten your father’s harsh service and the heavy yoke he put on us,  and we will serve you.’

1 John 5:3

For this is what love for God is: to keep his commands. And his commands are not a burden,

Matthew 23:4

They tie up heavy loads that are hard to carry   and put them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves aren’t willing to lift a finger to move them.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people; I profaned my possession, and I handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.

1 Kings 9:22

But Solomon did not consign the Israelites to slavery;  they were soldiers, his servants, his commanders, his captains, and commanders of his chariots and his cavalry.

1 Kings 5:15

Solomon had seventy thousand porters and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountains,

1 Kings 4:25

Throughout Solomon’s reign, Judah and Israel lived in safety from Dan to Beer-sheba,  each person under his own vine and his own fig tree.

1 Kings 4:20

Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea;  they were eating, drinking, and rejoicing.

Exodus 2:23

After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labour, they cried out,  and their cry for help because of the difficult labour ascended to God.

1 Kings 5:13

Then King Solomon drafted forced labourers from all Israel;  the labour force numbered thirty thousand men.

2 Chronicles 10:3

So they summoned him. Then Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam:

2 Chronicles 10:5

Rehoboam replied, ‘Return to me in three days.’ So the people left.