2 Chronicles 10:4

Modern English Version

“Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore, lighten your father’s labor and heavy yoke that he put on us, and we will serve you.”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:4

“Your father made our yoke unbearable. Now, therefore, make the grievous service to your father and the heavy yoke he put upon us lighter, and we will serve you.”

1 Kings 4:20

Judah and Israel had a large populace, as numerous as the sand by the sea. They ate and drank and were happy.

1 Kings 4:25

Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan to Beer-sheba all the days of Solomon.

1 Kings 5:13

King Solomon drafted men from all Israel, totaling thirty thousand men.

1 Kings 5:15

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

1 Kings 9:22

But Solomon did not make any Israelites into slaves, but instead used them as men of war, as his servants, his leaders, his captains, rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.

2 Chronicles 10:3

So they sent for him and called him. And Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam saying,

2 Chronicles 10:5

He responded, “Return again to me in three days.” So the people left.

Exodus 2:23

In the passing of time, the king of Egypt died. And the Israelites sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out, and their cry came up to God on account of the bondage.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with My people; I have polluted My inheritance and given them into your hand. You did not show them mercy; on the aged you have laid your yoke very heavily.

Matthew 23:4

They fasten heavy loads that are hard to carry and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

1 John 5:3

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,