2 Chronicles 10:4

New American Bible - revised edition

“Your father put on us a heavy yoke. If you now lighten the harsh servitude and the heavy yoke your father imposed on us, we will be your servants.”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:4

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. If you now lighten the harsh servitude and the heavy yoke your father imposed on us, we will be your servants.”

1 Kings 4:20

Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sands by the sea; they ate and drank and rejoiced.

1 Kings 5:13

He spoke of plants, from the cedar on Lebanon to the hyssop growing out of the wall, and he spoke about beasts, birds, reptiles, and fishes.

1 Kings 5:15

When Hiram, king of Tyre, heard that Solomon had been anointed king in place of his father, he sent an embassy to him; for Hiram had always been David’s friend.

1 Kings 9:22

But Solomon made none of the Israelites forced laborers, for they were his fighting force, his ministers, commanders, adjutants, chariot officers, and cavalry.

2 Chronicles 10:3

They sent for him; Jeroboam and all Israel came and said to Rehoboam:

2 Chronicles 10:5

He answered them, “Come back to me in three days,” and the people went away.

Exodus 2:23

A long time passed, during which the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their bondage and cried out, and from their bondage their cry for help went up to God.

Isaiah 47:6

Angry at my people, I profaned my heritage And gave them into your power; but you showed them no mercy; Upon the aged you laid a very heavy yoke.

Matthew 23:4

They tie up heavy burdens [hard to carry] and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they will not lift a finger to move them.

1 John 5:3

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