2 Chronicles 10:4

New Century Version

“Your father forced us to work very hard. Now, make it easier for us, and don’t make us work as he did. Then we will serve you.”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:4

“Your father forced us to work very hard. Now, make it easier for us, and don’t make us work as hard as he did. Then we will serve you.”

1 John 5:3

Loving God means obeying his commands. And God’s commands are not too hard for us,

Matthew 23:4

They make strict rules and try to force people to obey them, but they are unwilling to help those who struggle under the weight of their rules.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people, so I rejected those who belonged to me. I gave them to you, but you showed them no mercy. You even made the old people work very hard.

1 Kings 9:22

But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites. They were his soldiers, government leaders, officers, captains, chariot commanders, and drivers.

1 Kings 5:15

Solomon forced eighty thousand men to work in the hill country, cutting stone, and he had seventy thousand men to carry the stones.

1 Kings 4:25

During Solomon’s life Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, also lived in peace; all of his people were able to sit under their own fig trees and grapevines.

1 Kings 4:20

There were as many people in Judah and Israel as grains of sand on the seashore. The people ate, drank, and were happy.

Exodus 2:23

After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The people of Israel groaned, because they were forced to work very hard. When they cried for help, God heard them.

1 Kings 5:13

King Solomon forced thirty thousand men of Israel to help in this work.

2 Chronicles 10:3

After the people sent for him, he and the people went to Rehoboam and said to him,

2 Chronicles 10:5

Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people left.