2 Chronicles 10:4

New International Version

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:4

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

1 Kings 4:20

The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore; they ate, they drank and they were happy.

1 Kings 4:25

During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, lived in safety, everyone under their own vine and under their own fig tree.

1 Kings 5:13

King Solomon conscripted laborers from all Israel—thirty thousand men.

1 Kings 5:15

Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills,

1 Kings 9:22

But Solomon did not make slaves of any of the Israelites; they were his fighting men, his government officials, his officers, his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and charioteers.

2 Chronicles 10:3

So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him:

2 Chronicles 10:5

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

Exodus 2:23

During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people and desecrated my inheritance; I gave them into your hand, and you showed them no mercy. Even on the aged you laid a very heavy yoke.

Matthew 23:4

They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

1 John 5:3

In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,