Then King Rehoboam talked to them in a mean way. King Rehoboam did not accept the advice of the older men.
2 Chronicles 10:14 - Easy To Read Version King Rehoboam talked to the people the way the young men advised him. He said, “My father made your burden heavy, but I will make it heavier. My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with whips that have sharp metal tips.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. American Standard Version (1901) and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. Common English Bible and instead followed the young people’s advice. He said, “My father made your workload heavy, but I’ll make it even heavier; my father disciplined you with whips, but I’ll do it with scorpions!” Catholic Public Domain Version And he spoke according to the will of the youths: "My father imposed a heavy yoke upon you, which I will make heavier. My father cut you with whips; truly, I will beat you with scorpions." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he spoke according to the advice of the young men: My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, which I will make heavier. My father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions. |
Then King Rehoboam talked to them in a mean way. King Rehoboam did not accept the advice of the older men.
So King Rehoboam did not listen to the people. He did not listen to the people because this change of things came from God. God caused this to happen. This happened so that the Lord could make his word come true that he spoke through Ahijah to Jeroboam. Ahijah was from the Shilonite people, and Jeroboam was Nebat’s son.
Good people are fair and honest in the things they plan to do. But don’t trust the things an evil person tells you.
If you start an argument, it is like breaking a hole in a dam. So stop the argument before it becomes bigger and bigger.
It is very bad for a country if the king is like a child. And it is very bad for a country if its rulers use all their time eating.
Some other person will control everything I worked and studied for. And I don’t know if that person will be wise or foolish. This is also senseless.
It is better to finish something\par than to start it.\par It is better to be gentle and patient\par than to be proud and impatient.\par
The supervisors, prefects, {\cf2\super [68]} satraps, advisers, and governors have all agreed on something. We think that the king should make this law. Everyone must obey this law. This is the law: If anyone prays to any god or man, except to you, king, for the next 30 days, then that person will be thrown into the lions’ den (cage).
If you are selfish and have bitter jealousy in your hearts, then you have no reason to boast. Your boasting is a lie that hides the truth.
The locusts had tails with stingers like scorpions. {\cf2\super [68]} The power they had to give people pain for five months was in their tails.
Then locusts {\cf2\super [65]} came down to the earth out of the smoke. They were given the power \{to sting\} like scorpions. {\cf2\super [66]}
These locusts were given the power to give pain to the people for five months. But the locusts were not given the power to kill the people. And the pain that the people felt was like the pain that a scorpion gives when it stings a person.