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2 Chronicles 10 Bible in Basic English
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1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king.
1 Y ROBOAM fué á Sichêm porque en Sichêm se había juntado todo Israel para hacerlo rey.
2 And when Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, had news of it, (for he was in Egypt where he had gone in flight from King Solomon,) he came back from Egypt.
2 Y como lo oyó Jeroboam hijo de Nabat, el cual estaba en Egipto, donde había huído á causa del rey Salomón, volvió de Egipto.
3 And they sent for him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
3 Y enviaron y llamáronle. Vino pues Jeroboam, y todo Israel, y hablaron á Roboam, diciendo:
4 Your father put a hard yoke on us: if you will make the conditions under which your father kept us down less cruel, and the weight of the yoke he put on us less hard, then we will be your servants.
4 Tu padre agravó nuestro yugo: afloja tú, pues, ahora [algo] de la dura servidumbre, y del grave yugo con que tu padre nos apremió, y te serviremos.
5 And he said to them, Come to me again after three days. So the people went away.
5 Y él les dijo: Volved á mí de aquí á tres días. Y el pueblo se fué.
6 Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?
6 Entonces el rey Roboam tomó consejo con los viejos, que habían estado delante de Salomón su padre cuando vivía, y díjoles: ¿Cómo aconsejáis vosotros que responda á este pueblo?
7 And they said to him, If you are kind to this people, pleasing them and saying good words to them, then they will be your servants for ever.
7 Y ellos le hablaron, diciendo: Si te condujeres humanamente con este pueblo, y los agradares, y les hablares buenas palabras, ellos te servirán perpetuamente.
8 But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, but went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him.
8 Mas él, dejando el consejo que le dieron los viejos, tomó consejo con los mancebos que se habían criado con él, y que delante de él asistían;
9 And he said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?
9 Y díjoles: ¿Qué aconsejáis vosotros que respondamos á este pueblo, que me ha hablado, diciendo: Alivia [algo] del yugo que tu padre puso sobre nosotros?
10 And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying, Your father put a hard yoke on us, but will you make it less; say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;
10 Entonces los mancebos que se habían criado con él, le hablaron, diciendo: Así dirás al pueblo que te ha hablado diciendo, Tu padre agravó nuestro yugo, mas tú descárganos: así les dirás: Lo más menudo mío es más grueso que los lomos de mi padre.
11 If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.
11 Así que, mi padre os cargó de grave yugo, y yo añadiré á vuestro yugo: mi padre os castigó con azotes, y yo con escorpiones.
12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come to me again on the third day.
12 Vino pues Jeroboam con todo el pueblo á Roboam al tercer día: según el rey les había mandado diciendo: Volved á mí de aquí á tres días.
13 And the king gave them a rough answer. So King Rehoboam gave no attention to the suggestion of the old men,
13 Y respondióles el rey ásperamente; pues dejó el rey Roboam el consejo de los viejos,
14 But gave them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.
14 Y hablóles conforme al consejo de los mancebos, diciendo: Mi padre agravó vuestro yugo, y yo añadiré á vuestro yugo: mi padre os castigó con azotes, y yo con escorpiones.
15 So the king did not give ear to the people; for this came about by the purpose of God, so that the Lord might give effect to his word which he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.
15 Y no escuchó el rey al pueblo; porque la causa era de Dios, para cumplir Jehová su palabra que había hablado, por Ahías Silonita, á Jeroboam hijo de Nabat.
16 And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? every man to your tents, O Israel; now see to your house, David. So all Israel went to their tents.
16 Y viendo todo Israel que el rey no les había oído, respondió el pueblo al rey, diciendo: ¿Qué parte tenemos nosotros con David, ni herencia en el hijo de Isaí? ¡Israel, cada uno á sus estancias! ¡David, mira ahora por tu casa! Así se fué todo Israel á sus estancias.
17 But Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Judah.
17 Mas reinó Roboam sobre los hijos de Israel que habitaban en las ciudades de Judá.
18 Then Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the overseer of the forced work; and he was stoned to death by all Israel. And King Rehoboam went quickly and got into his carriage to go in flight to Jerusalem.
18 Envió luego el rey Roboam á Adoram, que tenía cargo de los tributos; pero le apedrearon los hijos de Israel, y murió. Entonces se esforzó el rey Roboam, y subiendo en un carro huyó á Jerusalem.
19 So Israel was turned away from the family of David to this day.
19 Así se apartó Israel de la casa de David hasta hoy.
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Rehoboam
His harsh answer to the people split the kingdom of Israel in two.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 12; 14:21-31; 2 Chron. 10-12; Matt. 1:7
Cross references (19)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Kings 12:1–20; 1 Kings 4:1; Matthew 1:7; 1 Chronicles 3:10; Judges 9:1
- 2 1 Kings 11:40; 1 Kings 12:2; 1 Kings 11:26; 1 Kings 11:28
- 3 1 Kings 12:3
- 4 1 Kings 12:4; 1 Samuel 8:11–18; Exodus 1:13–14; Exodus 2:23; 1 John 5:3
- 5 1 Kings 12:5; Proverbs 3:28
- 6 Job 32:7; Job 12:12–13; 2 Samuel 16:20; Proverbs 12:15; Jeremiah 42:2–5
- 7 Proverbs 15:1; Genesis 49:21; 1 Kings 12:7; 2 Samuel 15:2–6
- 8 2 Samuel 17:14; Proverbs 1:25; Proverbs 9:9; 2 Chronicles 25:15–16; Proverbs 19:20
- 9 2 Chronicles 10:6; 2 Samuel 17:5–6; 1 Kings 22:6–8
- 10 Proverbs 18:6–7; Proverbs 29:23; Isaiah 19:11–13; Proverbs 28:25; 2 Samuel 17:7–13
- 11 Exodus 1:13–14; Matthew 11:29; Revelation 9:5; Isaiah 47:6; Revelation 9:10
- 12 2 Chronicles 10:5; 1 Kings 12:12–15
- 13 1 Kings 20:6–11; Proverbs 15:1; 1 Samuel 25:10–11; Proverbs 19:27; Genesis 42:7
- 14 Ecclesiastes 10:16; James 3:14–4:2; Ecclesiastes 2:19; Proverbs 12:5; Daniel 6:7
- 15 1 Kings 11:29–39; 1 Samuel 2:25; 2 Chronicles 25:16–20; Acts 2:23; 1 Kings 12:15
- 16 2 Samuel 20:1; 2 Chronicles 10:19; Luke 19:27; 1 Chronicles 17:14; Psalm 2:1–6
- 17 1 Kings 11:36; 2 Chronicles 11:1; 1 Kings 12:17
- 18 1 Kings 5:14; 1 Kings 4:6; 2 Chronicles 24:21; Acts 7:57–58
- 19 2 Chronicles 10:16; 2 Kings 17:21–23; 1 Kings 12:19–20; Ezra 9:7; Psalm 89:30
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