2 Chronicles 10:18

18 Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was {in charge of} the forced labor, but the {Israelites} stoned him with stones, and he died. Then King Rehoboam hastily went up into the chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 10:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 12:18

(See Gill on 1 Kings 12:18).

2 Chronicles 10:18 In-Context

16 So all Israel [saw] that the king would not listen to them, and the people answered the king, saying, "What portion [is there] for us in David? [We have] no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Each to your tents, O Israel! Now look to your own house, David!" And all Israel went to their own tents.

17 But as for the {Israelites} who were living in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam ruled over them.

18 Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was {in charge of} the forced labor, but the {Israelites} stoned him with stones, and he died. Then King Rehoboam hastily went up into the chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

19 So Israel has rebelled against the house of David until this day.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "over"
• [b]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"