2 Chronicles 10:4

4 "Your father made our workload very heavy; if you will lessen the demands your father made of us and lighten the heavy workload he demanded from us, then we will serve you."

2 Chronicles 10:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 12:4

(See Gill on 1 Kings 12:4).

2 Chronicles 10:4 In-Context

2 When Jeroboam, Nebat's son, heard the news, he returned from Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon.

3 The people sent and called for Jeroboam, who along with all Israel came and said to Rehoboam,

4 "Your father made our workload very heavy; if you will lessen the demands your father made of us and lighten the heavy workload he demanded from us, then we will serve you."

5 He answered them, "Come back in three days." So the people left.

6 King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon when he was alive. "What do you advise?" Rehoboam asked. "How should I respond to these people?"

Footnotes

• [a] Or our yoke