Lièwángjìshang 12:11

11 Wǒ fùqin shǐ nǐmen fù zhòng è , wǒ bì shǐ nǐmen fù gèng zhòng de è . wǒ fùqin yòng biān zǐ zé dá nǐmen , wǒ yào yòng xiēzi biān zé dá nǐmen .

Lièwángjìshang 12:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 12:11

And now, whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke,
&c.] Which was putting words into his mouth, owning the charge and accusation brought against his father, as he did, ( 1 Kings 12:14 ) , which was very unbecoming, if true; unless this is said according to the sense of the people:

I will add to your yoke;
make it heavier, lay more taxes on them:

my father hath chastised you with whips;
which was putting a lie into his mouth, and which he uttered, ( 1 Kings 12:14 ) for no instance of severity exercised on the people in general can be given during the whole reign of Solomon:

but I will chastise you with scorpions;
treat them more roughly, and with greater rigour: whips may mean smaller ones, these horse whips, as in the Targum; which gave an acute pain, like the sting of scorpions, or made a wound like one. Ben Gersom says, these were rods with thorns on them, which pierced and gave much pain. Weemse ^F8 thinks these are alluded to by thorns in the sides, ( Numbers 33:55 ) ( Judges 2:3 ) , for whipping with them was about the sides, and not along the back. Abarbinel calls them iron thorns, rods that had iron prongs or rowels to them, which tore the flesh extremely. Isidore ^F9 says, a rod that is smooth is called a rod, but, if knotty and prickled, it is rightly called a scorpion, because it makes a wound in the body arched or crooked. Pliny ^F11 ascribes the invention of this sort of scorpions to the Cretians.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Christian Synagogue, paragraph 6. diatrib. 2. p. 190.
F9 Origin. l. 5. c. 27. p. 39.
F11 Nat. Hist. l. 7. c. 56.

Lièwángjìshang 12:11 In-Context

9 Shuō , zhè mín duì wǒ shuō , nǐ fùqin shǐ wǒmen fù zhòng è , qiú nǐ shǐ wǒmen qīngsōng xiē . nǐmen gĕi wǒ chū gè shénme zhǔyì , wǒ hǎo huí fù tāmen .

10 Nà tóng tā zhǎngdà de shàonián rén shuō , zhè mín duì wáng shuō , nǐ fùqin shǐ wǒmen fù zhòng è , qiú nǐ shǐ wǒmen qīngsōng xiē . wáng yào duì tāmen rúcǐ shuō , wǒde xiǎo mǔ zhítou bǐ wǒ fùqin de yào hái cū .

11 Wǒ fùqin shǐ nǐmen fù zhòng è , wǒ bì shǐ nǐmen fù gèng zhòng de è . wǒ fùqin yòng biān zǐ zé dá nǐmen , wǒ yào yòng xiēzi biān zé dá nǐmen .

12 Yé Luóbōān hé zhòng bǎixìng zūn zhe Luóbōān wáng suǒ shuō nǐmen dì sān rì zaì lái jiàn wǒde nà huà , dì sān rì tāmen guǒrán lái le .

13 Wáng yòng yánlì de huà huídá bǎixìng , búyòng lǎo nián rén gĕi tā suǒ chū de zhǔyì ,