2 Chronicles 10: Rehoboam’s Unwise Choice – Clear & Engaging Audio Bible Reading | Division of Israel and Jeroboam’s Rebellion

Experience the compelling events of 2 Chronicles 10 with this clear and engaging audio recording. Follow the story of Rehoboam’s unwise choice and how he lost the allegiance of the people of Israel, the division of the kingdom, and Jeroboam’s rebellion against Rehoboam. Perfect for study, reflection, or meditation, immerse yourself in this powerful chapter and let the Scriptures come alive.

2 CHRONICLES 10 (NIV)

1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

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When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was in Egypt, where he had fled from
King Solomon), he returned from Egypt.

3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and
all Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him:

4 “Your father put a heavy yoke
on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we
will serve you.”

5 Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people went away.

6 Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon
during his lifetime. “How would you advise me to answer these people?” he
asked.

7 They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them and give
them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants.”

8 But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young
men who had grown up with him and were serving him.

9 He asked them, “What is
your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me, ‘Lighten the
yoke your father put on us’?”

10 The young men who had grown up with him replied, “The people have said to
you, ‘Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but make our yoke lighter.’ Now tell
them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.

11 My father laid
on you a heavy yoke; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with
whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.’”

12 Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the
king had said, “Come back to me in three days.”

13 The king answered them
harshly. Rejecting the advice of the elders,

14 he followed the advice of the
young men and said, “My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even
heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with
scorpions.”

15 So the king did not listen to the people, for this turn of
events was from God, to fulfill the word the Lord had spoken to Jeroboam son
of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.

16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered
the king:
“What share do we have in David,
what part in Jesse’s son?
To your tents, Israel!
Look after your own house, David!”
So all the Israelites went home.

17 But as for the Israelites who were living
in the towns of Judah, Rehoboam still ruled over them.

18 King Rehoboam sent out Adoniram, who was in charge of forced labor, but the
Israelites stoned him to death. King Rehoboam, however, managed to get into
his chariot and escape to Jerusalem.

19 So Israel has been in rebellion
against the house of David to this day.