2 Chronicles 10:3

And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
sent	וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ vai.yish.le.Chu	H7971	to send away · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
called	וַיִּקְרְאוּ vai.yik.re.'u-	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Jeroboam	יָרָבְעָ֖ם ya.ra.ve.'Am	H3379	Jarobam · proper noun, a man's name
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
came	וַיָּבֹ֥א vai.ya.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
spake	וַֽיְדַבְּר֔וּ vay.da.be.Ru	H1696	perhaps properly · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Rehoboam	רְחַבְעָ֖ם re.chav.'Am	H7346	Rechabam · proper noun, a man's name
saying	לֵאמֹֽר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Kings 12:3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 10:1-11

We may observe here, 1. The wisest and best cannot give every body content. Solomon enriched and advanced his kingdom, did all (one would think) that could be done to make then happy and easy; and yet either he was indiscreet in burdening them with the imposition of taxes and services, or at least there was some colour of reason to think him so. No man is perfectly wise. It is probable that it was when Solomon had declined from God and his duty that his wisdom failed him, and God left him to himself to act in this impolitic manner. Even Solomon's treasures were exhausted by his love of women; and probably it was to maintain them, and their pride, luxury, and idolatry, that he burdened his su…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 10:3

And they sent--rather, "for they had sent," &c. This is stated as the reason of Jeroboam's return from Egypt.

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 10:1

Rehoboam went to Shechem - This chapter is almost word for word the same as 1 Kings 12:1-19, to the notes on which the reader is referred.

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 10:1–end

This event is narrated in our chapter, except in so far as a few unessential differences in form are concerned, exactly as we have it in 1 Kings 12:1-19; so that we may refer for the exposition of it to the commentary on 1 Kings 12, where we have both treated the contents of this chapter, and have also discussed the deeper and more latent causes of this event, so important in its consequences.

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 10:2

Jeroboam . . . had fled to Egypt to escape from King Solomon: See 1 Kgs 11:26-40. Jeroboam returned from Egypt at the news of Solomon’s death.

Rashi

Dictionary and topics

Israel, Kingdom of — (B.C. 975-B.C. 722). Soon after the death of Solomon, Ahijah’s prophecy (1 Kings 11:31-35) was fulfilled, and the kingdom was rent in twain. Rehoboam, the son and successor of Solomon, was scarcely…
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Rehoboam · Refuses to reform abuses — Refuses to reform abuses

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).