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2 Chronicles 10:3 Explained in Context
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Verse 3. 3And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,
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Role in This Section
This verse advances the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence: “And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying.” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Israel asks Rehoboam to lighten forced service.”
Read It With
- 2 Chronicles 10:1–5
Read 2 Chronicles 10:3 with 10:1–5. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: At Shechem the assembly recalls Solomon's harsh yoke and asks Rehoboam for relief; he delays his answer for three days.
Why It Needs Context
2 Chronicles 10:3 depends on 10:1–5; isolating “And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, object, or transition from “Israel asks Rehoboam to lighten forced service.”
Read 2 Chronicles 10:1–5 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Chronicles 10:1–5 forms the complete movement “Israel asks Rehoboam to lighten forced service”: At Shechem the assembly recalls Solomon's harsh yoke and asks Rehoboam for relief; he delays his answer for three days.
Verse 1. 1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
Verse 2. 2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
Verse 3. 3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,
Verse 4. 4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
Verse 5. 5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
Continue in Context
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Biblical text
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Exact location: 2 Chronicles 10:1–5, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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