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Monday, November 24th, 2025
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Green's Literal Translation

2 Chronicles 10:3

And they sent and called for him. And Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Candidate;   Rehoboam;   Rulers;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jeroboam;   Rehoboam;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Divided Kingdom;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Rehoboam ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Rehoboam;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So they summoned him. Then Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam:
Hebrew Names Version
They sent and called him; and Yarov`am and all Yisra'el came, and they spoke to Rechav`am, saying,
King James Version
And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,
English Standard Version
And they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all Israel came and said to Rehoboam,
New Century Version
After the people sent for him, he and the people went to Rehoboam and said to him,
New English Translation
They sent for him and Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
Amplified Bible
And the people sent messengers and summoned him. So when Jeroboam and all Israel came, they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
New American Standard Bible
So they sent word and summoned him. When Jeroboam and all Israel came, they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
World English Bible
They sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they sent and called him: so came Ieroboam and all Israel, and communed with Rehoboam, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then they sent and called for him. And Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
Contemporary English Version
The people from the northern tribes of Israel sent for him. Then together they went to Rehoboam and said,
Complete Jewish Bible
They sent and summoned him, so Yarov‘am and all Isra'el came and said to Rechav‘am,
Darby Translation
And they sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam saying,
George Lamsa Translation
They came and said to Rehoboam the son of Solomon,
Good News Translation
The people of the northern tribes sent for him, and they all went together to Rehoboam and said to him,
Lexham English Bible
And they sent and called him. Then Jeroboam and all Israel went, and they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they sent for him and called him. And Ieroboam came with all Israel, and spake to Roboam, and sayde:
American Standard Version
And they sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spake to Rehoboam, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And they sent for him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they sent and called him: And so Ieroboam and all they of Israel, came and communed with Rehoboam, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spoke to Rehoboam, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And they sent and called him. So Ieroboam and all Israel came, and spake to Rehoboam, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they sent and called him: and Jeroboam and all the congregation came to Roboam, saying,
English Revised Version
And they sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spake to Rehoboam, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei clepiden hym, and he cam with al Israel, and thei spaken to Roboam, and seiden,
Update Bible Version
And they sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
New King James Version
Then they sent for him and called him. And Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
New Living Translation
The leaders of Israel summoned him, and Jeroboam and all Israel went to speak with Rehoboam.
New Life Bible
And the people sent for him. Jeroboam and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
New Revised Standard
They sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came and said to Rehoboam,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they sent, and called him, so Jeroboam and all Israel came, - and spake unto Rehoboam, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they sent for him, and he came with all Israel, and they spoke to Roboam, saying:
Revised Standard Version
And they sent and called him; and Jerobo'am and all Israel came and said to Rehobo'am,
Young's Literal Translation
and they send and call for him, and Jeroboam cometh in, and all Israel, and speak unto Rehoboam, saying,
THE MESSAGE
Summoned by Israel, Jeroboam and all Israel went to Rehoboam and said, "Your father made life hard for us—worked our fingers to the bone. Give us a break; lighten up on us and we'll willingly serve you."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So they sent and summoned him. When Jeroboam and all Israel came, they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

Contextual Overview

1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. 2 And it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard, he being in Egypt because he had fled from the face of Solomon the king, Jeroboam returned from Egypt. 3 And they sent and called for him. And Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, 4 Your father made our yoke hard; and now lighten the hard service of your father, and his heavy yoke that he put on us, and we shall serve you. 5 And he said to them, Come again to me in three days; and the people went away. 6 And King Rehoboam consulted with the aged men who had stood before his father Solomon when he was alive, saying, How do you advise to answer this people a word? 7 And they spoke to him, saying, If you will be good to this people, and will please them, and will speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever. 8 But he left the counsel of the aged men who had advised him, and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him, those standing before him. 9 And he said to them, What do you advise that we shall answer this people that have spoken to me, saying, Lighten the yoke that your father put on us? 10 And the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, You shall say this to the people who have spoken to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, and you lighten our yoke, this you shall say to them, My little finger is thicker than the loins of my father;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they sent: 1 Kings 12:3

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 12:2 - Jeroboam the son of Nebat

Cross-References

Jeremiah 51:27
Lift up a banner in the land. Blow a trumpet among the nations; consecrate nations against her. Make to hear the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz together against her, set a marshal against her. Cause the horses to come up like rough locusts.
Ezekiel 27:14
From the house of Togarmah they gave horses and war horses and mules for your wares.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The narrative of Kings (marginal reference) is repeated with only slight verbal differences.


 
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