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2 Chronicles 10:11 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 10 · verse 11 · King James Version
For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.2 Chronicles 10:11 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 10:11 in context
9And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?
10And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.
11For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.
13And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
Key words (Strong's)
- chastisedyâçarto chastise, literally or figurativelyH3256 →
- scorpionsʻaqrâba scorpionH6137 →
- whereasʻattâhat this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletiveH6258 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- heavykâbêdheavyH3515 →
- whipsshôwṭa lashH7752 →
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