2 Chronicles 10:14
And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Context
This verse from 2 Chronicles Chapter 10 connects to 10 cross-references. Rehoboam goes to Shechem to be made king; the people, led by Jeroboam, request relief from Solomon's heavy burdens. Rehoboam consults his father's advisors who recommend moderation, then the young men who recommend severity; he follows the young men. Israel …
תרגומים נוספים
and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
and speaketh unto them according to the counsel of the lads, saying, `My father made your yoke heavy, and I--I add unto it; my father chastised you with whips, and I--with scorpions.'
But gave them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.
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