2 Chronicles 10:3

3 The people of the northern tribes sent for him, and they all went together to Rehoboam and said to him,

2 Chronicles 10:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 12:3

(See Gill on 1 Kings 12:3).

2 Chronicles 10:3 In-Context

1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all the people of northern Israel had gathered to make him king.

2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had gone to Egypt to escape from King Solomon, heard this news, he returned home.

3 The people of the northern tribes sent for him, and they all went together to Rehoboam and said to him,

4 "Your father placed heavy burdens on us. If you make these burdens lighter and make life easier for us, we will be your loyal subjects."

5 Rehoboam replied, "Give me three days to consider the matter. Then come back." So the people left.