2 Chronicles 10:4

4 "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."

2 Chronicles 10:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 12:4

(See Gill on 1 Kings 12:4).

2 Chronicles 10:4 In-Context

2 Jeroboam was then in Egypt, where he had taken asylum from King Solomon; when he got the report of Solomon's death, he came back.

3 Summoned by Israel, Jeroboam and all Israel went to Rehoboam and said,

4 "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."

5 "Give me," said Rehoboam, "three days to think it over; then come back." So the people left.

6 King Rehoboam talked it over with the elders who had advised his father when he was alive: "What's your counsel? How do you suggest that I answer the people?"