2 Chronicles 10:19

¹⁸Then King Rehoboam sent out Hadoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.¹⁹So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.

Sermons

The Lord Stirred Up the Spirit of Cyrus.

F.B. Meyer

Summary

This verse in 2 Chronicles 10:19 highlights the division of the kingdom of Israel after the reign of King Solomon. The people of Israel rebelled against King Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, leading to the split of the kingdom. The ten tribes of Israel followed Jeroboam, while the tribe of Judah remained loyal to Rehoboam. This event fulfilled the prophecy given to Solomon regarding the consequences of turning away from God's ways, resulting in the fulfillment of God's judgment.

Commentary

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Israel rebelled - A few soft words, and the removal of a part of the oppressive taxes, (for they said, Ease thou Somewhat the grievous servitude), would have secured this people to the state, and prevented the shedding of a sea of human blood, which was the consequence of the separation of this kingdom. Rehoboam was a fool; and through his folly he lost his kingdom. He is not the only example on record: the Stuarts lost the realm of England much in the same way; and, by a different mode of treatment, the House of Brunswick continues to fill the British throne. May the thread of its fortune, woven by the hand of God, never be undone! and may the current of its power glide on to the latest posterity! Talia secla, suis dixerunt, currite, fusis Concordes stabili fatorum numine Parcae. Virg. Ecl. iv., ver. 46. "God's firm decree, by which this web was spun, Shall ever bless the clue, and bid it smoothly run." Labitur, et labetur in omne volubilis Aevum. Horat. Epist., l. i., c. 2, v. 43. "Still glides the river, and shall ever glide." Amen! Amen!