2 Chronicles 10:4

10:4 “Your father made us work too hard! ¹  Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.” ² 

2 Chronicles 11:15

11:15 Jeroboam ³  appointed his own priests to serve at the worship centers ⁴  and to lead in the worship of the goat idols and calf idols he had made. ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 29:11

29:11 My sons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to serve in his presence and offer sacrifices.” ⁶ 

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¹ tn Heb “made our yoke burdensome.”

² tn Heb “but you, now, lighten the burdensome work of your father and the heavy yoke which he placed on us, and we will serve you.” In the Hebrew text the prefixed verbal form with vav (וְנַעַבְדֶךָ, vÿna’avdekha, “and we will serve you”) following the imperative (הָקֵל, haqel, “lighten”) indicates purpose/result. The conditional sentence used in the present translation is an attempt to bring out the logical relationship between these forms.

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “for the high places.”

⁵ tn Heb “and for the goats and for the calves he had made.”

⁶ tn Heb “to stand before him to serve him and to be his servants and sacrificers.”