2 Chronicles 2:7

2:7 “Now send me a man who is skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as purple, crimson, and violet colored fabrics, and who knows how to engrave. He will work with my skilled craftsmen here in Jerusalem ¹  and Judah, whom my father David provided.

2 Chronicles 10:10

10:10 The young advisers with whom Rehoboam ²  had grown up said to him, “Say this to these people who have said to you, ‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden’ ³  – say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father! ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 29:34

29:34 But there were not enough priests to skin all the animals, ⁵  so their brothers, the Levites, helped them until the work was finished and the priests could consecrate themselves. (The Levites had been more conscientious about consecrating themselves than the priests.) ⁶ 

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¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter upon us.”

⁴ tn Heb “My little one is thicker than my father’s hips.” The referent of “my little one” is not clear. The traditional view is that it refers to the little finger (so NEB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). As the following statement makes clear, Rehoboam’s point is that he is more harsh and demanding than his father.

⁵ tn Heb “the burnt sacrifices.”

⁶ tn Heb “for the Levites were more pure of heart to consecrate themselves than the priests.”