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2 Chronicles 10 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for 2 Chronicles 10, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

2 Chronicles 10 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
רְחַבְעָם Rᵉchabʻâm H7346 8 Rechabam
עֹל ʻôl H5923 7 yoke
דָבַר dâbar H1696 9 arrange, speak
אָב ʼâb H1 9 father
יָעַץ yâʻats H3289 5 advise, deliberate
יָרׇבְעָם Yârobʻâm H3379 5 Jarobam
עַם ʻam H5971 8 people, tribe

How preachers through history handled this text

2 public-domain excerpts on 2 Chronicles 10, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“This chapter is copied almost verbatim from 1 Kings xii. 1-19, where it was opened at large. Solomon's defection from God was not repeated, but the defection of the ten tribes from his family is, in this chapter, where we find, I. How foolish Rehoboam was in his treating with them, ver. 1, 5-14. II. How wicked the people were in complaining of Solomon (ver. 2-4) and forsaking Rehoboam, ver. 16-19. III. How just and righteous God was in all this, ver. 15. His counsel was thereby fulfilled. With him are strength and wisdom; …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 2 Chronicles 10:1–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Shechem — 2 Chr 10:1
  • Shiloh — 2 Chr 10:15
  • Jerusalem — 2 Chr 10:18
  • Egypt — 2 Chr 10:2

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