2 Chronicles 13:6 — Community Reflections

2 CHRONICLES 13:6 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 0

“Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.”

'Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his lord — Jeroboam was characterized as 'a servant of Solomon' (עֶבֶד־שְׁלֹמֹה בֶן־דָּוִד) who 'rebelled against his lord' (וַיָּקָם וַיִּמְרֹד עַל־אֲדֹנָיו). The rhetoric positioned Jeroboam as subordinate and traitorous.

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Hope in suffering — 2 Chronicles 13

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