2 Chronicles 10 · Verse 16

2 Chronicles 10:16

And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.
2 Chronicles 10:16, King James Version

2 Chronicles 10:16 in other translations

BSBWhen all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So all the Israelites went home,
WEBWhen all Israel saw that the king didn’t listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion do we have in David? We don’t have an inheritance in the son of Jesse! Every man to your tents, Israel! Now see to your own house, David.” So all Israel departed to their tents.
ASVAnd when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So all Israel departed unto their tents.
YLTAnd all Israel have seen that the king hath not hearkened to them, and the people send back to the king, saying, ‘What portion have we in David? yea, there is no inheritance in a son of Jesse; each to thy tents, O Israel; now, see thy house--David,' and all Israel go to their tents.
DARBYAnd all Israel saw that the king hearkened not to them; and the people answered the king saying, What portion have we in David? and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel. Now see to thine own house, David! And all Israel went to their tents.
BBEAnd when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? every man to your tents, O Israel; now see to your house, David. So all Israel went to their tents.
WebsterAnd when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thy own house. So all Israel went to their tents.

What does 2 Chronicles 10:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 10:15-17

15-17. the king hearkened not unto the people, for the cause was of God--Rehoboam, in following an evil counsel, and the Hebrew people, in making a revolutionary movement, each acted as free agents, obeying their own will and passions. But God, who permitted the revolt of the northern tribes, intended it as a punishment of the house of David for Solomon's apostasy. That event demonstrates the immediate…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 To your tents, O Israel - "To your cities, O Israel." - Targum. Now, David, see to thine own house - "Now, David, rule over the men of thy own house." - Targum.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 10:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
כִּ֠יkithatH3588
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
שָׁמַ֣עsha.Ma'he had listenedH8085
הַמֶּלֶךְ֮ha.me.leKhthe kingH4428
לָהֶם֒la.Hemto them
וַיָּשִׁ֣יבוּvai.ya.Shi.vuand they brought backH7725
הָעָ֣םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ\׀ha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
לֵאמֹ֡רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
מַה\־mah-what?H4100
לָּנוּ֩la.Nu[belongs] to us
חֵ֨לֶקChe.lekportionH2506
בְּדָוִ֜ידbe.da.Vidin DavidH1732
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
נַחֲלָ֣הna.cha.Lahan inheritanceH5159
בְּבֶן\־be.ven-in [the] son ofH1121
יִשַׁ֗יyi.ShaiJesseH3448
אִ֤ישׁ'isheveryoneH376
לְאֹהָלֶ֙יךָ֙le.'o.ha.Lei.khato tents yourH168
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElO IsraelH3478
עַתָּ֕ה'a.TahnowH6258
רְאֵ֥הre.'EhconsiderH7200
בֵיתְךָ֖vei.te.Khaown house yourH1004
דָּוִ֑ידda.VidO DavidH1732
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand it wentH1980
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לְאֹהָלָֽיו\׃\ \סle.'o.ha.Lavto tents itsH168

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 10:16

  • 2 Samuel 20:1

    And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

  • 2 Chronicles 10:19

    And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.

  • Luke 19:27

    But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

  • 1 Chronicles 17:14

    But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.

  • Psalms 2:1-6

    Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. …

  • John 6:66

    From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

  • Jeremiah 33:25-26

    Thus saith the Lord; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.

  • 1 Kings 12:16-17

    So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents. But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

  • Psalms 89:29-37

    His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. …

  • 1 Samuel 20:27

    And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?

  • Judges 8:35

    Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.

  • Revelation 22:16

    I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
What portion.
2Sa 20:1; 1Ki 12:16,17
the son.
1Sa 20:27,30,31; 22:7,9,13
David.
2Sa 7:15,16; 1Ki 11:13,34-39; 1Ch 17:14; Ps 2:1-6; 76:10; 89:29-37
Ps 132:17; Isa 9:6,7; 11:1; Jer 33:20,21,25,26; Eze 37:24,25
Am 9:11; Lu 1:32,33; 19:14,27; Ac 2:30; 1Co 15:25; Re 22:16
So all Israel.
19; Jud 8:35; 2Sa 15:13; 16:11; Joh 6:66; 7:53

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Chronicles 10:15

    So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the Lord might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

  • 2 Chronicles 10:16

    And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.

  • 2 Chronicles 10:17

    But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

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2 Chronicles 10:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y viendo todo Israel que el rey no les había oído, respondió el pueblo al rey, diciendo: ¿Qué parte tenemos nosotros con David, ni herencia en el hijo de Isaí? ¡Israel, cada uno á sus estancias! ¡David, mira ahora por tu casa! Así se fué todo Israel á sus estancias.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tout Israël vit que le roi ne les avait pas écoutés. Et le peuple répondit au roi, disant: Quelle part avons-nous en David? Et nous n’avons pas d’héritage dans le fils d’Isaï. Chacun à ses tentes, Israël! Maintenant, David, regarde à ta maison! Et tout Israël s’en alla à ses tentes.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und als ganz Israel sah, daß der König nicht auf sie hörte, da antwortete das Volk dem König und sprach: Was haben wir für Teil an David? und wir haben kein Erbteil am Sohne Isais! Ein jeder zu seinen Zelten, Israel! Nun sieh nach deinem Hause, David! Und ganz Israel ging nach seinen Zelten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Populus autem universus rege duriora dicente, sic locutus est ad eum: Non est nobis pars in David, neque hæreditas in filio Isai. Revertere in tabernacula tua, Israël; tu autem pasce domum tuam David. Et abiit Israël in tabernacula sua.