1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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II Chronicles 10:1 And *Roboam went to Sichem: for thither all Israel were assembled, to make him king.

3 Kings 12:1.; 		Year of the World 3029.
II Chronicles 10:2 And when Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who was in Egypt, (for he was fled thither from Solomon) heard it, forthwith he returned.
II Chronicles 10:3 And they sent for him, and he came with all Israel, and they spoke to Roboam, saying:
II Chronicles 10:4 Thy father oppressed us with a most grievous yoke; do thou govern us with a lighter hand than thy father, who laid upon us a heavy servitude, and ease something of the burden, that we may serve thee.
II Chronicles 10:5 And he said to them: Come to me again after three days. And when the people were gone,
II Chronicles 10:6 He took counsel with the ancients, who had stood before his father, Solomon, while he yet lived, saying: What counsel give ye to me, that I may answer the people?
II Chronicles 10:7 And they said to him: If thou please this people, and sooth them with kind words, they will be thy servants for ever.

Please. 3 Kings xii., "serve." By a little condescension, thou mayst establish thy throne. (Calmet) --- The people did not complain, till they saw the riches of the nation wasted on wicked women (Tirinus) and idols. (Du Hamel)
II Chronicles 10:8 But he forsook the counsel of the ancients, and began to treat with the young men, that had been brought up with him, and were in his train.
II Chronicles 10:9 And he said to them: What seemeth good to you? or what shall I answer this people, who have said to me: Ease the yoke which thy father laid upon us?
II Chronicles 10:10 But they answered as young men, and brought up with him in pleasures, and said: Thus shalt thou speak to the people that said to thee: Thy father made our yoke heavy; do thou ease it: thus shalt thou answer them: My little finger is thicker than the loins of my father.
II Chronicles 10:11 My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, and I will add more weight to it: my father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions.

Scorpions; thorns, or scourges armed with hooks. (Columella 3:10.) --- Roboam had not sense to despise the foolish advice of the young men. (Tirinus)
II Chronicles 10:12 So Jeroboam, and all the people came, to Roboam the third day, as he commanded them.
II Chronicles 10:13 And the king answered roughly, leaving the counsel of the ancients.
II Chronicles 10:14 And he spoke according to the advice of the young men: My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, which I will make heavier: my father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions.
II Chronicles 10:15 And he condescended not to the people's requests: for it was the will of God, that his word might be fulfilled, *which he had spoken by the hand of Ahias, the Silonite, to Jeroboam, the son of Nabat.

3 Kings 11:29. 		Will of God: not that the king should act foolishly, or the people rebel, but to effect what he had promised. (Haydock) --- Syriac has well expressed the sense: "because this rebellion happened by the divine permission, that they might behold the truth of the prediction of Ahias;" (Calmet) and that the fault of Solomon might be punished. (Du Hamel)
II Chronicles 10:16 And all the people upon the king's speaking roughly, said thus unto him: We have no part in David, nor inheritance in the son of Isai. Return to thy dwellings, O Israel, and do thou, O David, feed thy own house. And Israel went away to their dwellings.

People. Hebrew, "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?" (Protestants) --- Dwellings. Many ancient Latin manuscripts here insert 3 Kings 12:20. (Lyranus, etc.) (Calmet)
II Chronicles 10:17 But Roboam reigned over the children of Israel, that dwelt in the cities of Juda.
II Chronicles 10:18 And king Roboam sent Aduram, who was over the tributes, and the children of Israel stoned him, and he died: and king Roboam made haste to get up into his chariot, and fled into Jerusalem.
II Chronicles 10:19 And Israel revolted from the house of David, unto this day.