Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 10:17
but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the immediate political aftermath of Rehoboam’s refusal to ease the northern tribes’ burdens. After the secessionist tribes depart for their own territories, the text marks the remaining territorial boundary of his rule.
The words — וַ/יִּמְלֹ֥ךְ (va/i.yim.Lokh) = and he reigned, and יְהוּדָ֑ה (ye.hu.Dah) = Judah. The syntax places the verb before the geographic noun to establish the concrete limit of his sovereign control.
The thread — This phrasing runs directly into 1 Kings 12:17 as a parallel account, while 1 Kings 11:36 provides the covenantal rationale for retaining one tribe, and 2 Chronicles 11:1 shows the immediate military mobilization of that remaining territory.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that political fragmentation follows rejected counsel, and that a remnant of authority persists as a factual boundary rather than a popular mandate.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 11:36 I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
- 1 Kings 12:17 but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 11:1 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.