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2 Chronicles 10:19
So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the immediate aftermath of Rehoboam’s failed tribute enforcement and his flight to Jerusalem. This statement marks the permanent political division following the stoning of the overseer Hadoram.
The words — The Hebrew verb וַיִּפְשְׁעוּ (vayyipšə‘û) translates literally as "and they rebelled" or "they have rebelled." The phrase עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה (‘ad hayyôm hazzeh) means "until this day," emphasizing the ongoing nature of the schism.
The thread — This exact formulation appears in 1 Kings 12:19, while 2 Kings 17:21 traces the subsequent political separation where Jeroboam was made king. Joshua 4:9 is listed as a cross-reference but addresses a different historical moment.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition of a permanent institutional break between the northern tribes and the Davidic monarchy. It requires the reader to accept the historical reality of the divided kingdom without spiritualizing the political fracture.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
Cross-references
- Joshua 4:9 Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.
- 1 Kings 12:19 So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.
- 2 Kings 17:21 When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.
- 2 Chronicles 5:9 The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
- 2 Chronicles 10:16 When 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,
- 2 Chronicles 13:5 Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?
- Ezra 9:7 From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and subjected to the sword and to captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.
- Psalms 89:30 If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,